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Agency Based Discussion => Alamy.com => Topic started by: stan on September 09, 2012, 04:33

Title: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: stan on September 09, 2012, 04:33
At least for me. Can anyone access the site?
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: Microbius on September 09, 2012, 04:35
yes fine for me.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: ShadySue on September 09, 2012, 04:40
I've had no access problems in the last few days (or ever, really. I only remember it being unaccessible to me once, very briefly, in three years.)
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: stan on September 09, 2012, 04:56
I'm getting this:

Network Access Message: The page cannot be displayed Explanation: There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.

Try the following:
Refresh page: Search for the page again by clicking the Refresh button. The timeout may have occurred due to Internet congestion.
Check spelling: Check that you typed the Web page address correctly. The address may have been mistyped.
Access from a link: If there is a link to the page you are looking for, try accessing the page from that link.
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Error Code: 403 Forbidden. The server denied the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Contact the server administrator. (12202)
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: ShadySue on September 09, 2012, 05:33
Oh, sorry; I thought you meant the whole site was down.
Yes, I've seen a few error messages when accessing the forum in the past week. I close the tab and open another one.

What sort of page are you trying to refresh?
I just did a search for 'horse' and refreshed the page and it was fine.
I also refreshed a forum page and it was fine.

I have had problems uploading recently, which hadn't happened for ages though it was common when I started. I.e. some files randomly fail upload while others go up no bother, but on trying a few times, they're accepted That's definitely a problem with the system, not the files, which were reported in the uploader as 'cannot access the file' or 'file not available in that location' or somesuch nonsense.

Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: stan on September 09, 2012, 05:38
It is, I'm trying to access alamy.com and this is what I'm getting every single time for a couple of days now.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: Poncke on September 09, 2012, 05:45
No issues, all aspects of the site and the forum are working for me, including the continues presence of a bunch of stuck up frustrated togs constantly giving out about micros... 8) 
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: ShadySue on September 09, 2012, 05:46
It is, I'm trying to access alamy.com and this is what I'm getting every single time for a couple of days now.
I can access search, individual files, My Alamy and the forums.
I've got a small batch waiting to be uploaded. I'll give that a try.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: ShadySue on September 09, 2012, 06:31
Yup, six pics went up and are 'processing'.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: Microbius on September 09, 2012, 06:58
odd, when I cut and paste alamy.com into the bar I get no site, www.alamy.com (http://www.alamy.com) does work and forwards to http://www.alamy.com/#loc=all (http://www.alamy.com/#loc=all) no problem.

stan have you tried going through a Google search? that works too.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: ShadySue on September 09, 2012, 07:09
odd, when I cut and paste alamy.com into the bar I get no site, [url=http://www.alamy.com]www.alamy.com[/url] ([url]http://www.alamy.com[/url]) does work and forwards to [url]http://www.alamy.com/#loc=all[/url] ([url]http://www.alamy.com/#loc=all[/url]) no problem.


Yes, alamy.com only does give that error message.
I usually have the tab up when I fire up FF, and if I don't, when I click a new tab, it's one of my 'most visted' sites FF offers me, so I just click on the page there.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: cidepix on September 09, 2012, 07:19
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ (http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/)
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: stan on September 09, 2012, 08:51
odd, when I cut and paste alamy.com into the bar I get no site, [url=http://www.alamy.com]www.alamy.com[/url] ([url]http://www.alamy.com[/url]) does work and forwards to [url]http://www.alamy.com/#loc=all[/url] ([url]http://www.alamy.com/#loc=all[/url]) no problem.

stan have you tried going through a Google search? that works too.


I tried this forwarded link of yours and it works, tnx
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: gemmy12 on September 09, 2012, 09:51
i had same problem last night but i was operating through my phone. While i was able to open the site from my pc. I just cleared the cookies in my cel and typed the site address in stead of using the bookmark. No problem today. But it seems no updates are done in  alamy on Friday nowadays.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: Jo Ann Snover on September 09, 2012, 10:55
I had to change my bookmark for Alamy yesterday (to add the www) as I was getting the same error. I don't know why they changed things, but the site's fine once you update the URL
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: tab62 on September 09, 2012, 11:33
Heck, my alamy has been down since I join  :P  no sales whatsoever lol...
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: ShadySue on September 10, 2012, 06:57
. (deleted)
Seemed to be a ten minute blip, but it's OK now.
Title: Re: Alamy down for 2 days now
Post by: RacePhoto on September 10, 2012, 08:59
I had to change my bookmark for Alamy yesterday (to add the www) as I was getting the same error. I don't know why they changed things, but the site's fine once you update the URL

Same here. All I did was add the www to the alamy.com and it worked again. Some web indexing error in the DNS somewhere.