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**Joshua Clinard** · 03-15-2005, 09:51 AM

Ack! The most important page on my site won't load. It doesn't give a 404. It looks like it may be stuck in a loop, but I can't figure out what is causing it. I totally deleted the .htaccess file, and it still wouldn't load. I have also deleted the file and re-uploaded it. I haven't made any changes to the file in weeks, and I can't find any code that would be causing it to fail. Can someone take a look, and help me diagnose this problem?

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<p class="bold">...is Widescreen Advocate's own widescreen educational campaign.</p>

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Click on the numbers to the right to find an array of download materials that we have available. Please download these files and distribute freely.
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<span class="bold">Some Distribution ideas:</span><br />Give flyers or brocures to friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, church members, club members, etc... Stand by the door of your favorite rental store and pass them out to the folks going in/out. Better yet ask permission to put them on the counter in the store and keep the supply stocked... <span class="contrib">Get a group of friends together and canvass your neighborhoods...</span> Keep a flyer handy to explain to a friend when they want to know about the "black bars" when you sit down to watch a DVD... <span class="contrib">Spend some time at your favorite DVD retailer. Talk to the employees in the electronics department and explain to them the truth about widescreen. Leave some flyers behind so they can easily explain it to a confused customer...</span> Print out a sticker and put it in the window of your car, your significant others car, your mom's car, your dad's car, and so on... <span class="contrib">Rename your dog OAR...</span> The possibilities are endless just be creative and spread the word.

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Please see our downloadable resources pages (below) and pass on the truth about Widescreen.
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**Julian Muñoz** · 03-15-2005, 10:01 AM

Can you please post the url to that page on your site? I don't see anything wrong with your code...

**jason** · 03-15-2005, 12:00 PM

It is static HTML, so it can't get caught in a loop there. Looping could happen with a poorly written mod_rewrite rule or a bad redirect, but since you said you removed .htaccess, that rules that out too.

Is this your main site or a multihosted one? If it is multihosted, a redirect or a mod_rewrite rule from your main site could be to blame. Although it seems like parent .htaccess files shouldn't effect a multihosted site, they can.

--Jason

**gerilya** · 03-15-2005, 12:48 PM

I think I figured out a link and checked HTTP headers.
When you access that page, it generates redirect to itself.
Check .htaccess files in all directories in the path.

**Joshua Clinard** · 03-15-2005, 02:02 PM

I had this as a re-write rule in the root .htaccess file.

Redirect permanent /why.html http://www.widescreenadvocate.org/why.html

I don't know why it doesn't work. I have plenty of other redirects just like this that work fine. I don't understand it. But I got the problem solved. For now.

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