BackLinksBroken

Last edit July 5, 2005
Name: BackLinksBroken

Context: When clicking on a title of a page to view the BackLinks the following comes up: 

        The wiki server cannot process your request.
        The following error has been detected. 
        No search word given (or HTTP_REFERER blocked).
Forces:

  • Firewall
  • Filtering proxy
  • Local caching
  • Anti-virus software that mangles HTTP_REFERER into HTTP_WEFERER

Solution:

  • Turn off caching
  • Set the filtering proxy to not filter c2.com
  • Turn off the referrer blocking feature in your anti-virus software.

Note: to check whether HTTP_REFERER is blocked, follow the instructions in HttpReferer.

Sometimes your browser may cache the previous search, and attempting to force a reload fails because of the referer problem. In that case you can fill in the required search term explicitly in the URL of your browser by appending "?search=XXXX".

See as an alternative for the HttpReferer/spider issue the suggestion on CategoriesAsInterWiki: GoogleScript the FullSearch.

At the very least the wiki error message should link to the HttpReferer page as explanation.