382089 - direct.gov.uk - Shows source view rather than rendered html

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English Other, defect)

Description

[Chris]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

This is a temporary page pending maintenance, so may need a fast follow up before it disappears.   IE renders it, my firefox shows me the source.   Screenshots following in case they help if the site is restored.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.type url into FF 
2.See source html
3.type ulr into IE
4.see rendered page

Comment 1

[Chris]

Attachment: screenshot showing FF / IE renderings and source

Comment 2

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

This is a temporary error page which does not appear right now, but it is due to an improperly configured script, or web server that is sending a content type of text/html for the temporary error page.

Chris, please contact them and refer them to this bug for an explanation.

Comment 3

[Chris]

Will do - thanks for the input.

Comment 4

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

Chris, thanks! Typically in Tech Evangelism we leave the bug open until the site fixes their problem then we mark it FIXED since they fixed it. If they refuse to fix the problem we use WONTFIX. But it is not a big deal. It just helps people keep track of which sites are responsive and good net neighbors and which are antisocial, psychopaths. :-)

Comment 5

[Chris]

Thanks for that brief, Bob.  I've used their feedback form to direct them to this   bug track, but in view of the ephemeral nature of the offending page we may well hear nothing more.

Can I please leave you to recategorise the status to whatever is most helpful.

Thanks

Chris