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I posted this question elsewhere, but I forgot where.

I can't get the fics. They're in ZIP files, and my computer doesn't like them. Nor am I geeky enough to figure it out.

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Many people have problems downloading the fics here. You need to add the .zip extension to the files you download. Even with that, some people still have difficulty opening them up. Realistically, about 95%+ of these fics can be found at ff.net or http://www.gatchfanfic.com , so if you're really interested in reading something, you might be better off looking there.

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I've never had much luck getting them either. It used to work for me occasionally but now it never does. That's why none of my fics are in the fic library here.

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My computer has trouble with zip files, too...it is always saying they are corrupted...
You're not alone, UW!

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TJ's right -I think nearly all those fics are posted at the Archives or ff.net. Evangelina's "Occupational Hazards" is the only exception that currently comes to mind -and it's well worth reading.

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TJ's right -I think nearly all those fics are posted at the Archives or ff.net. Evangelina's "Occupational Hazards" is the only exception that currently comes to mind -and it's well worth reading.


That one's posted at Bird Go and in the RUbber Room.

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Good to know it's not just me.

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Good to know it's not just me.


We ought to ask Cep, this site's Administrator, if he has any theories as to why it's often hard to download the fics.

TJ's also right about "Occupational Hazards." The first part starts here:

http://www.plotfish.com/birdgo/forum/viewtopic.php?t=500

Then, it continues in a series of threads in the Rubber Room here, and the first thread is here:

http://www.gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=1689&sid=


As Joe figures very prominently in it, it's one of my favourites.

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If there are any of my that aren't posted over at FF let me know and I will put them up.

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I have trouble too, so I have to wait for it to be posted at FFic net or Archives.

I have to admit, I've been slack with reading and writing at the moment. Sigh....

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Ebony, please don't be slack. I and probably many others are waiting patiently for the second half of Ghosts from the Past.

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The problem with a number of the fics is that people uploaded files without their file extension. Which is why some authors work and some don't (without you adding the ".zip" back on the filename).

Zip files are very easy to open, if your running XP or Vista winzip (the program used to open them) is actually inbuilt into the operating system.

If not just download and install a free version such as IZarc.

You just right click the zip file and on the context menu you will see an option "extract all". You can even double click the zip file and win zip will automatically open and prepare to unzip the file.

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I tried again, using Winzip, and I added the .zip extension, but the two that I tried won't open for me. I get a message saying "Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive." Maybe I'm not adding the .zip extension correctly? I used the "rename" function to do it.

It's a mystery...

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Cep, it looks like a common problem for the all archives:
<br /><b>Warning</b>: readfile(./filebase/archivenumber .zip) [<a href='function.readfile'>function.readfile</a>]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in <b>/home/cepsdcom/public_html/gatch/filebase_entry.php</b> on line <b>253</b><br />

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They also uploaded files that aren't just zips. Such as .rar and .doc so you pretty much have to guess what the file was originally.

I should really spend some time with this site. Its getting quite old now and since I just renewed the $250 service I think its about time Wink

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I mean checking up access rights to filebase folder. May be apache server works on behalf of user who doesn`t have enough rights to read it Newbie2

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Still a bit lost Yul, if you didn't have permissions you wouldn't be able to download the attachments which is apparently not the issue.

Are you saying you get a permission denied error when you try to download a fic?

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Cep, it looks like a common problem for the all archives:
<br /><b>Warning</b>: readfile(./filebase/archivenumber .zip) [<a href='function.readfile'>function.readfile</a>]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in <b>/home/cepsdcom/public_html/gatch/filebase_entry.php</b> on line <b>253</b><br />


This is the same error message that I got when I tried renaming one of them with "doc" instead of "zip" and opening it with MS Word. Maybe it wasn't a doc or a zip file...

Yul, that is cool image of Katse as the Joker! It never occured to me before that they do have some similarities.

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Ah I see what you mean, try the fics library now.

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Whatever you did, Cep, it worked! As a test, I downloaded Evangelina's Occupational Hazards, renamed it to have a .zip extension and then Winzip opened it up just fine, where it would not before.

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