the possible solutions of not found webpage

== find the backup ==
=== you can keyin the address to find the backup ===
* Google cache

http://www.google.com.tw/search?q=cache:address
ex: http://www.google.com.tw/search?q=cache:tw.yahoo.com

* Internet Archive Wayback Machine

http://web.archive.org/web/*/address
ex: http://web.archive.org/web/*/tw.yahoo.com
或 http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tw.yahoo.com

=== you can keyin the title of webpage ===

* the search engine of local website

* using the site search by Google or Openfind

Usage: title site:address
ex: Workflow Management System site:microsoft.com
not suggest site:www.microsoft.com

* sometimes, other people kept the backup at their webstie

* browse the internet temporatory files at personal PC
location of IE：C:\Documents and Settings\account name\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
loation of other browser: click this link

== correct the mistake of address ==
=== write the symbol / as \ (sometimes it appeals %5C ) ===
(W) means Wrong; (C) means Correct

(W) http://news1.yam.com/\RSS\Rss_all.xml

(C) http://news1.yam.com/RSS/Rss_all.xml

(W) http://www.javaworld.com.tw/blog/archives/snpshu/%5C%5Cmyweb.hinet.net%5Chome4%5Cs630417%5Cindex2.htm

(C) http://myweb.hinet.net/home4/s630417/index2.htm

=== the wrong hierarchy of directory ===

(W) http://datf.iis.sinica.edu.tw/Announcement/
..%5CPapers%5C2003datfpapers%5Ce%5CE-3.pdf

(C) http://datf.iis.sinica.edu.tw/Papers/2003datfpapers/e/E-3.pdf

The author points the webpage to their hard disk, we may correct this by referring to the hierarchy of website directories.

(W) file:///C:/folder1/floder2/bb/file.htm

From the menu of homepage, we may understand the hierarchy of website. For example, there are three directories, ex: aa, bb. So we correct as following,

(C) http://website.url/bb/file.htm

=== the transferring of 3rd website failed ===
Some blog will refer to external links but the transferring failed.

(W) http://website.url/tw.yahoo.com

(C) http://tw.yahoo.com

== Above methods are failed ==
Write an email to the author of that website :)


PS: the tools/services of webpage backup
(1) tools
* the Mozilla FireFox: ScrapBook

(2)web services
* LookSmart's Furl with bookmarklet tools
* Yahoo My Web: Save the queried webpage

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Updated 2005-12-08: add the cache location of other browser