Re: KYP West

In article <ba176a2756.jim@abbeypress.net>, Jim Nagel
<netsurf@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
> Brian [Bailey, we discover] wrote on 26 Mar: (re
> http://www.kypwest.org.uk )

> > The site now seems to load but accessing individual geographic areas
> > gets the following,

> > Proxy Error The proxy server received an invalid response from an
> > upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request GET
> > /kyp/southglos. Reason: Error reading from remote server

> The Know Your Place site itself (http://kypwest.org.uk) seems to load
> OK, but the indiv geographical areas you call pages from the Bristol
> city council site, e.g. http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=glos

> The page for the exhibition at Wells (near me) is also hosted on an
> outside site (https://bishopspalace.org.uk), and Netsurf unforch has
> pictures on top of text etc.

So it does.

> I know not whether the shortcoming is in Netsurf or in nonstandard
> coding of the site, of course.

I guess that the latter might probably be the case. Nonetheless it would
be interesting to see what NatSurf can do with it in the fullness of time.

> But thanks for the pointer, Brian. Will mention Know Your Place in the
> local conservation newsletter I do.

Well, KYP is of course of some limited interest, but at least three men
and a dog locally definitely think it's a great idea. As a community
project I feel that it has merit. It certainly is of historical interest
and has come up with a number of surprises for me.