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What the Code is Saying


If you are using a browser, you more than likely will only ever see 400 or 500 error codes
100 codes are informational
100Only part of the request was received by the server
101Protocol switch will take place

200 codes means a command was successful
200The Request is complete
201The request is complete and the resouce created
202The request was accepted, but processing is not complete
203Non-authoritative information
204No content found
205Content reset
206Partial content found

300 codes You are being Redirected
300There are multiple choices to link to
301The page requested has been moved to a new URL
302The page requested has been temporarily moved to a new URL
303The requested page can be found at a different URL
304Not Modified
305Use Proxy
307The page requested has been temporarily moved to a new URL

400 codes The operator produced an error
400Bad request, the request was not understood by the server
401Unauthorized, the page requested requires a user name / password
402Payment Required
403Forbidden, you are not allowed to access the requested page
(.htaccess file may be denying IP access or password protected page)
404the requested page not found
(often caused by a mistype or links on the page not following the correct path)
405Method not allowed
406The response generated by the server can not be accepted by the client
407Authenticate with a proxy server is required
408Request timed out -the request took longer than the server would wait
409The request could not be completed because there wasa conflict
410the requested page in no longer available
411the server can not process the request without a content-length defined
412the precondition in the request, the server found to be false
413The request was too large entity was too large for the server to accept
414The URL requested was too long
415The requested media is unsupported

500 codes The server produced an error
500Internal server Error- The server met an unexpected condition. It could not complete the request
501The server does nt support the required function
502Bad Gateway- the server recieved an invalid response
503Service unavailble- the server is down or overloaded
504the Gateway Timed out
505the http protocol is not supported by the server