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haukex · Jul 10, 2024 · 9046b53 · 9046b53
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diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ <h1>German-English Dictionary</h1>
     </noscript>
 
     <div class="d-none notice text-danger" id="dict-load-fail">
-      ⚠️&nbsp;The dictionary failed to load!
-      Please make sure you're using a modern browser and have a working Internet connection.
-      Reload this page to try again.
+      <p><strong>⚠️&nbsp;The dictionary failed to load!</strong></p>
+      <p>Please make sure you're using a modern browser and have a working Internet connection.
+      Reload this page to try again. It is also possible that the dictionary server is offline -
+      try <a href="https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/urz/ding/de-en-devel/"
+      target="_blank">this link</a> to check.</p>
     </div>
 
     <p>

diff --git a/src/js/common.ts b/src/js/common.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 export {DB_URL, DB_VER_URL, DB_CACHE_NAME, cacheFirst}
 
 /* The URLs from which to load the dictionary and version information.
- * Although I have permission to use the ftp.tu-chemnitz.de server from Frank Richter,
- * at the moment this doesn't work because the server does not send a CORS header.
- * So for now, use the mirror at zero-g.net. */
-//const DB_URL = 'https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/urz/ding/de-en-devel/de-en.txt.gz'
-//const DB_VER_URL = 'https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/urz/ding/de-en-devel/sha256sums.txt'
-const DB_URL = 'https://bl0.zero-g.net/de-en.txt.gz'
-const DB_VER_URL = 'https://bl0.zero-g.net/sha256sums.txt'
+ * I have permission to use the ftp.tu-chemnitz.de server from Frank Richter.
+ * It now sends CORS headers so we can access it. */
+const DB_URL = 'https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/urz/ding/de-en-devel/de-en.txt.gz'
+const DB_VER_URL = 'https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/urz/ding/de-en-devel/sha256sums.txt'
+// The following is my (Hauke's) mirror; manually updated so it may not be up-to-date.
+//const DB_URL = 'https://bl0.zero-g.net/de-en.txt.gz'
+//const DB_VER_URL = 'https://bl0.zero-g.net/sha256sums.txt'
 
 /* The name of the cache in which to store the dictionary.
  * Note the main script takes care of checking for cache freshness. */