Paul: Rather than take another member's thread off the immediate topic, I'll continue this here.
"Ohh Thomas does this mean you can see things again? Let me know as I am interested to know if my fix for you has worked?
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No it doesn't mean I can see things, still the same as ever, awful.
I still get http error 403 (Forbidden) for every single graphic image, be it smileys, buttons and stuff, banner along the top; site looks like something on teletext, it would actually more usable using lynx (text based browser) as I can then tab to the links behind the missing buttons and stuff. The only graphics that do appear are users avatars, every other image be it gif png or jpg, the server returns a stern eff off 403 error, all that appears is the text of comments. Where a graphic has a link behind it, it might be worth adding short alt tag labels (improving accessibilty for screen readers and stuff, too) describing the buttons function, reply with quote, pm other user and stuff, then I would at least be able to know there is an actual link there, where the button is missing.
I've given up, hoped the passage of time would fix it, with some version upgrade of the bb sw or something, or some "A-Ha!" moment when you've got your head under the bonnet (of the site) but no such luck, yet, when you did 'whitelist' me for a time it was all perfect but soon reverted back to how it has always been.
I'm stuck for ideas, I'm adamant it's not my end, you thought there might be some proxy detection going on, but even connecting directly, bypassing the (local) proxy, squid, it makes no difference. I'm still connecting from the same static ip address as I've had for years, so expect some security feature has taken it into its head to blacklist me on the basis of that alone, or the browser id or something. My head hurts with it.