"Actually I got a second wind, and set up a new server from scratch, installed River2, and was able to access the static river page at this address. http://ec2-107-20-57-241.compu... I'll leave it running overnight. My offer still stands, with this caveat. Start over and see if you get the same problem. It's possible with all the fussing around that something got screwed up. I want to be sure it's fresh. On the other hand, you might have the same experience I just had and it might all "just work" in which case you can move on from here... Again sorry for all the difficulty here, but the good news is I got to fix a bug, which is always a good thing." - Dave Winer