Not to worry, it’s a US federal government website.
Specifically, if you could try clicking on “continue” at the bottom of this page and tell me whether you get an error message from your browser or not, I’d appreciate it.
I don’t know if the problem I’m having originates on my own laptop or on the website itself.
No, the continue doesn’t work. I’m on Firefox.
No, doesn’t work for me - also using FF. I get “The connection was reset”
Nope, doesn’t work. “Connection was reset.” I am also on Firefox.
Okay, thanks guys. On further investigation, it looks like the whole site (testregristration.org) is down. Don’t know why. But it’s been like this since yesterday, so it looks like either no one’s working on it til after the holiday (doubtful, right?) or else something went really truly seriously wrong with the site!
Nope, IE 8 and Chrome 3 both tested.
Just as a quick aside, if you are trying to determine if the problem in reaching a site is on your end or theirs, try Down For Everyone, Or Just Me?
It worked for me, Mac Safari.
I get to a login screen with:
Part A Burden 40 Min, Part B 110 Min
*** WARNINGWARNINGWARNING***
Unauthorized access is a violation of U.S. Law and Department of State policy, and may result in criminal or administrative penalties. Users shall not access other user’s or system files without proper authority. Absence of access controls IS NOT auth…
I was going to mention that, too, but for the type of link in question (i.e. a “continue” button without an associated URL as far as I can tell), the “Down For Everyone . . .” site isn’t of use.
Part of the reason I am posting this is to learn if I am wrong and that there is, in fact, a way to use “Down for Everyone . . .” for this question.
It worked for me too. Firefox 3.5.7 on Vista here.
I get a red “warning” paragraph and login fields.
Mac Firefox.
Works for me, I get the warning paragraph and login fields.
IE 8
FF 3.6
Yep, worked for me, same warning page as above posts.
Works now.
You can try right-clicking on the “continue” button and selecting “copy link location” then pasting that into the “Down for everyone” box; I admit I didn’t try that in this case.
I mainly brought up “Down for everyone…” for general info which is why I referenced it as an aside. I suspect it won’t be useful in all cases.
**No, it is not a government web site. **
There many web sites that deliberately style their design to mimic government web sites so as to offer an air of “officialdom” or acceptance by web users. Even if the site is legitimate, it’s still a con for web users.
The link at the bottom of the page does go to an official government web site. However, that link is not valid as the government site reports a 404 error.
**The “Continue” button also does not go to a government web site. **
While the owner of the site may be operating under a government contract, there is no obvious evidence that it is. I would not enter any private data on the second site until you’ve done your due dilligence.
Probably is legitimate. A quick check of state.gov shows that it links directly to OP’s site when you start the registration process.
Same here but Firefox. Same with Galeon (Both on Ubuntu Linux)
It’s likely legitimate. ACT Inc. is an academic testing company most famous for the ACT, the college entrance exam that’s often taken instead of the SAT.