a way to access the Learn Spanish videos

Question

In case anyone else is having trouble accessing the Learn Spanish videos right now, I thought I'd post the solution that I found. While on any page of spanishdict.com, in the URL/search field in Google or whatever search engine you use, replace whatever comes after the slash with "browse/Learn/1" for Learn Spanish 1. Change the number after the last slash to get to other levels of the Spanish course.

I'm sorry, but I can't seem to find a way to access the English course.

Answer 1

EDIT: You may try clearing your history and cache as well, sometimes things can get broken and cause problems like this.

AnnRonn, if you send me the page source file I can try to determine the problem for you. My suspicion is there is a sizing issue and ads are getting in the way even though they don't look like they are. Right click on the page and select "view page source" if you are using firefox on a windows operating system. I may take a few days to respond though. Be sure that after you grab the page source on firefox you do whatever it was that brought up fluencia again, and also give me the URL to that site. You may be able to solve the problem by just widening your browser.

You can put the source code on pastebin with an expiration of like a week or something and I'll post the link.

What does the page look like with nothing on it? Is it a 404 error, or just a blank white page?

I also want to point out, there are additional links you can use to gain access to the learn Spanish courses and aprende gratis inglés courses at the very very bottom of every page on SpanishDict. If something is in the way of the links from the menu bar up at the top there shouldn't be anything in the way of the access links at the bottom.

Answer 2

ATuring, thanks so much for your suggestions. I tried the links at the bottom of the page and got the same result. Then I cleared the history and cache to no avail. Finally it occurred to me that perhaps a shut-down was indicated and voila! after the reboot things seem to be back to normal. When will I ever learn to try that immediately whenever things go wonky? Again, thanks for taking the time to help.

That happens to me a lot. :) - rac1, Sep 11, 2013

Answer 3

Thanks, rac1. The videos work fine for me once I get to them. It's just that the page that used to have the links to the courses now has no links. In other words, when I go to the pull-down menu under "Learn" and choose "Learn Spanish," I'm taken to a page with no links to anything. It's a dead end. Is it just me?

ETA: Now, this is very interesting. I tried it with a different browser (Firefox), and using that browser I'm taken to a page that pitches Fluencia. I have no idea how the same link can take me to different places depending on the browser I'm using, but I guess it will all get sorted out eventually.

I'm sorry, Ann. I just tried it again with no problem. That is strange. Maybe it does have something to do with the browser. Please let me know if it continues doing that. - rac1, Sep 11, 2013

Answer 4

Hi Ann...Thanks for the information. I just tried the videos. They're working for me; both the English and Spanish. Sorry you're having trouble with it. Try feedback and see if they have a solution.