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fixitdammit      533 days ago  # 2 November 2022 + 0 -

sparknotes pages for summaries on their eyes were watching god are coming up with a 404 not found page
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Guest      607 days ago  # 20 August 2022 + 0 -

f*** Sparknotes, website doesn't even f***ing work.
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noneofyadamnbeeswax      737 days ago  # 13 April 2022 + 0 -

every time i go to login to spark notes with the account i made eysterday its telling me my password isnt strong rnough, then i decide to reset the password, my password still isnt strong enoufh, i use the storng password they provide, and it still wont let me, what the actual f.
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Some pages are now unusable.      792 days ago  # 17 Feb 2022 + 0 -

at https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/section13
the following line is the page text.
ReferenceError: /home/web/redesign/views/404.html:7
5| <div class="sn-page-notfound-container">
6| <div class="sn-page-notfound-container__textarea">
>> 7| <h2><%- constants["404_page"]["mainHeader"] %></h2>
8| <p><%- constants["404_page"]["subHeader"] %></p>
9| </div>
10| </div>

constants is not defined
at eval (/home/web/redesign/views/404.html:12:17)
at 404 (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:682:17)
at tryHandleCache (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:254:36)
at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:485:10)
at View.render (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:135:8)
at tryRender (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:640:10)
at Function.render (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:592:3)
at ServerResponse.render (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:1012:7)
at ServerResponse.res.render (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express-ejs-layouts/lib/express-layouts.js:77:18)
at /home/web/redesign/app.js:135:9
at Layer.handle_error (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:71:5)
at trim_prefix (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
at /home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
at Function.process_params (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)
at next (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
at Layer.handle_error (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:67:12)
at trim_prefix (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
at /home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
at Function.process_params (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)
at next (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
at Layer.handle_error (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:67:12)
at trim_prefix (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
at /home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
at Function.process_params (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)
at next (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
at Layer.handle_error (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:67:12)
at trim_prefix (/home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
at /home/web/redesign/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
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Guest      792 days ago  # 16 Feb 2022 + 0 -

they suck ass
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stupid spark notes      1037 days ago  # + 0 -

they're totally messing with us, they know that we have a bunch of English stuff to do and just wanna see the world burn
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guest      1037 days ago  # + 0 -

and this is why i shouldn't save my english assignments until the last minute...
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Random Guy      1037 days ago  # + 0 -

It's down for me. Just as I need it for my English class.
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