Site redirect

oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

Why is it that when I go to www.trumpetherald.com it's redirected to the Forum index and not the home page?

Kent

swthiel · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:04 am Post subject:

I don't know, but which I type that url (or click on the link you had in your post), I go to the TH home page, not to the forum.
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oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

I do also when I've already been to the site. Close your browser, start again and type the URL.

Kent

swthiel · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:54 am Post subject:

I can't reproduce your problem. I closed out my email client and browser, opened Firefox, typed in the URL, and ended up at the TH home page. I closed Firefox and opened IE 7, typed in the URL, and ended up at the TH home page. I closed IE7, opened Netscape 7.2, typed in the URL, and ended up at the TH home page.
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oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

OK, it must be a Firefox thing. It's been doing it ever since the scam-related lockdown last week. Happens in Firefox at home and work but I just tried it in IE and it's normal.

Thanks

Kent

Nonsense Eliminator · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:22 am Post subject:

It would seem that this problem is browser-dependent. I use Safari, and I do get the redirect oxleyk describes. (I've never noticed before, since TH is in my bookmarks bar, so I just click on it rather than entering the URL.) If I enter the URL in Opera, it doesn't redirect.
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swthiel · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:31 am Post subject:

Interesting ... my primary browser is Firefox, and I don't have this problem. Wish I had something more useful.

Hmmm ... have you tried deleting all the browser history pages related to TH? And maybe deleting the cookies related to TH?

Just a thought ...
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oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

I don't keep any history. I deleted cookies, reentered ID and password and it still redirects in Firefox on Debian, MacOSX, and WinDOHs.

No big deal. With computers, unexpected behavior is to be expected.

Kent

DaveH · Heavyweight Member Joined: 20 Nov 2001 Posts: 3861

When using Firefox, I get the forum page.

When using Internet Explorer, I get the home page.

trumpetherald · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

Hmm. Probably related to auto-login.

Let me work on that.

td

Trumpeter585 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject:

It just started yesterday with me.

Brian
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jpetrocelli · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject:

I have the same problem....exactly. Goes to the forum webpage instead of the homepage....Once ON the forum page though, I can go home with no issue.
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SinfonianTrumpeter · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject:

same here. I thought maybe it was related to the fact that the Mods wanted us to see the Security alert.

jpetrocelli · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

I thought my Mac was being dumb...Then I realized that I use a Mac, and that was impossible.
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Cafe du Monde · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

Oncewasaplayer · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 974

Kent, I have the same quirky issue. (I'm also using Firefox.)
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Morbo · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 599

This happens for me sometimes with Safari. It's probably something with the auto-login cookie. I doubt it's a Mac-specific thing since it happens on both browsers. Also, if it happens on Firefox, it's probably going to happen on the Mac and Windows version.
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swthiel · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

Biber · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:35 am Post subject:

I find that when I click on the link for the site in my favortites, it's hit or miss whether it goes to the home page or the forum. Seems different every time, though with a preference for the forum.

B