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OK, well things are back to normal now. That was an interesting experiment but not one I'm keen to repeat. In that brief time I learned a lot about ad placement and the user browsing experience on an online community website such as ASF.
 
noirua said:
Joe and debtfree, thanks for your responses. Will just post whilst not logged in. Unfortunately, I cant update posts or anything else though.

If anyone reads this who cant log in. Just fill in your post. Then click 'post reply' - ( it will fail ) then log in again. That will fail but your post will appear.
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I too can post when not logged in, and am separately told I am logged in when my page tells me I am not.
I fix this by closing the program and starting again by clicking on the ASF website icon.
It's a bit weird, but not really a problem that bothers me at all.
 
These issues should be fixed this weekend, so please just carry on until then. I will get stuck into it either Friday night or Saturday morning to get it all resolved as soon as possible. I am aware of the cause, but am just not sure of how long it will take to implement a fix.
 
The login thing is a bit of a worry though... potential security flaw?

I am wondering, are you logged into Goggle, farcebook or twithead at all when this problem exists? Perhaps crossed account cookie issues?
Dunno though, just a thought.
 
frugal.rock said:
The login thing is a bit of a worry though... potential security flaw?

I am wondering, are you logged into Goggle, farcebook or twithead at all when this problem exists? Perhaps crossed account cookie issues?
Dunno though, just a thought.
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Not logged in anywhere else and can Reply but need to log in afterward to actually make the post "real".
 
Just as I did now.
Thought this was always the case anyway.
 
frugal.rock said:
The login thing is a bit of a worry though... potential security flaw?

I am wondering, are you logged into Goggle, farcebook or twithead at all when this problem exists? Perhaps crossed account cookie issues?
Dunno though, just a thought.
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There's not actually a login issue. It's a caching problem. If you're posting you're logged in but it may appear that you are not because you are seeing a cached page that indicates that you are not logged in. If that makes sense. For example, most people are seeing out-of-date competition results, but I'm not because I am not seeing any cached pages because I have edited my local HOSTS file so that the pages I am seeing come directly from ASF's IP address and are not a cached version of those pages.
 
Joe Blow said:
's a caching problem. If you're posting you're logged in but it may appear that you are not because you are seeing a cached page that indicates that you are not logged in. If that makes sense.
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Perfect sense.
So users with the issue should be able to clear all their cookies n stuff and resolve the issue perhaps?
 
frugal.rock said:
Perfect sense.
So users with the issue should be able to clear all their cookies n stuff and resolve the issue perhaps?
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If your on Windows, hit CTRL+F5 a few times.
As per below.

Press the following keys to force a hard refresh in your web browser.
  • Google Chrome on Mac: Command + Shift + R
  • Google Chrome on Windows & Linux: CTRL + F5
  • Firefox on Mac: Command + Shift + R
  • Firefox on Windows & Linux: CTRL + F5
  • Safari: Command + Option + R
  • Opera on Mac: Command + Alt + R
  • Opera on Windows: Shift + F5
 
frugal.rock said:
Perfect sense.
So users with the issue should be able to clear all their cookies n stuff and resolve the issue perhaps?
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It's not quite that simple unfortunately. The cached pages are being served by Cloudflare, which means that if you cleared your temporary internet files you would still come back and see the cached pages. I've tried giving Cloudflare an enema, but it hasn't worked.

The only reason Cloudflare is even an issue is because of those grubs that launched the attack on ASF around three weeks ago. That's when I turned on Cloudflare and it only became an issue about a week ago when the host did some other stuff to the server.

I still struggle with the technical stuff after all these years. Usually I can figure it out pretty quickly, but this is one of those times where the solution to the problem has really eluded me. I'll get it, but will wait until the weekend in case I really mess things up.
 
I have managed to log in using the browser 'Opera with VPN connected' so OK now. I still cant log in with Google or any other browser tried so far. So maybe it is just a browser issue solved using VPN. I haven't tried any other browsers using VPN.
 
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Joe Blow said:
It's not quite that simple unfortunately. The cached pages are being served by Cloudflare, which means that if you cleared your temporary internet files you would still come back and see the cached pages. I've tried giving Cloudflare an enema, but it hasn't worked.

The only reason Cloudflare is even an issue is because of those grubs that launched the attack on ASF around three weeks ago. That's when I turned on Cloudflare and it only became an issue about a week ago when the host did some other stuff to the server.

I still struggle with the technical stuff after all these years. Usually I can figure it out pretty quickly, but this is one of those times where the solution to the problem has really eluded me. I'll get it, but will wait until the weekend in case I really mess things up.
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am using Opera to access here Brave ( a Chromium variant ) stopped working properly ( here ) the day after i joined

however i also post on a different forum who also uses Cloudflare and that has been simply absymal laterly , will try that form on Opera as well and see it is a browser/Cloudflare mismatch ( i don't use VPNs , yet , )

good luck with the issues , will give solid feedback if i can ( Google/Firefox family of browsers have been a pain in the past for me )

cheers
 
I'm hoping things will be back to normal tomorrow. I'll be working on the issue later tonight once things have quietened down a little.
 
the other forum won't play with Opera but currently barely functional with Brave ( Brave was settled on after FireFox and clan started to go crazy on authentication tokens )

does Cloudflare have any rivals ??

the site has been fairly good using the current combination , but if settings keep changing overseas ... that isn't helping you

cheers
 
tomorrow would be awesome , those Commsec members get evicted tomorrow ( early in the day )

Bell Direct has already got one refugee but Commsec has many more to go
 
Just checking that all the outstsanding issues, such as login issues and the stock competition leaderboard not updating, have now been resolved.

Is everything now looking good for everyone?
 
the Brave browser doesn't work for me , but am logged in Opera currently

( am used to similar problems elsewhere so have several browsers installed but hardly ever use them , unless i have a problem with what i am using )

i suppose only a few would use Brave so might not be a big problem

Microsoft Edge works fine

i hope that helps

cheers
 
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