Bugs & Errors - Forum

[BBS]

@Tony Can you fix the bug where the fourm button randomly goes down and i end up looking at a bus or train photo.

[Tony]

@Tony Can you fix the bug where the fourm button randomly goes down and i end up looking at a bus or train photo.

Not sure what you mean, has anyone else come across this?

[Stu]

@Tony Can you fix the bug where the fourm button randomly goes down and i end up looking at a bus or train photo.

What forum button and where?

[ayyHugo]

When filling out the form to become a member of the forum, it seems like one of the questions is outdated - it asks you to state the bus route from Wolverhampton-Birmingham. With the changes NXWM made in 2018, the old route 126 was replaced by the X7/8 (https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/dudley-sandwell-service-changes/route-126), and so the 126 started to terminate at Dudley instead of Wolverhampton. However the question still requires you to put in 126, and will not accept X7 or X8, which got me a bit baffled haha (but I got there eventually). From what I saw, all of the other questions still seem viable. Maybe someone could review the questions to ensure they are all in good shape? Thanks  ;D ;D

[Stu]

When filling out the form to become a member of the forum, it seems like one of the questions is outdated - it asks you to state the bus route from Wolverhampton-Birmingham. With the changes NXWM made in 2018, the old route 126 was replaced by the X7/8 (https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/dudley-sandwell-service-changes/route-126), and so the 126 started to terminate at Dudley instead of Wolverhampton. However the question still requires you to put in 126, and will not accept X7 or X8, which got me a bit baffled haha (but I got there eventually). From what I saw, all of the other questions still seem viable. Maybe someone could review the questions to ensure they are all in good shape? Thanks  ;D ;D

Thanks, will take a look at this.

[ellspurs]

Hi,

Could it be possible to change the URL that directs you back to the main site to a https link?

The same would need to be done for the link to the forum from the main site (and probably any other links on site as needed).

Thanks

[Stu]

Hi,

Could it be possible to change the URL that directs you back to the main site to a https link?

The same would need to be done for the link to the forum from the main site (and probably any other links on site as needed).

Thanks

Is there a particular reason for this request?

For a 'secure' HTTPS connection, it would require @Tony to pay for an SSL certificate for this domain.

HTTPS is strongly recommended for ecommerce websites, but I know the likes of Google are trying to push all website owners to have SSL encryption available.

Personally, unless your website is handling or storing extremely confidential details, such as card payment transactions, and personally identifiable information such as name/address/date-of-birth etc, I don't think SSL/HTTPS is actually needed. There might be a case for the forum to have such encryption, but I don't think the main photo site does at all.

[Tony]

Is there a particular reason for this request?

For a 'secure' HTTPS connection, it would require @Tony to pay for an SSL certificate for this domain.

HTTPS is strongly recommended for ecommerce websites, but I know the likes of Google are trying to push all website owners to have SSL encryption available.

Personally, unless your website is handling or storing extremely confidential details, such as card payment transactions, and personally identifiable information such as name/address/date-of-birth etc, I don't think SSL/HTTPS is actually needed. There might be a case for the forum to have such encryption, but I don't think the main photo site does at all.

Yes, I already pay around £200 per year for the domain, the hosting, security etc, I don't see the need for HTTPS for 80,000 photos in the public domain.

[ellspurs]

My apologies. I just thought that the links hadn't been updated as it was showing an https connection on my end. Looking into why I was seeing an https connection my end, I found out it is a feature of my antivirus protection.

Feel free to ignore me, and sorry to have bothered you both.

[Tony]

My apologies. I just thought that the links hadn't been updated as it was showing an https connection on my end. Looking into why I was seeing an https connection my end, I found out it is a feature of my antivirus protection.

Feel free to ignore me, and sorry to have bothered you both.

I have had that problem before as well, where it automatically puts the 's' in, then tells you the link doesn't work, so no apologies necessary, I know where you are coming from now you have posted that.

[Stu]

My apologies. I just thought that the links hadn't been updated as it was showing an https connection on my end. Looking into why I was seeing an https connection my end, I found out it is a feature of my antivirus protection.

Feel free to ignore me, and sorry to have bothered you both.

No problem at all, thanks for the explanation.

Just out of interest, which 'antivirus protection' is this?

Readers here might find it hard to believe that I haven't subscribed to any anti-virus software for several years (apart from the Windows Defender built in to Windows 10), and I can't remember the last time my PC got infected with any virus or malware...

[mesub]

Let's encrypt do offer free SSL certificates.

https://lencr.org/

If you scroll down a bit, you'll find that it is legitimate.

Like Stu said though, it's not strictly necessary.

[DJ]

No problem at all, thanks for the explanation.

Just out of interest, which 'antivirus protection' is this?

Readers here might find it hard to believe that I haven't subscribed to any anti-virus software for several years (apart from the Windows Defender built in to Windows 10), and I can't remember the last time my PC got infected with any virus or malware...

Likewise, I used to use Avast back in the day, but I don't see a need anymore. Windows Defender, and generally being sensible with what sites you visit and what you download, does just fine these days.

Let's encrypt do offer free SSL certificates.

https://lencr.org/

If you scroll down a bit, you'll find that it is legitimate.

Like Stu said though, it's not strictly necessary.

Yep, I've used it before, the only downside is that you need to renew the certificate, I think every 6 months, although the Wordpress site I ran in the past did have a plugin that did that for you.

[Stu]

Let's encrypt do offer free SSL certificates.

https://lencr.org/

If you scroll down a bit, you'll find that it is legitimate.

Like Stu said though, it's not strictly necessary.

Yes, I have heard of them before. But it depends on your hosting provider really; my previous web host would still charge an annual fee to set up and install these 'free certificates'.

Thankfully for my own websites I now have a new provider who include provision of 'free' SSL certificates at no extra charge.  ;D

[ellspurs]

Good afternoon,

Sorry to bother you all again, but I appear to be having issues where half of the text is missing from certain parts of each page.

It's like this for me in the Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers.

I would've attached a screenshot, but it gives an error message saying the upload folder cannot current be written, so there may be an issue with the forum software.

Thanks,

@Stu Can you see if you can sort please?