Not sure why, but whenever I view this site from university I get a "Bad request" error & can't proceed. From about a week ago I'd get this some of the time when logging in.
That is interesting. A bad request (or 400) error indicates malformed data. So I suspect the problem is at the University end as it generally indicates a low-level bug in the server or client (unlikely!) or the proxy server at Uni is configured incorrectly (they are complicated beasts). What browser is used at Uni (try a different one)? Is a proxy set up (have a look in the options)? Is it just geologyrocks or are other sites affected? Is it the new site only, or did you get them on the old site also?
Aah, that explains it. I'm noticing another problem too... The navigation links on the blue bar at the top of the page (home, forums, about the site etc) keep disappearing, seemingly at random.
Edit- And where's the 'mark all forums read' button?
If so, they are supposed to chnage, depending on where you are in the site: otherwise known as a breadcrumb trail. They do need some work though.
Mark all read: *sigh* Something I am coding up as we speak. It was the main thing missing from drupal and I only realised how badly it was needed when I imported all the forum topics over and they were ALL unread!
haha! Found a module that does the mark as read thing (saves me coding it ). I will try it out and upload it as soon as I get chance and this will be by the weekend
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That is interesting. A bad request (or 400) error indicates malformed data. So I suspect the problem is at the University end as it generally indicates a low-level bug in the server or client (unlikely!) or the proxy server at Uni is configured incorrectly (they are complicated beasts). What browser is used at Uni (try a different one)? Is a proxy set up (have a look in the options)? Is it just geologyrocks or are other sites affected? Is it the new site only, or did you get them on the old site also?
You might try http://www.geologyrocks.org as the Uni may be blocking .co.uk...
Geologists are gneiss!!
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Bizarre... today it works! Hooray
The error i was getting was saying
"
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.
Cookie: phpbb2mysql___tt=1171032083; phpbb2mysql___f=a%3A0%3A%7B%7D; phpbb2mysql___uf=1151922382;
[repeat for about 3 pages of A4] "
But all appears to be working now. Whatever it is appears to be sorted
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It all makes sense now....
The phpbb cookies from the old site were still floating around.
Glad it works!
Geologists are gneiss!!
Rank: Calcite
Joined: 29/01/2006
Points: 151
Aah, that explains it. I'm noticing another problem too... The navigation links on the blue bar at the top of the page (home, forums, about the site etc) keep disappearing, seemingly at random.
Edit- And where's the 'mark all forums read' button?
Rank: Topaz
Joined: 18/12/2006
Points: 2977
You mean these links:
If so, they are supposed to chnage, depending on where you are in the site: otherwise known as a breadcrumb trail. They do need some work though.
Mark all read: *sigh* Something I am coding up as we speak. It was the main thing missing from drupal and I only realised how badly it was needed when I imported all the forum topics over and they were ALL unread!
Geologists are gneiss!!
Rank: Topaz
Joined: 18/12/2006
Points: 2977
haha! Found a module that does the mark as read thing (saves me coding it ). I will try it out and upload it as soon as I get chance and this will be by the weekend
Geologists are gneiss!!