Redirect function being weird - Page 2

MarkG · December 11, 2003, 10:48

works fine for me as both a registered user on mozilla and a guest on ie 6. therefore, your system is the error, not apolyton

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:18

I'm getting the same problem as Laz. And he is right about poly being the only place that it happens on. It just started a few days ago.

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:22

http://joetec.net/adserv/between3.ph...terglow.com%2F

MarkG · December 11, 2003, 16:23

yeah well other sites dont have this system, so it's pretty natural....

so what exactly do you get when you click on the link? the redirect page with the ad, and then what?

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:23

When i posted the link i got while poly was redirecting, like Laz i cant see it in my post. When i attempt to edit the post, the link is there... So i have no clue what the problem is.

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:24

i get a blank page.. the link is in the address bar. i have the same browser as Laz

MarkG · December 11, 2003, 16:29

which exact ie version do you have? which windows version(and service pack)?

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 11, 2003, 16:29

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Originally posted by MarkG
works fine for me as both a registered user on mozilla and a guest on ie 6. therefore, your system is the error, not apolyton

"Aha!" said the representative of the White Star Line. "The Titanic, and it's crew and management, were not at fault! It was the faulty placement of a gigantic chunk of ice that was the problem."

Not sure I follow your logic, Markos.

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:33

The file version is 6.00.2800.1106 service pack 1

I upgraded from 5. my computer is a few years old.

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 11, 2003, 16:35

Yup. I've got exactly the same version of IE6 as Sprayber.

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:36

I dont get it though. It just started happening in the last few days..

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 11, 2003, 16:40

Same here.

MarkG · December 11, 2003, 16:48

by service pack 1, you mean windows xp service pack 1?

guess what, i've got the exact same ie/windows version

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Not sure I follow your logic, Markos.

well since the same browser on my computer(and other browsers on other people's computers) doesnt give any error then the problem is not on the apolyton code but rather on something on your computer

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It just started happening in the last few days..

that's cause the redirect system was changed a few days ago

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:50

I'm running ME not XP

Gramphos · December 11, 2003, 16:50

Are you using somesort of adfiltering software (that will remove thelinksa that go through known adsites)?

(I'm not sure if the Google toolbar does so, but I think the Norton Antivirus does) (Not using Windows at this very oment I cant test eiter of it).

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 16:54

I do run Norton Antivirus

Frozzy · December 11, 2003, 18:16

I think it's a flaw in that particular piece of software. I'd have to check though.

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 11, 2003, 19:15

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Originally posted by MarkG
by service pack 1, you mean windows xp service pack 1?

guess what, i've got the exact same ie/windows version

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Not sure I follow your logic, Markos.

well since the same browser on my computer(and other browsers on other people's computers) doesnt give any error then the problem is not on the apolyton code but rather on something on your computer

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It just started happening in the last few days..

that's cause the redirect system was changed a few days ago

Ah, I see. By leaving my PC unchanged in it's happily-working state while people dicked about with Poly, I was in the wrong. What a silly billy I am.

Yup- I run Norton too. In order to filter out those bastard pop-ups on the re-direct.

MarkG · December 11, 2003, 20:26

only thing, there are NO pop-ups on the redirect anymore

so YOU using software(i was right, there was nothing wrong with our code, it was something on your end that caused the problem) in order to be the smart guy and not see the same ads like all the other visitors of the site is now creating trouble in your use of the site. please tell me why i should try to do something about it

Sprayber · December 11, 2003, 20:41

It didnt create trouble before so how exactly is it our faut? We didnt change anything. Apparently poly is the only site we have problems with.

Ben Kenobi · December 11, 2003, 21:12

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in order to be the smart guy and not see the same ads like all the other visitors of the site is now creating trouble in your use of the site.

/me drags out world's smallest violin to play, "My heart bleeds for you."

MarkG · December 12, 2003, 00:52

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Originally posted by Sprayber
It didnt create trouble before so how exactly is it our faut? We didnt change anything. Apparently poly is the only site we have problems with.

are you using adfiltering features of norton antivirus?

if you are, you're using software to mess up the code that would otherwise work just fine.

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 12, 2003, 05:05

And the fact that this site's pointless, annoying, cleverdick redirect facility designed to complicate something that the rest of the internet manages with a simple link has nothing to do with it. I get the picture.

Gramphos · December 12, 2003, 08:10

There are actually many sites that show ads when users leave their site or downloads files, and having links going to known ad providers (that NA filters away)

If you always have it enabled you won't know if you missother links on other sites since they might have been of tht format for longer.

MarkG · December 12, 2003, 10:49

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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
And the fact that this site's pointless

it's not pointless. it helps us pay the bills and that's a huge point imho
even more it has brought to the light some bad habits of some of our users and personally that's an even bigger point

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, annoying, cleverdick redirect facility designed to complicate something that the rest of the internet manages with a simple link has nothing to do with it. I get the picture.

well consider this: washington post asks guests to enter their US zip code before reading a article. every time i get there, i enter the example given (21071 i believe). i think we annoy people much much less than that

MarkG · December 12, 2003, 10:59

plus, we are NOT doing this in our front page or other significant pages (like gamespot, ign, etc)

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 12, 2003, 11:53

So what did you do a few days ago that caused this problem, Markos?

Theben · December 12, 2003, 14:10

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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
It's translating the "/" character into "%2F".

That's what is happening to me too.

And I run Norton.

MarkG · December 12, 2003, 16:05

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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
So what did you do a few days ago that caused this problem, Markos?

http://apolyton.net/news/search.php?...ndOr=or&Find2=

Bugs ****ing Bunny · December 13, 2003, 04:44

You know, it was directly because of getting mugged by multiple pop-ups on Apolyton that I finally snapped and installed Norton. I got fed up with the suggested work-arounds that never work for long. When you're on a dial-up connection it can slow things to a crawl. You'll therefore understand my scepticism if you're suggesting I should disable my security on visiting here.

CFC has one advert in 24 hours on first accessing the site- and that seems to work fine. Ever considered such an option?