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Title: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: tony angel on Sun 16 Jun 2024 13:25:18

Hi all,

This is getting a little frustrating. Unable to get on forum with chrome, edge was suggested...now can not get on with edge....now using duckduckgo. wondering how long this will last. i would like to be able to get on here with my chrome, that which i use for everything else.

Please help, please advise me.

frustrated tony

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: Ratso on Sun 16 Jun 2024 15:35:15

I used the address http://www.aussiedownunder.info/Ausrock/index.php/topic,20978.0/topicseen.html (rather than shttp) and I've had no troubles since.
 :smash:)

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: tony angel on Sun 16 Jun 2024 16:29:27

thank you, i will try that for a while. next year i will probably be off line for good because my dell windows 10 will not be able to upgrade to windows 11....so i hear......so unless i can afford a new pc (doubtful) i will be off line. however before i go, i have had donations of lp's and as of now around 120 new lp's to post on my internet archives page.

i will let everyone here know after i start posting.

thank you ratso for your help..... :thankyou1: :thankyou1: :thankyou1:

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: Ratso on Sun 16 Jun 2024 21:36:20

No worries tonyangel.
Just a thought, but why not back up your computer and use Linux instead of Windows?

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: tony angel on Mon 17 Jun 2024 01:49:27

i will look into that thank you ratso

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: SunnyToo on Mon 17 Jun 2024 07:40:14

I think you have a browser issue where Edge and Chrome are trying to force a https connection when one doesn't exist for this site.

You may want to try using Firefox as your browser which can still be set to connect to http only sites.
[Settings > Privacy & Security > Scroll down to "HTTPS-Only Mode" then select "Don’t enable HTTPS-Only Mode"]

If you install Firefox I also suggest installing the Privacy Badger extension that stops trackers following you in your web browsing.

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: mrtanner87 on Fri 10 Jan 2025 22:30:54

Hi guys. Firefox now doesn't work either. It automatically transfers http to https. The only browser I found that was working is Mozilla.
Any other suggestions to get around this??

MrT

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: peterpowerpop on Fri 10 Jan 2025 22:45:29

My main browser on the PC (with Windows 11) is Brave (https://brave.com/). It has no problem with the forum.

Brave lets me know that the forum link is "Not secure". But apart from that, everything's fine in Brave.

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: johng on Sat 11 Jan 2025 04:06:51

I had a similar problem with Edge and the shttp vs http issue - managed to change  the latter as the site address.

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: arfa on Sat 11 Jan 2025 16:41:58

I Use Firefox
I use this as a bookmark and never have a problem

Spoiler: ShowHide

http://www.aussiedownunder.info/Ausrock/index.php

Title: Re: Been unable to get on forum again
Post by: Hector McFreckle on Sat 11 Jan 2025 17:15:09

Quote from: arfa on Sat 11 Jan 2025 16:41:58

I Use Firefox
I use this as a bookmark and never have a problem

Spoiler: ShowHide

http://www.aussiedownunder.info/Ausrock/index.php

That's some great advice, @arfa. I've just added that bookmark to 3 browsers that I use. And @peterpowerpop, I haven't used Brave before, so I'll have to check to see whether there are benefits of using that browser.

Also I think we've all had those logon issues over the past couple of years, and as @johng and @Sunnytoo have stated it seems to be the 'not secure' protection within certain common internet browsers (http vs https) so removing the 'S' from the full site address is certainly the key.  :smash:) :Thumbup:)