#216989 - 09/13/0807:27 AMRe: 7.4 Discussion
[Re: Mark S]
Gizmo
Registered: 06/04/06
Posts: 12089
Loc: Portland, OR; USA
Well, call it one after you see it here ...
And yeh, I'm recommending to all of my clients who WANT to upgrade to 7.3 to hold off until 7.3.2 is out the door... Some are more impatient than others ... hehe
Rick
Registered: 06/04/06
Posts: 7998
Loc: Aberdeen, WA
7.3 ended up being a much larger release than I would have liked, and the time it's taken to get all of the little buglets resolved kinda shows that. We're going to go back to smaller releases, that come out quicker instead of trying to do a variety of major things each release.
I'd like to have the development cycle be where we put out a feature release every 3 months or so.
We're close to having 7.3.2 into private beta. I'm going through the bug reports forum and getting that cleaned up. Once that's done, then we'll hand it over to the private beta testers.
Change: When the forum is initially loaded, it will check the HTTP_HOST. If this doesn't match the FULL_URL setting in the config, then it will redirect the user to the proper URL. This will prevent the problem with people not staying logged in when access the forum via the wrong URL, which formerly required an .htaccess to fix.
Gizmo
Registered: 06/04/06
Posts: 12089
Loc: Portland, OR; USA
To be honest, I don't like:
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Change: When the forum is initially loaded, it will check the HTTP_HOST. If this doesn't match the FULL_URL setting in the config, then it will redirect the user to the proper URL. This will prevent the problem with people not staying logged in when access the forum via the wrong URL, which formerly required an .htaccess to fix.
I own over 6 domains for UGN, some pc security programs mark our main URL as "disruptive" so users have to use a secondary domain; this change will effectively screw that up... I like having the option of having users choose their domain...
Why not have the fix just read what http_host is and use that for full URL... since you're relying on that to do the check anyway lol...
Hell, this will also stop SSL browsing, since it'll direct away from https to match http host; so you could use the http host to detect if SSL is being used or not and use vars based on that... (hell, PM me and I can give you my ssl code i use for other scripts lol)
Rick
Registered: 06/04/06
Posts: 7998
Loc: Aberdeen, WA
Originally Posted By: Gizmo
Why not have the fix just read what http_host is and use that for full URL... since you're relying on that to do the check anyway lol...
Yep, that will work as well as far as I know. I'll change it and then I can see if it rears up any issues.
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Hell, this will also stop SSL browsing, since it'll direct away from https to match http host; so you could use the http host to detect if SSL is being used or not and use vars based on that... (hell, PM me and I can give you my ssl code i use for other scripts lol)
No, it doesn't do that. It keeps the protocol intact
Please make it optional, I like to force to the full url. Our board is also reachable through several URL's, but to avoid any crossdomain cookie issue we just force them to the full url. And I think the majority of the boards out there would be best server with that option.
Keeping the current hostname gives issues for islands, and any links posted in messages.
Rick
Registered: 06/04/06
Posts: 7998
Loc: Aberdeen, WA
Might be able to squeeze in an option. It's a good point on links within posts. We'll probably go with the default as a redirect with an option to just force the FULL_URL to the current HTTP_HOST. I'll stick it under Primary Settings -> Advanced Options.
Mark S
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/04/06
Posts: 4122
Loc: Liverpool : England : UK
Fingers crossed then
Nice big change log there now Looks like your getting the better of it now RICK
Just add top 30 day posters as a default island for keeping us waiting
Good Work Rick -
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