XF 1.4 This action is available via POST only. Please press the back button and try again.

[flowerpot132]

What does this message mean?

This action is available via POST only. Please press the back button and try again.

It happened when i tried to visit a thread that may have already been removed.

 

[Liam W]

It means what it says on the tin

You've accessed a page via a GET request, when it should only be accessed via a POST request.

Generally, these pages are the save actions.

Liam

 

[flowerpot132]

Ok cool but what is GET and POST? Thanks

 

[Liam W]

Ok cool but what is GET and POST? Thanks

Two different, but pretty much the same, ways of communicating with a web server.

This may be useful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3477333/what-is-the-difference-between-post-and-get