Weird Logon Issues with IE

[ddmmh]

I just did a fresh install of beta 4. Installed Jaxels portal and medio addon.

http://www.mmazone.com.au

I had my admin account - Seb

I setup the facebook features through the admin panel and edited some normal setup options... nothing out of the ordinary.

Created a new account on my forum using my FB to test it out - Sebastian Bernal

Now I have some weird issues.

I dont get these issues in FF but I do in IE8

I login with my admin acount Seb and about 1 second later the page refreshes and I am logged out again... does this continiously.

Ive noticed when I log in with my FB account and log out the main forum page will just refresh automatically every 2 seconds or so...

This is incredibly weird and annoying as I prefer to use IE.

I have no idea what is causing this, can anybody help? thanks

***update***

Well just incase things werent weird enough... now when Im logged in with my FB account and click 'log out' it does log me out... then decides to refresh and log back into my FB accout automatically... WTF

 

[ddmmh]

Alternatively, you can try removing the www from the facebook app, though I don't think that will really end up working either (probably getting an error if you do have the www in the board URL).

I have done that just now but still have issues. Do i need to wait for FB to reset cache or are those changes instant?

 

[Mike]

They should be applied within several minutes, if not instantly.

But the issue is really that FB expects a single URL. The URL we give them is based on your board URL (as entered) to try to resolve this issue, though there is a small bug in this behavior that will have to be resolved.

The best option is to standardize on with or without the www and force everyone to that.

 

[ddmmh]

They should be applied within several minutes, if not instantly.

But the issue is really that FB expects a single URL. The URL we give them is based on your board URL (as entered) to try to resolve this issue, though there is a small bug in this behavior that will have to be resolved.

The best option is to standardize on with or without the www and force everyone to that.

Hi Mike,

Ive been reading up a little and I want to stick to just mmazone.com.au. Ive read its better for SEO etc. Its also the only way my FB works properly too lol.

One thing i did notice that was interesting...

say if i go to www.mmazone.com.au and login with FB it just takes me back to the forums and im not logged in... but if from that point i remove the www from the domain... then BOOM im logged in. So loggin in with www.mmazone.com.au does log me in but not on www side.

Is there something in my vhosts I can change to make mmazone.com.au permanent and re-direct all traffic from www. to non www?

In your expertise whats the best way to drop the www? Thanks Mike

 

[Paul B]

I have it on good authority (Kier) that this works if placed in your root .htaccess file.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^cliptheapex\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://cliptheapex.com$1 [R=301,L]

I haven't actually tested it though.
Update the domain name accordingly.

 

[ddmmh]

I have it on good authority (Kier) that this works if placed in your root .htaccess file.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^cliptheapex\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://cliptheapex.com$1 [R=301,L]

I haven't actually tested it though.
Update the domain name accordingly.

Hi Brogan,
That appears to have worked perfectly www.mmazone.com.au re-directs to mmazone.com.au in the browsers i tested.
My .htaccess file currently looks like this

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mmazone\.com.au$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mmazone.com.au$1 [R=301,L]

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data|js|styles|install) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

The re-direct was also picked up in cpanel.
Does this mean I can now create another re-direct and have my forum in a sub-directory again?

 

[Paul B]

Does this mean I can now create another re-direct and have my forum in a sub-directory again?

No harm in trying.

.htaccess redirects are all a bit voodoo to me though

 

[ddmmh]

No harm in trying.

.htaccess redirects are all a bit voodoo to me though

lol, your voodoo works wonders. Ill give it a go a bit later and post an update! Cheers

 

[ddmmh]

No harm in trying.

.htaccess redirects are all a bit voodoo to me though

Another update brogan.
The .htaccess code you provided was working fine until i tried directories then it went a bit funny, i know you said you havent tested it, maybe you will have better results. But ive added 2 edits to my .htaccess file. Ive moved my forum from the root to /community again. All FB logins are now working perfectly and all appears to be fine. If i have no issues for 24hrs i will assume the problem is finnally FIXED! Thanks to Brogan & Mike.
Here is how my .htaccess file looks now. The way this is setup will convert absolutley anything. Example www.mmazone.com.au/asfsdgdsgdsf is converted too mmazone.com.au/asfsdgdsgdsf. I the first edit in my htaccess file does this, while the 2nd edit redirects www.mmazone.com.au to mmazone.com.au. And the 3rd part of the .htaccess is the mod_rewrite details.

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mmazone.com.au [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://mmazone.com.au/$1 [L,R=301]

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^www.mmazone.com.au [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://mmazone.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data|js|styles|install) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[ddmmh]

They should be applied within several minutes, if not instantly.

But the issue is really that FB expects a single URL. The URL we give them is based on your board URL (as entered) to try to resolve this issue, though there is a small bug in this behavior that will have to be resolved.

The best option is to standardize on with or without the www and force everyone to that.

Hi Mike,

Sorry to quote an old post I just need a quick answer(if there is one) if you dont mind. Do you know if this ended up being an XF issue? Im asking because I thought id remove my .htaccess redirects converting www to non www to see if the FB login can work without them and now I have no problems with logging into facebook, no refreshes, everything seems fine. I spent so much time on this issue, it would be nice to know if anyone has found a cause as of yet? cheers Kier.

 

[Mike]

I think it was more just adjusting the code to fit with FB's needs. I honestly don't recall.

 

[ddmmh]

I think it was more just adjusting the code to fit with FB's needs. I honestly don't recall.

I can run with that lol, all good. Im just glad it works now cheers