I want to scream. I screwed up bad with my comus setup.

RamCharger · 2006-12-28, 03:14 PM

I just posted this over at the comus forum and figured I post it here so that comus users can avoid screwing themselves hard (like I did).

I seemingly ran headlong into the perfect storm of glitches. I found it, but only accidentally and after losing probably a days worth of productivity (and traffic).

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Background:
Yesterday, I switched to using cron for layout.inc.php.
I also have the builder set so that it doesn't generate: <div style="position:absolute; left:0; top:0; "><img src="http://amateurvirginz.com/ct/includes/layout.inc.php?img=1" class="noclass" border="0"></div> in the main page.
I also have no cookies redirect enabled.

Result? Apparently, that little DIV tag above is what generates the cookies that the no cookies redirect is based off of. No DIV tag section means no cookie means all your traffic redirected (or in my case bounced to a page that prompts you to click a link to go back to the main menu [repeating loop of death]). The problem is that you're not going to notice it unless you try clicking on your links because the page loads fine.

I don't know how many unique users I just lost in the past 24 hours and I really don't want to look at my logs to figure it out.
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The worst part about all this is that since Yahoo is dragging their feet with setting up my business email account for this domain (I'm only using them for the e-mail, not the hosting) no one could have reported this to me via e-mail if they tried. My IM would have worked, but that's another story. I am just so pissed right now because I know I lost a bunch of new traffic.

oast · 2007-01-02, 07:54 PM

Aren't life's lessons great sometimes

2006-12-28, 03:14 PM	#1
RamCharger Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere south of sanity. Posts: 110	I want to scream. I screwed up bad with my comus setup. I just posted this over at the comus forum and figured I post it here so that comus users can avoid screwing themselves hard (like I did). I seemingly ran headlong into the perfect storm of glitches. I found it, but only accidentally and after losing probably a days worth of productivity (and traffic). ---- Background: Yesterday, I switched to using cron for layout.inc.php. I also have the builder set so that it doesn't generate: <div style="position:absolute; left:0; top:0; "><img src="http://amateurvirginz.com/ct/includes/layout.inc.php?img=1" class="noclass" border="0"></div> in the main page. I also have no cookies redirect enabled. Result? Apparently, that little DIV tag above is what generates the cookies that the no cookies redirect is based off of. No DIV tag section means no cookie means all your traffic redirected (or in my case bounced to a page that prompts you to click a link to go back to the main menu [repeating loop of death]). The problem is that you're not going to notice it unless you try clicking on your links because the page loads fine. I don't know how many unique users I just lost in the past 24 hours and I really don't want to look at my logs to figure it out. ---- The worst part about all this is that since Yahoo is dragging their feet with setting up my business email account for this domain (I'm only using them for the e-mail, not the hosting) no one could have reported this to me via e-mail if they tried. My IM would have worked, but that's another story. I am just so pissed right now because I know I lost a bunch of new traffic. __________________ Adult Pic Web Adult Link Web

2007-01-02, 07:54 PM	#2
oast With $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like ... love! Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 316	Aren't life's lessons great sometimes __________________ Playboy Webmasters - The name says it all! $35 per signup or 60% revshare.