18 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
18 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Hey Warrior Friends - Can you all take a moment and check this out for me?

by Talltom1
16 replies
Just got an email from someone pointing out a strange error at the very bottom of one of my home pages.

Can you all take about 90 seconds and go to Achieve Competitive Advantage with Better Business Analysis and Improved Business Performance. and scroll directly to the very bottom of the page to see if there is a warning message across the bottom?

Looks like this:

#check #friends #hey #moment #warrior
  • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
    This site has been up for 2.5 years, and it has been tested on all the browsers, and I'm kinda at a loss to explain this at the moment.

    Talltom
    Signature

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476200].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Glenn Bradley Cooper
    Banned
    [DELETED]
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476204].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
      Thanks Glen
      Signature

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476206].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Janet Sawyer
    Didn't even take 90 seconds!

    No message showing for me either.

    I.E. 7 browser used.

    Hope that helps.
    Signature
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476224].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
    Banned
    [DELETED]
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476228].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
    Well that confirms my experience with it for the past 2.5 years. This is really odd. I've never seen an error code like that.

    Thanks everyone for taking the time to confirm this for me!!! It's much appreciated.

    Talltom
    Signature

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476238].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author tscott_87
    Don't know if you still need people to check it, but it looks fine on my computer from Firefox as well.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476513].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author CarolSmith
    I also checked using Firefox and it worked fine for me. I hope that helps.

    Carol
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476526].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author tomfra
      Hi Tom,

      I will see if I can Google any info on the problem. Looks OK with my Firefox 3. I've never even seen this particular warning before.

      Tomas
      Signature
      STOP surfing the Internet - someone may be watching... IdentityCloaker.com
      Join our generous affiliate program - Excellent conversion rate, unique product, lifetime commissions!
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476547].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Dee Scofield
    I don't know if it's a browser problem or not (my technical knowledge is limited), but whenever I put up a new site I submit it at Check Browser Compatibility, Cross Platform Browser Test - Browsershots for a reality check. It's a free service that lets you check how your site looks in umpteen different browsers, and it might show you what browser your site is having problems with.

    p.s. Hmm, I didn't add that text link to the site I mentioned, I just copied & pasted the url. I'd sure like to know the hocus-pocus the site uses to automagically add anchor text when someone links to them!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476619].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author SandyDuPlessis
    Used Firefox, Flock and Safari with Mac.
    Your site shows up clean.
    I guess someone is scamming you somehow,
    or worse - perhaps a virus?

    Sandy
    Signature
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[476905].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
    Hey everybody,

    I really appreciate the time you took to check this out and confirm that it is working ok.

    Dee - When I develop these pages, checking for browser compatibility is an automatic step before the pages are posted.

    Sandy - I doubt this is a virus. Also, the guy that reported this to me, reported back later and said he no longer is getting this error. Go figure.

    Tomas - BTW, this server has been running awesome since you tweaked it. For anybody with a dedicated server that needs an admin to configure it for maximum efficiency, as well as to lock the doors and windows, Tomas is your guy. I highly recommend him.
    Signature

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[477238].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Tom,

      You may want to see if your web host rolled out a new version of PHP and then backed it out again. Or, possibly, messed with their default PHP configuration and temporarily turned off register_globals. I've seen at least one host make that the default for all sites, as a security issue.

      Of course, it could as easily have been a transient error, so I wouldn't spend a huge amount of time on it...


      Paul
      Signature
      .
      Stop by Paul's Pub - my little hangout on Facebook.

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[477264].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author tomfra
        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Or, possibly, messed with their default PHP configuration and temporarily turned off register_globals. I've seen at least one host make that the default for all sites, as a security issue
        register_globals should be set to "Off" at all time! If you have register_globals set to "On" and are using something like Joomla, phpBB or aMember (for example), the question is not about "If" your web will be hacked, it's about "When".

        Tom:

        The warning message actually does appear on the "Contact" page. I'll check what's causing it and how to fix it.

        Tomas
        Signature
        STOP surfing the Internet - someone may be watching... IdentityCloaker.com
        Join our generous affiliate program - Excellent conversion rate, unique product, lifetime commissions!
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[477285].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
    Good morning Paul,

    Another early riser I see. Actually if it was a host issue, everybody would be seeing it.

    So, like you say, I'm treating this as one of those transients errors, since nobody else has been able to duplicate it.

    Thanks

    Talltom
    Signature

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[477274].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author tomfra
    Tom,

    If you want, I'll login to your server and disable the warning, that should be safe.

    This is the technical explanation of the problem from the php.net website:

    PHP versions 4.2.3 and lower have an undocumented feature/bug that allows you to initialize a session variable in the global scope, albeit register_globals is disabled. PHP 4.3.0 and later will warn you, if this feature is used by enabling both session.bug_compat_42 and session.bug_compat_warn.

    Tomas
    Signature
    STOP surfing the Internet - someone may be watching... IdentityCloaker.com
    Join our generous affiliate program - Excellent conversion rate, unique product, lifetime commissions!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[477327].message }}

Trending Topics