Invalid Redirect message

[palincss]

I've been getting this message a lot visiting the Forum:
Invalid redirect URL (http://forums.thepaceline.net/profile.php?do=dst)
Reloading the original URL fixes the problem. This started when we changed from daylight savings time to standard time.

Anyone else seeing this, or knows what to do about it?

[DRZRM]

Yeah, I'm getting it a lot too.

[8aaron8]

Happens to me every time I come to this site, once I reload it's a non-issue. I too, wonder what the issue is about.

[hollowgram5]

I've been getting this message a lot visiting the Forum:
Invalid redirect URL (http://forums.thepaceline.net/profile.php?do=dst)
Reloading the original URL fixes the problem. This started when we changed from daylight savings time to standard time.

Anyone else seeing this, or knows what to do about it?That issue has presented itself to me a few times. If you are trying to log in from a page loaded as http instead if https, that is when I've seen this happen myself.

[pinkshogun]

was happnening to me too but today it stopped

[ceolwulf]

I was just about to PM staff about this.

I usually have forum index open in a tab. Then when I want to check up on it I click on General Discussion, it opens Gen D and immediately redirects to that error message. Go back to forum index, go back to Gen D no problem. But after I've been away from it for a while, same thing again.

[Ed-B]

Looks like we're all having this problem...

[RoadWhale]

Finally a Group I can keep up with.

[Ralph]

I was having that issue....seems to be fixed now.

[seanile]

thought it was just me. i only don't get it if i visit "http://forums.thepaceline.net/"

[MerckxMad]

Was told it has something to do with desktop vs. Tapatalk versions.

[shovelhd]

There's an old thread about this. For some reason, the forum allowed non-secure (http) connections recently when in the past they were redirected to secure (https). I got rid of the error this weekend by:

Logging out
Log into https://forms.thepaceline.net/

[Don49]

^^ That fixed it for me. Thanks!

[pcxmbfj]

Seem to be able to only use non-secure link.

[Keith A]

There's an old thread about this. For some reason, the forum allowed non-secure (http) connections recently when in the past they were redirected to secure (https). I got rid of the error this weekend by:

Logging out
Log into https://forms.thepaceline.net/This is the correct solution. It appears that something happened when we relocated our server back in September. You need to access the forum from a secure connection (https) and not (http).

I will try and figure out what is going on.

[ergott]

Am I doing something wrong? I've always had this link bookmarked.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/forumdisplay.php?f=3

[Keith A]

Am I doing something wrong? I've always had this link bookmarked.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/forumdisplay.php?f=3

Use this instead...

https://forums.thepaceline.net/forumdisplay.php?f=3

[ergott]

Thanks! that sneaky "s" got past me.

[fkelly]

One solution: if you have the Paceline bookmarked:

right click on the bookmark in your bookmark list;
click on properties
where it says "location" change the http to https leaving the rest the same

I suspect outdated bookmarks (favorites) are causing this. They were for me.

[pcxmbfj]

One solution: if you have the Paceline bookmarked:

right click on the bookmark in your bookmark list;
click on properties
where it says "location" change the http to https leaving the rest the same

I suspect outdated bookmarks (favorites) are causing this. They were for me.

That did it for me.
Is there a way to change password with using the old one? I don't know what it is, it's been saved since joining.

[Keith A]

That did it for me.
Is there a way to change password with using the old one? I don't know what it is, it's been saved since joining.The password information is stored in your cookies on your machine, and it is based on the URL. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to move this information over from http to https. However, I can send you a password reset if necessary -- just let me know.

[gone]

Really simple (user) fix:

Log out
Google "paceline forum"
You'll see a match "Paceline forum powered by vBulletin" that has a link below it that starts "https..."
Click on the link
Log in
Done

[fkelly]

The method I posted a few hours ago, modifying the link in the bookmark to https: did not work when I came back into the site later.

It is possible to remove all cookies related to the site: in Firefox go to tools options / privacy and security and remove individual cookies. Search for "paceline" and select all those cookies. Remove them.

That still doesn't resolve the problem fully however. I'm wondering if it is something to do with caching.

[fkelly]

Went into tools, options, privacy and security and cleared offline website data and cache, site preferences and browsing and download history. Closed Firefox and restarted. Not getting invalid redirect now.

[Keith A]

Went into tools, options, privacy and security and cleared offline website data and cache, site preferences and browsing and download history. Closed Firefox and restarted. Not getting invalid redirect now.Thanks for the update and I'm glad this is working correctly for you.

[fkelly]

Nahhh! After doing all I mentioned on Monday, Tuesday morning I came back in and had the invalid redirect message again.

It's a minor annoyance but probably worth resolving at some point.

[Keith A]

Nahhh! After doing all I mentioned on Monday, Tuesday morning I came back in and had the invalid redirect message again.

It's a minor annoyance but probably worth resolving at some point.Can you verify that when you get this message that the URL address starts with "https" and not "http"?

[fkelly]

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-questions-problems-and-troubleshooting/393557-invalid-redirect-url-after-upgrade

Wonder if that link above is relevant. Would need to be an admin to do what's in it and even then it might not work.

[Keith A]

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-questions-problems-and-troubleshooting/393557-invalid-redirect-url-after-upgrade

Wonder if that link above is relevant. Would need to be an admin to do what's in it and even then it might not work.Thanks for the link. Yes, I had to change this setting whenever I switched over to a secure connection. But I just verified that this is set correctly.

The only time I see the invalid redirect is when you log into the forum from "http://forums.thepaceline.net", and not "https://forums.thepaceline.net"

[fkelly]

granted that "https" rather than "http" is needed.

However my bookmark is set to https and I still get the message.

It looks like all the links on the page(s) are set to "forums.paceline.net ..." rather than the full "https://forums.paceline.net" For instance in composing this reply I have a little indicator "Logged in as fkelly" where "fkelly" is a link field and down in the bottom left of the browser the link shows as: "forums.paceline.net/member.php?u=31555" Likewise the link for Log Out shows as "forums.paceline.net/login.php?do=logout .. then a hash key. I wonder if there is some way of forcing the https in these links.

[Keith A]

granted that "https" rather than "http" is needed.

However my bookmark is set to https and I still get the message.

It looks like all the links on the page(s) are set to "forums.paceline.net ..." rather than the full "https://forums.paceline.net" For instance in composing this reply I have a little indicator "Logged in as fkelly" where "fkelly" is a link field and down in the bottom left of the browser the link shows as: "forums.paceline.net/member.php?u=31555" Likewise the link for Log Out shows as "forums.paceline.net/login.php?do=logout .. then a hash key. I wonder if there is some way of forcing the https in these links.Thanks for the follow up. I thought I was correctly forcing https, but apparently this isn't working correctly after the server relocation. I will work on getting this fixed.

[fkelly]

You've seen:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/articles/4361080-converting-your-forum-to-https

Hopefully we aren't using Godaddy :)

I don't suppose it could be as "simple" as a htaccess rewrite of http to https? Though I've put entire sites out of operation (temporarily) by messing with htaccess.

[Shoeman]

Mine is working just fine now:banana:

[Keith A]

You've seen:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/articles/4361080-converting-your-forum-to-https

Hopefully we aren't using Godaddy :)

I don't suppose it could be as "simple" as a htaccess rewrite of http to https? Though I've put entire sites out of operation (temporarily) by messing with htaccess.Thanks for the link. I've read a bunch of different articles on this, but haven't seen that one yet. We are using GoDaddy for the domain registration, but they aren't hosting the site.

I have been modifying htaccess, and I too have created some problems when messing with this file, and it always makes me a little nervous when I start changing these settings. I have with our hosting company, and they were somewhat helpful, but not as much as I'd hoped.

[Bud_E]

Really simple (user) fix:

Log out
Google "paceline forum"
You'll see a match "Paceline forum powered by vBulletin" that has a link below it that starts "https..."
Click on the link
Log in
Done


+1 . Worked for me!

[regularguy412]

I just deleted my old shortcut and created a new one. Now it looks like this:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=3

Takes me right to the General Discussion first page.

Mike in AR:beer:

[palincss]

I just deleted my old shortcut and created a new one. Now it looks like this:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=3

Takes me right to the General Discussion first page.

Mike in AR:beer:

And it's still http rather than https -- and that works now without an error message because the admins fixed whatever the problem was!

Speaking of which, I still wonder about that "dst" parameter in the redirect, sure seems like it might mean daylight savings time to me, and since we are no longer on daylight savings time that would be invalid...

[Keith A]

I just deleted my old shortcut and created a new one. Now it looks like this:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=3

Takes me right to the General Discussion first page.

Mike in AR:beer:As palincss mentioned, this should really be "https" instead of "http".

[jamiec]

Thanks for the link. I've read a bunch of different articles on this, but haven't seen that one yet. We are using GoDaddy for the domain registration, but they aren't hosting the site.

I have been modifying htaccess, and I too have created some problems when messing with this file, and it always makes me a little nervous when I start changing these settings. I have with our hosting company, and they were somewhat helpful, but not as much as I'd hoped.

Keith, what are you using in htaccess to force https?

For all the sites I build I use the code below, It would go at top of you root htaccess file

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]

[Keith A]

Thanks for the help and input on this problem!!! I'm a software engineer who knows enough about web-programming to usually get myself in trouble.

Here's what my .htaccess file is supposed to contain, but I will need to check the current file contents to see if our hosting company has modified this file.

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.thepaceline\.net [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]

I didn't craft this myself, but this came from an experience web-programmer friend.

[Keith A]

Looks like my current .htaccess file isn't what I set this previously. I know there are other ways to skin this https cat and will need to check with our host company and see what is going on.

Anyway, this is our current .htaccess file contents...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.thepaceline\.net
RewriteRule (.*) http://forums\.thepaceline\.net/$1 [R=301,L]

One of the other things this is supposed to do is redirect "www" to "forums".

[jamiec]

Keith, the code below would take care of both. It would redirect all traffic to https://forums.thepaceline.net (including www)

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^forums.thepaceline.net [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]

[Keith A]

Keith, the code below would take care of both. It would redirect all traffic to https://forums.thepaceline.net (including www)

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^forums.thepaceline.net [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]Thanks!!! I'll give this a try later on and we'll see what happens :eek:

[Keith A]

When using jamiec suggested changes, typing in the following:
o "www.thepaceline.net"
o "forums.thepaceline.net"
o "http://forums.thepaceline.net"
o "thepaceline.net

goes to "https://forums.thepaceline.net/forums/" and not "https://forums.thepaceline.net"

[Keith A]

But it looks like the following does work correctly...

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.thepaceline\.net [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://forums.thepaceline.net/$1 [L,R=301]

So let me know if anyone still has a problem with this issue. All combinations I tried, correctly points this to the "https" site.

[seanile]

i havent had an issue for two days now.

[palincss]

Neither have I, but I've been going to the http site. Now, I see I am on the https site. That was your goal, so it's working, and without any error messages.

:banana:

[sokyroadie]

Today mine says:

Not secure https://forums.thepaceline.net

[Keith A]

Today mine says:

Not secure https://forums.thepaceline.netHmm, I haven't seen or heard of this problem before. What browser are you using? Where are you seeing this message?

[sokyroadie]

Hmm, I haven't seen or heard of this problem before. What browser are you using? Where are you seeing this message?

Comodo Dragon - it is on the top task bar.