Page 1 of 1
LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:02 am
by Dormy
Now mostly using a nexus tablet for internety thing as PC and much other stuff was relegated to attic to allow for house alterations.
All OK until a recent system update to Android 5.0.2. Now whatever LRCC page/topic I look at, the URL which appears in the address bar is always: -
http://www.lrcc.org.uk
Navigating the site is not a problem but I cannot find any individual page URLs, only the LRCC home page above. This prevents me being able to embed links to any specific pages/topics I might want to refer to when posting a reply.
Any ideas what the Android update has done or how I can get around this ?
Thanks
Ian
P.S. I should add only the LRCC site is affected, every other site I can see each pages individual full URL
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:41 am
by RMS
Hi Ian,
What browser are you using, and what browser were you using before?
You can install Google Chrome on Android as well as other browsers - you don't have to use the Android default one.
It could be to do with the way the website is hosted - you might have noticed (when you could see it) that the URL shows
www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum/......... rather than
www.lrcc.org.uk/.....
That's because I actually store/host the website and forum on my business webspace along with all my other websites and my customer's websites - no point in paying for hosting for each website when I already pay for business webspace.
Anyone going to
www.lrcc.org.uk is redirected to where it is actually hosted, hence the change in the URL bar.
Cheers,
Robin.
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:53 am
by Dormy
RMS wrote:
What browser are you using, and what browser were you using before?
You can install Google Chrome on Android as well as other browsers - you don't have to use the Android default one.
Google Chrome it is/was. Don't know if it was updated at same time.
RMS wrote:It could be to do with the way the website is hosted - you might have noticed (when you could see it) that the URL shows
http://www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum/.........
Yes, I remember those URLs, but the one above now gets me: -
"Multiple Choices
The document name you requested (/lrcc/forum/........) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested.
Available documents:
/lrcc/forum/. (common basename)
/lrcc/forum/.. (common basename)
/lrcc/forum/.htaccess (common basename)
Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken link."
The first link above takes me to the 'Board Index' but still shows '
www.lrcc.org.uk' in the address bar
The second link takes me to the LRCC home page
The third link gets me 'forbidden'
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:11 am
by Peaceand
Hi Ian,
It's the way the site is hosted,
www.lrcc.org.uk is just a frame which points to
http://www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum/
So if you bookmark
http://www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum/ then it'll work as expected hopefully!
hope that helps!
Patrick
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:31 am
by Dormy
Clicking your link above takes me to the 'Board Index' but still shows
http://www.lrcc.org.uk in the address. Adding the page to my bookmarks then opening it there, takes me back to the LRCC home page.
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:39 am
by Peaceand
That's odd, I'll give it a try on my mobile using Chrome tonight (No internet access at work...) and see if I can replicate it.
It's possible that the latest version of Android/Chrome is being too clever, and 'correcting' the URL to the one it stored the first time?
EDIT: Just had a thought, it's possible you are trapped in the frame already, and Chrome isn't letting you escape it. You could try opening a new tab/window and manually typing "
http://www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum" into that? So it's a fresh page?
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:48 pm
by Peaceand
Hi Ian,
Right, on an Android phone now using Chrome, and I am having the same issue.
The work around is to open a new tab and type in the full URL, or, tap and hold on the link and 'open in new tab'.
Once you have
http://www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum/ showing in the URL bar then it's sorted.
Hope that works for you!
Patrick
Re: LRCC page URLs
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:11 pm
by Dormy
Yep, works for me too.
Thanks
Ian