There is a really good tech team here, lets give them some ideas for enhancements or to cure any bugs we find.

Gausie, why, do you have days more interesting than that??

sure

Why, only last friday I had three windows open, one to Traders' Room and two to Investors' Room. Refreshed a thread in TR, login screen came up. Login screen however said "currently logged in as Gausie". Didn't do anything, moved to one of the IR windows which was on thread list and refreshed that. Top of thread list then said "you are not currently logged in". Refreshed again a couple of times, same result. Then clicked on a thread link in IR, login screen came up, again saying "currently logged in as Gausie". Now both windows are on login screen. Refreshed both, still on login screen and still saying logged in. Pressed "Back" on IR screen and refreshed, now said "currently logged in as Gausie" on thread list, and works as normal. Same in TR. Never actually logged in again.

It was wild.

Oh OK, you're perfectly entitled to be blasabout it then.

Yes, a Concrete Ban on any PDX Threads, automatic lock down of all existing PDX Threads, and a trial period to see how Gausie and Hoots handle same (;-o

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Just one list of BB threads to sort through!

Just a quickie, when i put a link on here, it is not 'live'... am i doing something wrong, or do you do it slightly different on this site..?? TIA

alecm,

You need to actually code the HTML for the link at the moment:

ie:
<a href="http://www.yoururlgoeshere">http://www.yoururlgoeshere</a>

HTH

re: #94 - I note that the standards of accuracy have continued. In the report on BOC's figures, "down by" confused with "down to" - would have given a little frisson to any BOC holders who read that before they checked the price.

On a related tack, how do you search for, or scroll through past stories once they're not on the front page?

A system that works and something worth reading on the bulletin boards?

How about an easy way to see the benefits offered by your premium services !

AAhhh, thanks Tulletj

Technical request.

Could you please change to simple password authentication, like most other sites.
I want to be able to access pages using

http://username:password@pageURL

We're not talking official secrets here so I can't see why a secure login page is really necessary.

MoneyAM, we've got dodgydave here wanting you to decrease security :-))

dodgydave,

We have chosen this way of password authentication as it means that there are no circumstances where it is sent over the wire is clear text (the login pages are all on a secure https connection)

You will find more and more sites (comdirect, tradindex etc etc) do use, or will start to use this method.

Now that the login problems we were experiencing appear to be successfully resolved, and you can save your login details, why the need to move to basic authentication?

The only reason I can see for wanting basic authentication is to use automated scripts...?

Am I missing something? :)

J.

TullettJ

No, I'm not planning on using automated scripts ;} Just want to make first access to password protected pages like the Investors Room a bit quicker.

When you say "you can save your login details", are you referring to the checkbox on the login page? If so, this option doesn't work for me. Tried it with cookies fully enabled but I was always redirected to the login page on first visit. Checked with both IE6 and Netscape 7.1.

Anyhow, cookies are machine specific. I often use other peoples PCs and don't want my login details stored on their machine. For my own security reasons(!) I much prefer to have permanent cookies disabled.

I realise that brokers and spread betters use more secure login methods - financial transactions are involved. Can't see that accessing something like the Investors Room falls into the same category ;}

dodgydave,

It is worth knowing that if you specify the url with http://:@website.com, some of the less intelligent proxy servers log this whole request, including the username/password.

We are not going to take the backwards step and go to basic authentication as there would be many other issues with doing this.

the 'save your login details' meerly populates the fields with the values, it is not meant to log you directly in.

J.

The problem is not so much with proxy servers, but when you click away from the site e.g. by clicking on a link on the BB. The site you go to will log the URL which sent you there, which includes your username and password. This will appear in the site administrator's log and it also will stand out from all the others given its format.

Kayak,

I was just coming to that :D

J.

:-)

There's work for you on the bugs thread :-))

Yeah, found it myself last night, the people who need to know, know, and will be working on it.

J.