I have a weird situation I hope someone can help with. Here is my situation.
I have a HP Windows Mediasmart Server (which I love. :-) ) and I am using it to host my site. I am able to pull the site up and everything works except for one weird thing. If I point directly to my site with the url
http://mcleodclan.homeserver.com/ianssite I am able to log in and everything works fine. I also have a domain name that I purchased with godaddy. I have that domain set to forward to the previous address.
If I put in my domain name www.mcleodsonline.com it brings up the site fine, but if I try to log in, nothing happens. I do not get an error, but I do not get logged in because I can not see the Manage link. I do
not know if this is some kind of security issue with the way you come into the site with the forward process from godaddy, or if it is something else. I have this set up with a sql server 2008 database if that helps.
First thing I checked was how your site was setup to forward. Mcleodsonline.com uses "frame based forwarding" which means it stays on the site rather than forwarding.
I figured it might be something to do with cookies and frames (and the request url not matching the asp.net websites url).
I think thats what it is, found this thread that talks about it a bit:
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Log in to site
Oct 07, 2008 10:29 AM|neon0107|LINK
Hello,
I have a weird situation I hope someone can help with. Here is my situation.
I have a HP Windows Mediasmart Server (which I love. :-) ) and I am using it to host my site. I am able to pull the site up and everything works except for one weird thing. If I point directly to my site with the url http://mcleodclan.homeserver.com/ianssite I am able to log in and everything works fine. I also have a domain name that I purchased with godaddy. I have that domain set to forward to the previous address. If I put in my domain name www.mcleodsonline.com it brings up the site fine, but if I try to log in, nothing happens. I do not get an error, but I do not get logged in because I can not see the Manage link. I do not know if this is some kind of security issue with the way you come into the site with the forward process from godaddy, or if it is something else. I have this set up with a sql server 2008 database if that helps.
Thanks
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Re: Log in to site
Oct 07, 2008 11:15 AM|rtpHarry|LINK
Hey, had a bit of a look at your issue.
First thing I checked was how your site was setup to forward. Mcleodsonline.com uses "frame based forwarding" which means it stays on the site rather than forwarding.
I figured it might be something to do with cookies and frames (and the request url not matching the asp.net websites url).
I think thats what it is, found this thread that talks about it a bit:
- http://forums.asp.net/t/873277.aspx
It seems if you want to use that domain you have to set it up as a proper redirect.None
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Re: Log in to site
Oct 07, 2008 09:22 PM|neon0107|LINK
rtpHarry,
Thanks for the info. That link you sent helped. The log in process now works great. Thanks again.