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Strange computer browsing result

Postby Arthur P. Bloom » Thu May 25, 2017 9:37 pm

Would a couple of you folks please click on the link and tell me what you see? I can't seem to figure out if it's a problem with my browser or if the website is wonky. All I get is a bright yellow background with some sort of text that seems to obscure the content. Thanks.

https://modelshopsusa.com/index.php
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby ScaleCraft » Thu May 25, 2017 9:46 pm

Hosed on FireFox, won't even open in IE.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby ScaleCraft » Thu May 25, 2017 10:10 pm

Got it to open in IE, but it wasn't happy doing so.
Just as hoses as FireFox if not more.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby webenda » Fri May 26, 2017 2:41 am

Looks like this:
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Here is the correct link:=> http://modelshopsusa.com/
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby MYmoo » Fri May 26, 2017 4:18 am

Here is a screen grab (scrngrb1) of the link provided above, with imaging and javascript disabled on an early version of Firefox browser on Vista-dumb SP1.

No problems noted browsing other locations on the site (scrngrb2).

(Wayne's link provided the same results as Arthur's.)

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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby ScaleCraft » Fri May 26, 2017 12:06 pm

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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby webenda » Sat May 27, 2017 8:50 am

MYmoo wrote:(Wayne's link provided the same results as Arthur's.)

Interesting... on my computer, there is a world of difference. Arthur's link looks like the image ScaleCraft posted.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby chuck » Sat May 27, 2017 8:56 am

Flush the browser cache or use a different browser that you haven't used to try to access that site. To "speed things up" a browser will try to use a cached version of a site whenever possible. If it's a bad/corrupted cache it will keep displaying the "bad" material. You have to force a refresh to get out of loop/trap. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby ScaleCraft » Sat May 27, 2017 12:19 pm

Just so you know, that overlaid, wrapped, pixellated screen shot I posted it from browsers that are cleaned every night (CCleaner for one), and double cleared if there is an issue...and that mess shows up in two cleaned and cleared browsers, and nothing else on the entire algore shows up that way (that I have found, anyway).
If you have to turn off normally functional items to view the page, the page is hosed. And probably based in NK.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat May 27, 2017 3:57 pm

Arthur P. Bloom wrote:Would a couple of you folks please click on the link and tell me what you see? I can't seem to figure out if it's a problem with my browser or if the website is wonky. All I get is a bright yellow background with some sort of text that seems to obscure the content. Thanks.

https://modelshopsusa.com/index.php


It's the web site - drop the https to http and it's fine.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby Arthur P. Bloom » Sat May 27, 2017 7:43 pm

Thank you. That worked. I'm sure some computer expert can explain why the "s" showed up and why the "s" fouled it up.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat May 27, 2017 8:00 pm

Arthur P. Bloom wrote:Thank you. That worked. I'm sure some computer expert can explain why the "s" showed up and why the "s" fouled it up.


I've seen that added "s" screw up a link and I have too would like to hear from that same expert........and I might have one upstairs. I'll ask! :wink:
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby Seaboard Air Line Fan » Sat May 27, 2017 8:29 pm

I always thought the extra "s" was to denote a secure site.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby chuck » Sat May 27, 2017 8:36 pm

https is "secure" http. Prefacing an address with https means the browser is trying to connect on port 443 (or some other number designated in a system configuration file). Normal web traffic runs on port 80 (normal http).

Sites involved with direct e-commerce often have the sections that handle money/charge cards have http for browsing and https for order processing (it's used for a lot of things but that's probably what's happening in this case). If you look at the url as you navigate a site you may see the switch.

If the site has both ports enabled the html code needs to reflect what is being processed in a secure method and what is not. If you try to process non secure material through the secure port you get very, very odd results.
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Re: Strange computer browsing result

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat May 27, 2017 8:47 pm

chuck wrote:https is "secure" http. Prefacing an address with https means the browser is trying to connect on port 443 (or some other number designated in a system configuration file). Normal web traffic runs on port 80 (normal http).

Sites involved with direct e-commerce often have the sections that handle money/charge cards have http for browsing and https for order processing (it's used for a lot of things but that's probably what's happening in this case). If you look at the url as you navigate a site you may see the switch.

If the site has both ports enabled the html code needs to reflect what is being processed in a secure method and what is not. If you try to process non secure material through the secure port you get very, very odd results.


Yes, but why is there an https page that looks almost the same as the http page albeit totally goofy to boot? Oh, well. Not something I really need to know or care about as long as there is a work around.
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