Account information page needs fixing
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Account information page needs fixing
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 Pooh Bear 27  Send message Joined: 22 Jan 13 Posts: 107 Credit: 806,069 RAC: 48 |
The way they programmed the Account Information, Other Account Information page is outdated. It automatically attaches http:// to any URL you put in there, which makes a URL of https invalid, because it tries to go to http://https:// I would love to see this fixed.  My movie https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/502242 |
    Send message Joined: 29 Jul 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 1,243,571 RAC: 322 |
The way they programmed the Account Information, Other Account Information page is outdated. It automatically attaches http:// to any URL you put in there, which makes a URL of https invalid, because it tries to go to http://https:// That's a BOINC WIDE SERVER CODE ISSUE and should be reported to the BOINC GITHUB code repository for a code fix to be pushed out to all projects.  
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Pooh Bear 27 Send message Joined: 22 Jan 13 Posts: 107 Credit: 806,069 RAC: 48 |
That's a BOINC WIDE SERVER CODE ISSUE and should be reported to the BOINC GITHUB code repository for a code fix to be pushed out to all projects. It has been fixed in newer version of the code, but many projects stay with older code because of heavy modifications that can get lost when upgrading. It is a simple code fix for the admin. My movie https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/502242 |
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Pooh Bear 27 Send message Joined: 22 Jan 13 Posts: 107 Credit: 806,069 RAC: 48 |
I just noticed this has been fixed. Thank you! For those wondering here is proof BOINC has already updated this code. https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/commit/1e0631dc87c23ac3c55d4ff869ec942839fbc985 My movie https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/502242 |
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