redirecting to a named html page after logging in via ssl

[harlequin]

From the knowledgebase http://knowledge.actinic.com/users/k...dmin/acatalog/

Is it possible to re-direct a successful login to another page, other than catalogbody.html?

(reply)
Yes, use a link like this for your login page, substituting 'Office_Furniture.html' for the section page you want your customers to go to after logging in:

http://server/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?SE...Furniture.html

Customers will first be shown the login page, and once they have logged in they will go to their required section.

this works absolutely 100%....until you are logging in via SSL and then you are returned to the main /acatalog/index.html page ?

if anyone can offer a quick fix id be indebted , its had me cursing all day now ...

steve quinn
harlequin domains
www.harlequindomains.com
0800 0832077
Actinic Design, Hosting and Marketing

[harlequin]

examples of the problem

hi again, still here trying to figure this out so i have uploaded a version of each site, 1 using ssl and 1 without.

The one WITHOUT ssl, i.e. the one that works fine is at http://www.dev2.actinichosts.net/aca..._Products.html .

The one WITH ssl, i.e the one that doesnt work is at http://www.dev3.actinichosts.net/aca..._Products.html .

Actually, this is the link that logging in with ssl is giving (i have replaced longs strings of confidential numbers with ;nnnnn')

dev3.actinichosts.net/cgi-bin/bb000001.pl?challengeout=3nnnnna&USER=test&challenge=8nnnnn3&PASS=&ACTINIC_REFERRER=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2edev3%2eactinichosts%2enet%2facatalog%2findex%2ehtml&HASH=3nnnnn8&SSLBOUNCE=&RANDOM=NETQUOTEVAR%3aRANDOM&

which as you can see in the ACTINIC_REFERRER= bit is clearly bringing me to /acatalog/index.html NOT NOT NOT the page i need to get to ....

i have tried to put some notes on the two sites above to help anyone kind enough to have a look into it, and for anyone really brave, the two snapshots are available, just email me and i will send a link to download them.

both sites are totally clean standard actinic sites with nothing changed except the description in 1 product... and both are v6.1.3 running on a win2k server.

thanks in advance..

steve q
harlequin domains
www.harlequindomains.com
0800 0832077
Actinic Design, Hosting and Website Marketing

[rmladden]

I'll state what you may already know. The page you want to get back to is getting lost when it bounces to the shared SSL. I bet it would work if you had a site SSL. securedservers.co.uk will not be able to get to the cookie set by dev3.actinichosts.net, so the associated data will not be available. It cannot match the .session files.

[harlequin]

hi bob

i tried a dedicated ssl and got the same result

[rmladden]

I assume that your dedicated SSL did not have the bounce. It is the bounce that is losing the information. The non-ssl had no bounce.

[harlequin]

http://www.securedservers.co.uk/acat..._Products.html is the one with its own ssl

i have tried it with a bounce (5 seconds as standard) and without (0 seconds)



still no joy..

steve

ps, should your post above

I assume that your dedicated SSL did not have the bounce. It is the bounce that is losing the information. The non-ssl had no bounce.


read,

I assume that your dedicated SSL DID have the bounce. It is the bounce that is losing the information. The non-ssl had no bounce.

?

[rmladden]

There is no bounce or redirection with your non-SSL. Both your SSL tests are redirecting. There really is no reason for the dedicated SSL to redirect. The click here to login link should go direct to SSL. I don't know if you can convince Actinic to do that. It is treating the decicated SSL as a shared SSL.

[harlequin]

Actinic ?

can you help at all, this is holding up a massive website from being handed over/finished..

i would almost promise anything to get this to work.....

steve

[Nadeem]

Hi Steve

I have forward this thread to our developers. I believe this is a simple perl script change on the SSL part, but i would like to be sure first.

When i found the answer, i will post the answer here straightaway

Kind Regards

[harlequin]

thanks nadeem

it would really help me if you can sort this in the next five mins...

[Nadeem]

Hi there

Found out some information, looks like it a bug that is scheduled to be fixed in 6.1.5 patch release.

Here is how to fix it:

The customer will also need to edit the login template,
Act_LoginPage.html:-

The top of the page should look like...

------------------8<-----------------
<!-- LoginPage HTML begin -->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
<!-- Start script -----
NETQUOTEVAR:SSLBOUNCE
------------------>8-----------------

Change this to...

------------------8<-----------------
<!-- LoginPage HTML begin -->
<!-- NETQUOTEVAR:SSLBOUNCE -->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
<!-- Start script -----
if (location.protocol == "http:")
{
var sURL="SSLCGIURL/ss000001.pl?SECTIONID=NETQUOTEVAR:SSTARGET";
location.replace(sURL);
}
------------------>8-----------------

Replacing SSLCGIURL with the SSL CGI-BIN URL from the customers Network
Setup and 000001 with the customers CGI Script ID.

e.g.
sURL="https://actinic.com/cgi-bin/ss000999.pl?SECTIONID=NETQUOTEVAR:SSTARG
ET";

Kind Regards

[harlequin]

no joy im afraid

hi nadeem, thanks for your help but its not working for me yet

if you go to http://www.securedservers.co.uk/acat..._Products.html

and click the first link you will see what happens

it seems the NETQUOTEVAR:SSTARGET is not being replaced by anything


if you like i will send the three snapshots to support .. 1 with no ssl, 1 with shared ssl, and 1 with dedicated ssl.

thanks.

steve

[harlequin]

if you look at the third link on there

it goes to https://www.securedservers.co.uk/cgi..._Products.html which is what your one appears to be trying to do (if the NETQUOTEVAR:SSTARGET was replaced correctly), but even that doesnt work

also, you can try seeing the first page on ssl https://www.securedservers.co.uk/aca..._Products.html , and clicking the links .... always back to the front of the catalog..


thanks,

steve q

[Nadeem]

Hi Steve

Attach to this thread, is a modified searchscript.pl which is also causing the issue. Please place this within your site folder, and reupload.

It should sort out the issue

Kind Regards

[harlequin]

thanks a million guys

what other forum, i say, what other forum do you get service and friendliness like this....

nice one guys..


best,

steve q