We have set a test page with two links (testing for our AllAffiliate Pro software). The file can be found at either www.mandrake-press.com/test/test.html or www.paranormaldiscussion.com/test/test.html
[www.mandrakepress.com is a 'test site' . . . www.mandrake-press.com is a 'live site']
We have four test machines and we are getting inconsistent results / errors as follows
Machine 1 Win XP IE6
The first link works fine
The second link (to a deleted product) works the first time . . . goes to a Product Not found page and then
a) if link 1 was used first it forwards to the top of the page previous Actinic page visited!
b) if link 2 is used first then it forwards to .../acatalog/index.html (see machine 2 where forwarding is different)
BUT using the browser back button to go back to the test page and then trying the second link again puts Actinic into a loop
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The specified product reference (P569-X) couldn't be found.
Please wait for your browser to forward you to the next page or click here.
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Using the back button to go back top the test page, using the first link, use the back button, use the second link . . . and it works OK. However, use the back button use the second link again and Actinic goes into its loop again!
The Second Machine is more bizarre
Machine 2 Win XP IE6
Using link 1 gets a 404 error because after the search in Actinic it puts browser to a mal-formed URL i.e. the first half being the referring site and the second half being the product code/location i.e. www.paranormaldiscussion.com/test/afterlife.html#aL008_2d7. Actinic should generate the correct URL which would be http://www.mandrakepress.com/acatalo...html#aL008_2d7
Using link 2 . . . Actinic does the search, displays page stating product not found and then bounces back to test page. [Note Machine 1 is forwarded to the top of the page where the product was originally]
Link 2 is bounced back to the test page irrespective of whether Link 1 is used first or not!
Machine 3 Win XP IE6 [identical to Machine 2 . . . but behaves as machine 1]
Machine 4 Win XP (tablet) IE6 [behaves as machine 1]
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I would be grateful if anyone could test these links and see if they can generate similar errors . . . we have tried clearing all cookies, temp files, etc. with cold boot of machines and the results are repeatable!
At this stage we are 'lost' . . . is this an IE bug, Actinic-Business, or something to do with AllAffiliate Pro URL masking???
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
[www.mandrakepress.com is a 'test site' . . . www.mandrake-press.com is a 'live site']
We have four test machines and we are getting inconsistent results / errors as follows
Machine 1 Win XP IE6
The first link works fine
The second link (to a deleted product) works the first time . . . goes to a Product Not found page and then
a) if link 1 was used first it forwards to the top of the page previous Actinic page visited!
b) if link 2 is used first then it forwards to .../acatalog/index.html (see machine 2 where forwarding is different)
BUT using the browser back button to go back to the test page and then trying the second link again puts Actinic into a loop
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The specified product reference (P569-X) couldn't be found.
Please wait for your browser to forward you to the next page or click here.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Using the back button to go back top the test page, using the first link, use the back button, use the second link . . . and it works OK. However, use the back button use the second link again and Actinic goes into its loop again!
The Second Machine is more bizarre
Machine 2 Win XP IE6
Using link 1 gets a 404 error because after the search in Actinic it puts browser to a mal-formed URL i.e. the first half being the referring site and the second half being the product code/location i.e. www.paranormaldiscussion.com/test/afterlife.html#aL008_2d7. Actinic should generate the correct URL which would be http://www.mandrakepress.com/acatalo...html#aL008_2d7
Using link 2 . . . Actinic does the search, displays page stating product not found and then bounces back to test page. [Note Machine 1 is forwarded to the top of the page where the product was originally]
Link 2 is bounced back to the test page irrespective of whether Link 1 is used first or not!
Machine 3 Win XP IE6 [identical to Machine 2 . . . but behaves as machine 1]
Machine 4 Win XP (tablet) IE6 [behaves as machine 1]
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I would be grateful if anyone could test these links and see if they can generate similar errors . . . we have tried clearing all cookies, temp files, etc. with cold boot of machines and the results are repeatable!
At this stage we are 'lost' . . . is this an IE bug, Actinic-Business, or something to do with AllAffiliate Pro URL masking???
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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