Hard IP addresses in banner links

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hayden

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Hi Muhammad,

I've noticed that the links to "Home", "Discussions", "Store" etc in the banner right under the TractorByNet.com logo are all links with hard IP addresses as opposed to www.tractorbynet.com. I find that when I get to the discussions section via this link, none of the forum summary info on number of new messages etc is present. If I get to the page via other links it all works fine.

Are these hard coded IP addresses intentional and are they really why I don't get the number of unread messages?

Thanks,

Peter
 
   / Hard IP addresses in banner links #2  
Oops, I thought I fixed those when I put the disaster message at the top, but I guess I didn't, or something. They were hard links from when we changed servers... will fix them up asap.

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   / Hard IP addresses in banner links
  • Thread Starter
#3  
Hi Muhammad,

I see the links are fixed, but I'm stilling seeing the same bahavior. It's not a big deal, but it's curious to me that I get different behavior depending on what button I click. After I "log in", if I click on the "discussion" link in the banner I get the list of forums but I don't get any info about number of unread messages etc. If I instead get to the forums by clicking the "jump" button I get the info on number of unread messages.

I also noticed that if I search and get a list of classifiied ads (I just searched for eveything) and then click on the adds, I get a window with teh TBN frame but otherwise blank content. This is with Netscape 4.7. If I use IE it works. Seems to me like more MS interoperability issues. I'm sure MS hasn't left landmines for netscape to trip over.
 
   / Hard IP addresses in banner links #4  
Ok, I just fixed that... the compatibility issue is with Netscape, and will be fixed soon, as we will be replacing the ad system with completely new scripting.

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   / Hard IP addresses in banner links
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#5  
Great - what service!

High techie, reciently founded a startup company and struggling for tractor time.
 

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