Mandatory use of the Proper OWF URL

[Alcar]

Effective immediately, the Oddworld Forums will now only be accessible using http://www.oddworldforums.net.

This is to prevent a number of security concerns and banned members being able to bypass the banning system. If you notice that you have been logged out, because you have been using the OWF domain without the www. this is the reason. Simply login as you normally would using the login form.

Furthermore, we would appreciate it if anyone linking to us, or any part of us, would now be aware and use the proper domain. As a precaution to prevent the improper domain being used, it is now being automatically redirected to the proper domain.

Alcar...

[Nate]

Max is going to hate you for this...

[Jordan]

Thanks Alcar. I wondered why some sites have stopped working without the WWW.

[moxco]

All I need to put in is oddworldforums.net!

[Gretin]

Heh, I've always put in www.oddworldforums.net, in fact I didn't even realise you could do it without But hey, it's just an extra 4 characters, don't tell me everyone's that lazy! XD

[Bullet Magnet]

How exactly do these desired effects work with the full domain name?

[Alcar]

Max is going to hate you for this...

He should already know, I swear I either posted something about this a few months ago in Employee Lounge. Could have been a PM though. Either way, yeah, mwhahahahhahaha, bring on Max's Wrath!

How exactly do these desired effects work with the full domain name?

Cookies for the banning issue, and the security issues are far too many to name or describe, and albeit a bit security sensitive.

Alcar...

[Slig 7665]

Well I have allways typed oddworld forums on google ahh well

[Jordan]

Meh. I've had the www. link on my favourites for a while. So it makes no difference to me.

[Facsimile]

You can't oppress us like this, Alcar. I'll use whatever damn URL I feel like.

[Majic]

Agreed. Alcar is a damned Nazi. I was willing to take the word count minimums, and the requests for courtesy, and the rules against spam. But this just flat out violates my rights as a free citizen.

[Oddball1000]

No offense, but crapping heck, to get this pissed off some people must be real damn lazy.

Its just a URL, 4 god's sake, am I right?

[Gretin]

Oddball, ever heard of a sense of humour? XD

[Oddball1000]

What is this hu-mour you speak of?

(Sorry, I just tend to rant sometimes.)

Edit: I'm tired, sorry.

[Hobo]

He should already know, I swear I either posted something about this a few months ago in Employee Lounge. Could have been a PM though. Either way, yeah, mwhahahahhahaha, bring on Max's Wrath!

I remember this conversation, might have been MSN i guess.

I just type oddworld forums in the address bar and handy dandy Firefox brings me to here. Genius

[Nate]

It's not a matter of laziness, as typing http://oddworldforums.net will forward you to the www. version. It's more for if people link to pages or wonder why their cookies are no longer working. Or if they (ahem... Max) blackball pages that only have www. versions.

[Alcar]

Or if they (ahem... Max) blackball pages that only have www. versions.

One of my many underhanded methods of forcing Max to "resign".

Alcar...

[Majic]

No offense, but crapping heck, to get this pissed off some people must be real damn lazy.

Its just a URL, 4 god's sake, am I right?

Lazy? Nah. Just any excuse to call Petey Wetey a Nazi over the internet. He loves it when people do that. Cough. Death. Cough.

[Facsimile]

No offense, but crapping heck, to get this pissed off some people must be real damn lazy.

Its just a URL, 4 god's sake, am I right?

To get this pissed off, you can't be lazy, this requires effort. Effort of fighting the man who's trying to hold you back! One day the people will rise against the tyrannous Alcar*.








*Teehee, it makes him sound like a dinosaur.

[Wil]

One of my many underhanded methods of forcing Max to "resign".

Mission accomplished, I’m off. Tara, lovers of superfluous, outdated initialisms.

[Wil]

He should already know, I swear I either posted something about this a few months ago in Employee Lounge. Could have been a PM though. Either way, yeah, mwhahahahhahaha, bring on Max's Wrath!

Yay, double post. But my point: this was briefly discussed in Employee Lounge. I laughed at the idea of having a perfectly acceptable (and preferable) URL that caused technical difficulties, and later suggested to you in private to make all no‐www–​compliant addresses automatically redirect to the non—​no‐www–​compliant address.

[moxco]

Um. I can still put in oddworldforums.net and it works. Just thought I'd tell you....

[Wil]

It works without changing itself to www.oddworldforums.net?

[Alcar]

It changes itself, it just goes unnoticed.

As for the technical issues, it could have worked either way. I just prefer the www., so I therefore deem the issues with not using the www. as the faulty ones.

Alcar...

[moxco]

Oh. I see.

[Havoc]

I never use WWW anymore. God bless firefox for being so powerfull smart!

[Alexandru21]

It works without changing itself to www.oddworldforums.net?

Yes... Hmmm...

[Alcar]

Yes... Hmmm...

It's server-side, not client-side. It does the same for everyone.

Alcar...

[Salamander]

This change effects me in absolutely no way, this means this change is completely successful.

[Facsimile]

ARG! We haven't had to use 'www' for years. In fact I don't know if we ever did, I know I haven't. Even way before Firefox or anything.

It actually annoys me when I see my friends typing in addresses, as I'm the only person I know who doesn't put it in.