new URL for Car Talk Community login box

c.daquila

Hello: Can you please update the the Log In button in the top yellow bar in the Car Talk Community to point to this URL?

http://www.cartalk.com/user?destination=content/vanilla-redirect

He says that this should take care of the redirect problem that was occurring. Thank you so much for all your help.

Carolyn

Lincoln

Hi Carolyn, this is prepped and will be deployed later tonight.

c.daquila

Thanks, Lincoln!

Tim

This is now live.

c.daquila

Hi Tim,

I just checked in on this and the login button still points to cartalk.com/user?destination=node. Can you please double-check what happened?

Thanks!
Carolyn

Lincoln

I think the page was cached for you. I just tested it again and it's going to the new location.

Note that the yellow box may not work this moment because we're working with your team to debug the Cars Toolbox. It should be resolved tonight.

c.daquila

Hello,

I had cleared my cache and was unable to verify the redirect link by mousing over. I verified with others that the link isn't changed. I don't quite know what is happening, but could you please look into it again? I tried to look at it in IE8 (with cache cleared) and the yellow login expandy box didn't expand at all, even after restarting the browser.

Thank you for your help.

Carolyn

Lincoln

The redirect isn't a link, it's where the sign-in form is submitted to. Did you confirm the other users who tried had likewise cleared their cache?

We just finished resolving the last Javascript errors last night; they may have stopped the login box from expanding. Have you tried since then?

c.daquila

Oops. Sorry, my misunderstanding. This is what happens when non-tech people like me make assumptions. Anyway, I held off on responding until I confirmed with others they were still having problems. Here is what I received from one user this morning. I checked with her, and she has cleared her cache:

I'm using a Mac OSX ver. 10.5.8

I have not done anything on the forums since the site launched. So today:

using firefox 8.0.1
- was logged in on the site as jrweblackey. clicked on "community" and was logged out. I saw "login/signup" at top right (where it previously said "jrweblackey" and had options to sign in at the right of the page.

so I chose "sign in" to the right, which redirected me to this page, with my accurate log-in info: http://www.cartalk.com/user?vanilla=1

but then when I went back to community, I was logged out again.

using Chrome 15.0.874.121
- was logged in on the site as jrweblackey, clicked on "community" and was directed to the "hey, you haven't used the forums yet, welcome" page here: http://community.cartalk.com/entry/handshake/proxy

I clicked "link to my existing account" but got this message: Sorry, no account could be found related to the email/username and password you entered.

so then I chose "create new account" and got "Sorry, permission denied."

c.daquila

Hi, can you please update the logout button at the top of the page to link to the same logout that is part of the Community Logout above the Ask a Question box on the right? Thank you!

Lincoln

This is ready to go, but I'm waiting to deploy changes until the full staff is back next week.

c.daquila

OK, thank you very much. I'll pass on the word. Happy new year!

Lincoln

This was deployed yesterday.

c.daquila

Just to follow up, Jay, our project manager, sent me this follow up:

Now both buttons, the logout in the yellow bar and the sign out button that is part of the community template are this: http://www.cartalk.com/user/logout?

Previously, the Sign Out button on the community template was a sign out that had some code with a "key+number" that actually signed users out of both community and Car Talk.

Prior to the change, If you use the logout button in the yellow it brought you back to Cartalk.com home page and it looks like you are signed out. But if you click back into community using the navigation, it looks like you are still signed in. That did not happen with the Sign Out button.

Now both buttons are working the wrong way.

Lincoln

This link is hard-coded into your theme: http://www.cartalk.com/user/logout

As far as I can tell, the new theme has never had any other link for logout other than that.

If you'd like a different logout URL, I need to know what parameters need to be passed and how they're stored in the user's session (their names).

c.daquila

Hmm. OK, I've passed this on and will get back to you.

Thank you for the note.

c.daquila

Jay says:

The logout button at the top, in the yellow area only had one URL, that is correct. But it never worked correctly. The signout button, that is above the Search Cartalk Community, had a different link. That link, when used, worked to sign out users completely. I can't give the parameters of the Signout button link because that was generated by Vanilla.

Lincoln

I read your original request backwards. I apologize. I understand what you're attempting now.

c.daquila

Thanks a lot for your patience and understanding.

Lincoln

I've deployed the change. Let me know if it's correct this time.