Logging-in to ZBasic website with Firefox

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spamiam
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Logging-in to ZBasic website with Firefox

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I use Firefox at work and for some reason I can't log-in onto the website. If I use Explorer, then I can do so, but not with Firefox. When I log-in with my user name and password, then hit the log-in button, then I just stay at the log-in page. If I then navigate to a forum and try to reply or create a new thread, I am taken back to the log-in page.

Other websites that require log-in seem to work OK for me in Firefox.

Any suggestions?

-Tony
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dkinzer
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Post by dkinzer »

spamiam wrote:I use Firefox at work and for some reason I can't log-in onto the website. If I use Explorer, then I can do so, but not with Firefox
Which login - the forum or the store? What is the version of FireFox? It is shown in the About dialog along with the Mozilla version number.

There appears to be a problem with some code that we recently added that forces the Forum login to be done using HTTPS protocol rather than cleartext. As a temporary workaround, you may be able to bypass this by going directly to the login page http://www.zbasic.net/forum/login.php It may also work to use the "Log In" link at the top of the page.
- Don Kinzer
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twesthoff
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Logging-in to ZBasic website with Firefox

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I use Firefox and logged in to the forum today without a problem...

On 7/30/2010 12:28 PM, General wrote:
spamiam wrote: I use Firefox at work and for some reason I can't log-in onto the website. If I use Explorer, then I can do so, but not with Firefox Which login - the forum or the store? What is the version of FireFox? It is shown in the About dialog along with the Mozilla version number.

There appears to be a problem with some code that we recently added that forces the Forum login to be done using HTTPS protocol rather than cleartext. As a temporary workaround, you may be able to bypass this by going directly to the login page http://www.zbasic.net/forum/login.php It may also work to use the "Log In" link at the top of the page.



- Don Kinzer



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spamiam
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Post by spamiam »

dkinzer wrote:Which login - the forum or the store? What is the version of FireFox? It is shown in the About dialog along with the Mozilla version number.
It is the forum login. Firefox version 3.6.8., but I had the same trouble for a couple of months when I had earlier versions.
There appears to be a problem with some code that we recently added that forces the Forum login to be done using HTTPS protocol rather than cleartext. As a temporary workaround, you may be able to bypass this by going directly to the login page http://www.zbasic.net/forum/login.php It may also work to use the "Log In" link at the top of the page.
I did not try this because it seems that I eventually solved it. I have firefox set to accept cookies, but then to delete them when Firefox closes. So I had not thought that it could be a cookie problem. But, I looked around for the list of cookies and found the ZBasic.net entry with a few cookies in it. I deleted those cookies and then I could login properly again!

It is found in Tools->Options->Privacy->Show Cookies->zbasic.net

I just deleted the whole zbasic.net list and that fixed the problem.

Sorry to bother you with something I should have tried before asking...

-Tony
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