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Wiki Preferences Page Broken? (Dev Love Pls)

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Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#1 - 2012-11-21 17:13:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Faulx
Dear website team,

The preferences page for the eve-online wiki, a.k.a. the-place-I-have-to-go-to-change-to-my-primary-character-every-time-I-log-on-to-the-wiki, isn't loading (for me).

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Special:Preferences

Please,
A.) check into why:

  • "Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."
  • and IE never completes loading

B.) fix it so that the server remembers my character at log in... (the option to do this is in the preferences page... and doesn't work even when the page does)

Thanks

P.S.
Is anyone else getting this error or is it just me?
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#2 - 2012-11-25 21:57:53 UTC
Bump.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Special:Preferences

Page is still broken. Tried multiple browsers from multiple machines. Can't edit the wiki. Please fix? What?

Thanks
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#3 - 2012-11-29 21:18:52 UTC
Bump

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Special:Preferences (still broken)

Tried multiple machines at multiple locations.

Safari: something along the lines of: Infinite redirect detected. This error often occurs when a page redirects to a page which redirects to the original page.

Please fix this...

Thanks
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#4 - 2012-12-06 21:08:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Faulx
Bump.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Special:Preferences (still broken)

Cold...
So cold...
Can't switch characters on login to wiki...
Unable to post corrections...
Please help...
Don't want to resort to posting on alt...

Thanks
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#5 - 2012-12-28 15:18:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Faulx
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Special:Preferences (still broken)

....

But, a friend found a workaround.

Apparently the "Opera" browser is able to overcome the issue and resolve the target page.

After logging in using Opera and navigating to the preferences page, any changes that you make to that session will persist in Firefox (not sure about other browsers). So you needn't continue using Opera after this point.

Happy editing... *goes forth to bask in the warm glow of wiki articles, then pauses thoughtfully and turns...*

*...gives the website team a cold glare* A month and a half with no love? Tisk... Tisk...

Hopefully you'll find the time to fix this at some point....

When you do, you will have my:

Thanks

*edit: Apparently your account also has to have once logged into another eveonline site to get past the wiki log-in... i.e. log into the forums, account management ect. and get past log-in "verification" before you try and log into wiki (once should be enough). (see post #18 below)
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-12-29 22:00:05 UTC  |  Edited by: DeMichael Crimson
Faulx wrote:
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Special:Preferences (still broken)

....

But, a friend found a workaround.

Apparently the "Opera" browser is able to overcome the issue and resolve the target page.

After logging in using Opera and navigating to the preferences page, any changes that you make to that session will persist in Firefox (not sure about other browsers). So you needn't continue using Opera after this point.

Happy editing... *goes forth to bask in the warm glow of wiki articles, then pauses thoughtfully and turns...*

*...gives the website team a cold glare* A month and a half with no love? Tisk... Tisk...

Hopefully you'll find the time to fix this at some point....

When you do, you will have my:

Thanks

That's pretty bad when Dev's can't even take the time to look and post a little reply?

Hell, even an ISD or CCL member could of at least said something like - Thanks for the info, the appropriate department has been notified..

Anyway, the problem still exists and needs to be fixed asap.

Thanks, guess I can use this workaround fix. I must say having to download various other programs just to change the settings / preferences for Evelopedia is definitely not 'USER FRIENDLY'.



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-01-05 01:14:57 UTC
Just wanted to say that the 'workaround' worked. Was able to switch and save specific character. I also clicked the 'keep me logged in on this computer' option in Evelopedia and then saved my settings.

Thanks for the info.

I wonder if deleting the Opera browser will cause the Evelopedia Preferences page in Firefox to revert back to not showing the saved settings.

Well, I'm not gonna take that chance and find out. I'll just keep the Opera browser in case I need to access the Evelopedia Preferences page again.



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#8 - 2013-01-05 23:11:00 UTC
You should definitely hold on to it, it looks like the settings time out after a few days: also good for the odd crash or restart.
ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#9 - 2013-01-06 00:10:59 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Ezwal
It's a bit later then should have and I apologise for that.
But I have personally confirmed the problem and notified CCP about it. I also pointed out this thread.

Unfortunately I'm not in a position to tell you when this will be tackled, but at least now you know it is going to be looked at.

Edit: And thanks for bringing it up!

ISD Ezwal Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#10 - 2013-01-06 00:34:51 UTC
Cheers!
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-01-24 17:17:04 UTC  |  Edited by: DeMichael Crimson
Just gonna repost my reply from another thread pertaining to this issue which hasn't been resolved yet.


Seems the workaround of using the Opera browser to influence Firefox no longer works. In the Opera browser I can still load the Preferences page, change characters and save settings.

Since I can no longer edit / create Evelopedia pages with this character using the Firefox browser, it looks like I'll have to use the Opera browser from now on. Obviously this is not a solution, just a means to an end.

By the way, the Evelopedia pages in Firefox browser now shows this characters portrait (DeMichael Crimson) while listing my alt characters name.

Ugh



DMC


EDIT:

Guess the Firefox browser was caught in Time Dialation until I re-opened it cuz it's now showing this characters name in the Evelopedia log in.

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Jack Vanderpool
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-02-05 01:08:02 UTC
I am having the same problem...tried in Chrome, Firefox and IE...in Chrome it tells me "redirect loop...clean out your cookies" which I did to no avail. The other browsers just time out.

I am brand new to Eve, and have not been able to access the evelopedia user preferences even once.

Hoping someone can resolve the issue...
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#13 - 2013-02-05 01:13:08 UTC
The "Opera" browser workaround is still working for me. Give it a try.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2013-02-10 01:18:58 UTC
Yeah, confirming Opera Browser workaround does indeed work.



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Cat Harkness
Twilight Labs
The Serenity Initiative
#15 - 2013-02-23 02:58:37 UTC
Ok I have tried the workaround, and still can not login. When I login at the top the Wiki take me to "Special Page" with a login screen. When I try to login there it just returns to the login again.

Need Help Please....

Cat Harkness

CEO

Twilight Labs
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2013-02-23 05:02:58 UTC
Bumping this thread up due to the issue is still active.


Not to mention it's very irritating. Come on CCP, get the lead out already.

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Cat Harkness
Twilight Labs
The Serenity Initiative
#17 - 2013-03-03 16:23:01 UTC
Chrome is now getting "This webpage has a redirect loop"

Cat Harkness

CEO

Twilight Labs
Faulx
Brother Fox Corp
#18 - 2013-03-03 16:54:23 UTC
Cat, I get the results you describe when I enter a username and password for an account which has not been verified by the log-in system. I.e. if you have gone through a log-in (in eve-gate for instance) and it asked "what is the name of a character on this account" as a security question. Then you should be able to log in to the wiki. If you have not done that, the wiki log-in page redirects endlessly.

This verification may be needed on a per-computer (or perhaps per-IP) basis. Try first logging in the account your are trying to use at a few of the other Eve-online log-in locations... such as eve-gate, account management, api-key mangement... ect. After you get past the security question, you should be able to log-in to the wiki. (probably...)
Cat Harkness
Twilight Labs
The Serenity Initiative
#19 - 2013-03-03 22:57:08 UTC
Faulx wrote:
Cat, I get the results you describe when I enter a username and password for an account which has not been verified by the log-in system. I.e. if you have gone through a log-in (in eve-gate for instance) and it asked "what is the name of a character on this account" as a security question. Then you should be able to log in to the wiki. If you have not done that, the wiki log-in page redirects endlessly.

This verification may be needed on a per-computer (or perhaps per-IP) basis. Try first logging in the account your are trying to use at a few of the other Eve-online log-in locations... such as eve-gate, account management, api-key mangement... ect. After you get past the security question, you should be able to log-in to the wiki. (probably...)



Thank you very much. Logging into the forums, and using the link to Evelopedia from there, got me logged into the Wiki. Even using Firefox.

But if you are logged in, and open a new page the login fails.

Thanks for the help.

Cat Harkness

CEO

Twilight Labs
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#20 - 2013-03-10 13:30:25 UTC
I have this issue to

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
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