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URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:51 pm
by hyperpape
Today I thought KGS was down, but I was using gokgs.com, instead of
www.gokgs.com. Is that a problem on my end, or is that domain not registered. If so, has it always been that way?
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:55 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
The full name is 'www.gokgs.com', and your browser has been adding the 'www'. Did you change browsers?
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:27 am
by hyperpape
I've been using Chrome. Of course it's continually changing versions.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:58 am
by stalkor
it could be that
www.gokgs.com points to the new server and gokgs.com points to the old server. Domains are a bit weird that way.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:39 am
by wms
Stalkor has it right. I'll try to remember to fix that tonight once I get home.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:05 pm
by xed_over
Joaz Banbeck wrote:The full name is 'www.gokgs.com', and your browser has been adding the 'www'.
this is not true (as Stalkor and wms also explain)
can, in fact, be two completely different servers in the domain.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:28 pm
by jts
xed_over wrote:Joaz Banbeck wrote:The full name is 'www.gokgs.com', and your browser has been adding the 'www'.
this is not true (as Stalkor and wms also explain)
can, in fact, be two completely different servers in the domain.
But in practice, most of our browsers add a www. when we're too lazy to include it, just as they can add the http:// at the beginning, the .com at the end, and, in some cases, translate the whole mess directly into the actual IP.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:47 am
by wms
I fixed it yesterday, then waiting until this morning for the DNS change to propagate. Seems OK now. Thanks for the bug report.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:28 am
by hyperpape
Possibly related: I can get the applet to work when I arrive through
www.gokgs.com, but not gokgs.com. I'm on a work computer
which has had a weird setup/lack of java updates in the past, so it's possible this is an edge case, but it might be related. I'm using Google Chrome.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:00 pm
by wms
I should probably just bounce people through to www. when they arrive without it. That's the real name of the site.
Thanks for the tip about the applet though. I've heard that there are complaints about it recently, now I know what was going on.
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:07 am
by Mef
hyperpape wrote:Possibly related: I can get the applet to work when I arrive through
http://www.gokgs.com, but not gokgs.com. I'm on a work computer
which has had a weird setup/lack of java updates in the past, so it's possible this is an edge case, but it might be related. I'm using Google Chrome.
Currently in Firefox I can't get the applet to load for any of gokgs.com,
www.gokgs.com, or https, etc... Webstart client works fine though -
https://www.gokgs.com/download.jsp
Re: URL doesn't work without www
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:49 pm
by wms
If it won't work for
www.gokgs.com, then the problem is in firefox somewhere. I have a fix that redirects gokgs.com to
www.gokgs.com, I just need to test it then I can put it into the web server.