I am unable to see the new CI on my phone. It tells me the connection is not private, that attackers could steal information from this page.

Any suggestions?

First of all, excuse me a minute while I scream in frustration.

:really-mad2: :cussing:

Ok, now that that's taken care of...

Long story short, "secure site" was going to be MY argument. I got the site 100% switched over to SSL (https://) including all the component parts (site graphics, banners, avatars, etc.) Now if someone embeds images from an unsecured site (like the recent post from Sean Johnson's blog) then I can't really help that.

But, #!?@ it, a couple of unencrypted GRAPHICS on an encrypted page is not a security risk! At all! I don't care what any of those morons say.

As a corollary, https:// doesn't solve every security issue. It's not the be-all and end-all, as they pretend.

I just spent a half a day buying, installing, and configuring SSL for CathInfo ("a secure connection") so all the browsers could stop their b*tching about CathInfo being a risk to life, limb, and property. The risk is not as bad as those idiotic warnings would have you believe. People used to browse sites in regular (unencrypted) mode all the time. Unless you're transmitting sensitive information, you're fine.

In reality, in the wild, people do "unsafe" things all the time and get away with it. You'd be shocked how many times people have sent me credit card information over plain text (unencrypted) e-mail! It's just like driving without a seatbelt, riding a bike without a helmet, or sending cash through the mail. You can easily get away with it 99.999% of the time. It's just not the *safest* way.

People are obsessed with being safe these days. Maybe it's because they're not in the state of grace and they fear the afterlife. They also fear the cross. They want to control every aspect of their life, to prevent God from allowing ANY crosses in their path. Being fearful to step outside your door -- what's the point of living if that's how you're going to live?

• [...] then I installed a redirect in Apache (.htaccess, for the nerds out there), so even the FIRST VISIT is auto-redirected to https://www.cathinfo.com if your browser, link, bookmark etc. initially took you to the unencrypted http://www.cathinfo.com[.]  But the .htaccess is on the SERVER end, so it shouldn't matter what browser or operating system you're using!

Um, yes, agree that "it shouldn't".

But have you ruled out the possibility that popular browsers have been revised--very recently--to include oppressively aggressive  nanny features that now refuse to transmit "HTTP GET" to a server, whenever the URL isn't to an "https" URL, which of course, is before Apache can even get its hands on the URL to redirect it?   It'd be [expletives deleted] obnoxious, but it fits the described behavior.

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Note #: Aha!  I just noticed that the new 'quote' syntax uses "author="; no wonder my hacked syntax based on the MercuryBoard CathInfo failed to produce clickable links in its 'quote' header-stripes.

The security is a non-issue for me.  As was pointed out earlier, even if someone got a hold of a user's CI credentials, what's going to happen?  They're not tied in any way at all to finances or even to identity.  The only possible safety concern is if one was sending extremely sensitive information via PM, and if you're doing that, you probably deserve to be hacked :D

What is concerning me at the moment is the fact that line breaks in replies don't seem to take. If I preview a post, most line breaks are removed; then if I go back and edit it, they're gone.  Not a huge deal but am looking forward to resolution.

The line breaks are removed in posts like this one, where I'm quoting someone. I have the problem well-defined, and 100% reproducible. In other words, it's halfway to being fixed. I'm talking to the vendor about it now. The posts editor is the one thing I paid money for.

It works now!  ;D

Thank you

there is no way to edit anymore!

Even with Jesus, we are still human

1. Edit is now called "modify". It is in the bar above your post.

2. Yes there is a 5 minute time limit on editing your own posts, but that time limit has been in place since 2007 or so. So that's nothing new on CathInfo.

I have to admit, that the changes using this new platform have been the easiest changes to adjust to.  This transition has been done well, Matthew. ;D

One of the problems I see is the standard font size. Unless one changes the font size to three, it appears at size one which is tiny to me at least. 

Many thanks

I have to report that when you create a new topic, the "Description" that is optional, doesn't actually show on the thread when you commit it to posting. It simply doesn't show.