Site won't allow editing

[Dean Landsman]

Alan,

YOU WERE CORRECT!  Problem identified and fixed.  It was the Norton
Firewall, thinking for itself and acting hidden and transparently.  Now I
remember why I generally despise Norton products: they infiltrate the
machine and hog resources.

Thanks for the tip, now I can get back to editing, adding, updating, etc.

Greatly appreciated.

--Dean


-----Original Message-----
From: manila-newbies-admin@userland.com
[mailto:manila-newbies-admin@userland.com]On Behalf Of Alan German
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:26 PM
To: Manila-Newbies@userland.com
Subject: Re: Site won't allow editing


For the Manila users on my systems that report this problem, I suggest
the possibilities that their browser and/or their personal firewall
and/or their ISP is blocking the referer header in the http request
that submits your edit. Manila expects the referer to be valid as a way
to prevent spoofing.

I recommend that users check their browser settings (I think only IE on
Windows has this level of control) or use a non-MS browser, check their
personal firewall settings (if used; you note you recently removed it,
but are you positive?), or contact their ISP and ask if they block
referer headers. Some ISPs block referer headers in an attempt to
guarantee privacy [at the risk of breaking systems that rely on referer
for security purposes].

HTH.

Alan


On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 09:34  PM, Dean Landsman wrote:

> Hi, Jim
>
> Tried it that way, still got the same message.  Getting this on ALL the
> sites where I am a managing or contributing error.
>
> A similar problem occurred when I was using Norton Firewall, which is
> no
> longer on the machine.
>
> Many net-connectivity oddities are occurring of late, perhaps
> connected to
> the pending Verizon strike.
>
> Still can't edit any of my blogs, though, at this time.
>
> HELP!!!
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manila-newbies-admin@userland.com
> [mailto:manila-newbies-admin@userland.com]On Behalf Of Byrne Jim
> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:46 AM
> To: 'Manila-Newbies@userland.com'
> Subject: RE: Site won't allow editing
>
>
> Dean,
>
> Is your site set up for static rendering? If so, make sure the url
> value for
> your static site setup ends with a slash, i.e. http://www.mydomain.com/
> rather than http://www.mydomain.com.
>
> All the best,
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Landsman
> To: Manila-Newbies@userland.com
> Sent: 8/10/03 12:38 AM
> Subject: Site won't allow editing
>
> Tried a number of times to edit the sidebar (blogroll) and got this
> message:
> ---------------------------------------
> Sorry! There was an error: Can't evaluate the expression because the
> name
> "referer" hasn't been defined.
> The error was detected by Frontier 9.0 in mainResponder.respond.
> Webmaster:
> webmaster@userland.com. Time: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 23:35:04 GMT.
> -------------------------------------
>
> It sees me as an editor, lets me into the area to make the edits, but
> then
> the above occurs.
>
> Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.
>
> --Dean
>