Strange website formatting
Strange website formatting
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steveb8189

Original Poster:

516 posts

220 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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Hi there! Not sure if this has been raised before or if it is just me but I have been experiencing some very strange formatting of the website recently. For the past month the homepage looks fine but when I click into a news story I see just plain text with images inserted randomly into it. I was kind of putting up with it but from today the home page is now identical making it pretty hard to navigate around the site...

Anyone else experiencing this?


steveb8189

Original Poster:

516 posts

220 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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oh, and I'm using IE8 and Windows 7

Work PC so there is nothing I can do about that unfortunately...

steveb8189

Original Poster:

516 posts

220 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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Very strangely I just read in another thread about http://www.track-days.co.uk/ - is this legit? It works without an formatting issues for me...

MattDell

3,302 posts

184 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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I thought Switch had fixed that. We had an IE-only issue. Anyone else having the problem?

marshalla

15,902 posts

230 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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MattDell said:
I thought Switch had fixed that. We had an IE-only issue. Anyone else having the problem?
I get something like that very occasionally, when the tablet fails to load the stylesheet correctly.

Alex

9,978 posts

313 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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I get this on my work PC. For some reason some of the PH stylesheets have been blocked by our net nanny.

URL: Malicious sites
Reputation:High Risk

K4TRV

1,819 posts

281 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Got IE 8 and today unable to view Home page/Clasified etc.

Forums are as normal, but going to "Pistonheads" gives this strange and unuseable format??

They have a "text" like format which looks like this:


Menu
•Home
•News
•Forum
•Classifieds
PistonHeads Classifieds
Updated: Wednesday 19th June 12:27
Follow PH on
•twitter
•Facebook
•youtube
•Home
•News
•Features
•Classifieds
•Forums
•Members
•Calendar
•Shop
•Sell your car
News
News
•General news
•American cars
•British cars
•Euro cars
•German cars
•Japanese cars
•Motorsport
•Summary

gashead1105

623 posts

182 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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^

I've got this too. Also in classified, making them unusable.

K4TRV

1,819 posts

281 months

Thursday 20th June 2013
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Come Pistonheads - today is the same as yesterday?? Can't get to any Classifieds etc???

No-ones bothered to explain - despite PMs to your Tech Team yesterday??

Trev

Switch

3,455 posts

204 months

Thursday 20th June 2013
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Could you try doing a Ctrl-F5 and letting me know if that clears it up?

K4TRV

1,819 posts

281 months

Thursday 20th June 2013
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Switch said:
Could you try doing a Ctrl-F5 and letting me know if that clears it up?
Sorry, at lunch and missed your request.

Crtl-F5 refreshes the page, but continues to display the same format as I indicated above?

My ver of IE8 allows a compatibility view - but that too doesnt change the view.

HTHs

Trev

gashead1105

623 posts

182 months

Thursday 20th June 2013
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^

Likewise

steveb8189

Original Poster:

516 posts

220 months

Friday 21st June 2013
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Glad it's not just me!

Does http://www.track-days.co.uk work for you guys?

K4TRV

1,819 posts

281 months

Wednesday 26th June 2013
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steveb8189 said:
Glad it's not just me!

Does http://www.track-days.co.uk work for you guys?
Yes, that works fine, however, when you try to view/click on Classifieds it reverts to that scrolling script??

No more checking Classifieds at work then......................8-((

Trev

steveb8189

Original Poster:

516 posts

220 months

Tuesday 2nd July 2013
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K4TRV said:
steveb8189 said:
Glad it's not just me!

Does http://www.track-days.co.uk work for you guys?
Yes, that works fine, however, when you try to view/click on Classifieds it reverts to that scrolling script??

No more checking Classifieds at work then......................8-((

Trev
Exactly the same for me - and the forum sends me to the mobile site for some reason...

Any change you can get this fixed guys? It means I'm having to do a lot of PH catch up at the weekend!

Alex

9,978 posts

313 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2013
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It seems that the stylesheet URL has been categorised by McAfee as high risk and malicious.

A colleague at work has submitted a ticket to McAfee to get it re-categorised. (#728971 if you're interested).


K4TRV

1,819 posts

281 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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So today, Mon 8 Jul, I can now view Pistonheads Home Page AND Classifiedsclap

Whatever has changed is GOOD NEWS - thank you MODS thumbup

Hope "Others" noew have access too??

Thank you again.

Trev

Alex

9,978 posts

313 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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A colleague in my office submitted a ticket to McAfee, and that's what fixed it for us, maybe you too?


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K4TRV

1,819 posts

281 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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Alex said:
A colleague in my office submitted a ticket to McAfee, and that's what fixed it for us, maybe you too?


Untitled by Loconinja, on Flickr
Nope, I have done nothing, nor would I wish to with my "Business Desk-top" - just happy I can "browse again!!

T

Alex

9,978 posts

313 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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No, but if your company uses McAfee on their proxy, this will be what fixed it for you.