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[JennyLeez]

Hi Ray and water01,

I also can not work out why site ranking and topsite board rankings are different.
In Admin I can only set 1 of page in, page out or page views. As you know users can alter the ranking at the top of the topsites board page.
I would guess if you select that which differs to what Admin has set it may not match.

A user has suggested maybe the time zones may play a part as all is sitting on a New Zealand site and users can be anywhere up to 24 hours behind.
They also suggested this could play a part each week when the week rolls over and NZ gains anywhere up to a days head start.
I honestly have no idea regarding the above but I am sure the user would like feedback from you smarter people

I will put it back on page views as someone above has asked and lets see how that now pans out on the new https server

Cheers
Jenny

[Mapantz]

This topsites is extremely slow to load, that's why I removed it from my site. Even clicking people's sites that have the counter are slow to fully load, as the browser is waiting on the button.

When I look at the network info in my browser when I go to Ray's site, for example, it says the button took nearly 8 seconds to load.

[BeaumarisWX]

Hi,
I still believe it goes back to the old issue http/https.

On Rays site which is https he has the button referencing http.

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<a href="http://cumulussites.net/"><img src="http://cumulussites.net/button.php?u=RayProudfoot" alt="Cumulus Top Weather Sites" border="0" />

He should now ref https as Jenny has https available now.

When I load the http site is is slower than the https one.

Kind Regards,

[RayProudfoot]

Jenny, thanks for switching to Page Views.

All, my site is http, not https. I’ve changed nothing. I have no explanation why my site is slow to load for some users. It’s quick for me. And Cumulus Sites loads quickly too but not all banners load.

[BeaumarisWX]

All, my site is http, not https.
.....but not all banners load.

Hi Ray,

Your site is https : https://www.cheadlehulmeweather.co.uk/ and it is secure.

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Cumulus Weather Topsites also has https : https://cumulussites.net/ and is secure.

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When using https, the only banners that do not display by default are those from sites that are http only = non-secure.

Kindest Regards,

[RayProudfoot]

Hi Ray,

Your site is https : https://www.cheadlehulmeweather.co.uk/ and it is secure.

Cumulus Weather Topsites also has https : https://cumulussites.net/ and is secure.


When using https, the only banners that do not display by default are those from sites that are http only = non-secure.

Kindest Regards,

How is that possible? Maybe topsites is forcing something but I can assure you if you click on the link in my sig it’s plain old http.

[mcrossley]

How is that possible? Maybe topsites is forcing something but I can assure you if you click on the link in my sig it’s plain old http.

Not for me Ray, it's HTTPS. It's got a Let's Encrypt certificate...

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[SamiS]

How is that possible? Maybe topsites is forcing something but I can assure you if you click on the link in my sig it’s plain old http.

Not for me Ray, it's HTTPS. It's got a Let's Encrypt certificate...

I think your browser itself or a browser add-on has ”https anywhere” or similar setting enabled. It is a feature that redirects you to https whenever server supports it regardless of the link being plain http or not.

[RayProudfoot]

Mark & SamiS, all this is way beyond my understanding. I’ve never got to grips with this internet stuff. I’m just a weather fan.

Wouldn’t I have to negotiate a deal with HostPresto to gain https status? I can assure you I haven’t. Clicking on my banner takes me to my website and if you click in the address bar it says “Not secure”.

[mcrossley]

Just using bog standard Edge on my phone, there is no option to enable anything like that. I thought all modern browsers preferred https nowadays

Perhaps they have enabled it for all their clients? After all, it costs them nothing other than a bit of setup time.

[Mapantz]

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[RayProudfoot]

I’ve manually typed https://cheadlehulmeweather.co.uk and it returned my home page so I think you’re right Mark. HostPresto appear to have placed my site on a secure address. Good for them. Saved me some dough!

[Mapantz]

HostPresto appear to have placed my site on a secure address. Good for them. Saved me some dough!

And so they should, it's free but has to be updated every 3 months. They didn't do that for me though, they were charging me £30 a year until I did some digging.

[RayProudfoot]

And so they should, it's free but has to be updated every 3 months. They didn't do that for me though, they were charging me £30 a year until I did some digging.

Given I didn’t ask for it I’d expect it to continue until my next payment is due. I did ask them to confirm they were happy with ftp uploads and they said yes. But I never enquired about https as it’s just a website, not a bank.

[Mapantz]

Given I didn’t ask for it

You shouldn't have to. It comes free with all of their hosting packages.

But I never enquired about https as it’s just a website, not a bank.

https has got nothing to do with banks?!