When new forum DirectAdmin?
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BBM
Verified User
While I do agree this site/forum should be a perfect example and frontrunner with http/https security/privacy when it comes to hosting, and it should automaticly switch to https for every user.
What I don't get is why 'secure-appearing'-links to this site exist and are even easily found during a simple Google search, where you'll find links that start with
Clicking these links results in your browser telling you you're about to visit an unsecure website.
This is so wrong and damaging for the image of DirectAdmin in general, it's unbelievable that DA doesn't fix this properly.
But, I also don't get why someone registered just today and with only 5 posts, thinks he can already start questioning the way the forum is run.
What I don't get is why 'secure-appearing'-links to this site exist and are even easily found during a simple Google search, where you'll find links that start with
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https://www.forum.directadmin.com/...This is so wrong and damaging for the image of DirectAdmin in general, it's unbelievable that DA doesn't fix this properly.
But, I also don't get why someone registered just today and with only 5 posts, thinks he can already start questioning the way the forum is run.
@BBM, I believe my old post in reply #10 explains this: http://forum.directadmin.com/showthread.php?t=55692&p=285510#post285510
Richard G
Verified User
No it's not. Discourse is not fit for these kind of things and missing a lot of options.
If you are saying Xenforo of Invision is better, then I don't know if you know what you're talking about. vBulletin also has new versions, Xenforo is made by a former vBulletin developper and there is not that much difference if you look at options. Downside is you have to pay for almost every addon while at vbulletin.org most are free.
Same for Invision or Infoboard, those are forum systems which are about as old as vBulletin.
So it's mostly the layout which is a change on the client side. And there is a new layout for Directadmin, it's just not activated yet.
Next to that, for a support forum it's functionality and ease of finding things back is more important then being "modern".
Redirect from www to non-www will not fix the certificate problem because the certificate warning will still appear. The TLS handshake is before the headers exchange.
Well, then DirectAdmin will have to install a certificate that also is valid for www.forum.directadmin.com. But I really don't see any point in having the discussion, because we (forum users) can't do anything about it, it has to be done by DirectAdmin.