Bit of light reading ... a mess.

Quote from: ergophobe on August 11, 2016, 08:03:16 PM

Quote from: Drastic on August 11, 2016, 05:34:18 PM
I think you should have your entire site either SSL or not, and not doing so is causing you problems. If you want ssl, all your http should redirect to https.

Agreed. And check your redirect hops. Our devs originally set it up so that each redirect action, including http -> https was a hop. So if we had a URL that was used in print in the form

Very true gents. It was pure HTTP until a limited number of non existent HTTPS pages listed in the index. Checked all the 301's (all dating back to 2015) nothing obvious that would affect approx 4% of pages from a 3000 page site. Started about 3-4 weeks ago (when I noticed the issue). May have been when WC2.6 was released or a kin. Thinking about it a google analytics plugin went on the fritz around about then also. No idea where google is getting the https from, screamingfrog finds none. Hence why I'm thinking to buy a certificate and turn the entire site https; least the currently index https pages will resolve properly rather than pick up penalties. The EV cert was just trying to stand out a little. My logic is probably skewed on the matter.

Thanks for the heads up on Komodo, we have bought them from PAIR but for remote vpn. Will look into the other suggestions. Does the EV level certificates really carry extra kudos ? Such as the green address bar and the extra vendor checks, etc. Noticed not alot of green url bars on many a site.

Many reasons for it. However one of our WP sites has managed to get about 5% of its pure http pages listed as https (which don't exist) on google. Effectively they resolve as an incorrect setup server page; which is definitely bad for ranking/business. Though I've added some rules to stop the indexing of https, I've been warned this could lead to bigger issues.

I'm thinking of taking advantage and redirecting the site to https on an EV level certificate to get a boost. So really its a technical solution and if there is any temporary seo boost great.

Been looking into SSL certificates for a whole host of reasons. Seems no one would stand on a godaddy SSL even if it was to wipe the crap off the shoe; why are the same certificates but from different authorities so widely priced ? Currently looking at Komodo SSL EV which is a decent price in the UK, any reason not to rely on Komodo ?

No. UK traffic is my biggest concern. No interest in Eastern European countries as I've got another site targeting that side of Europe.

Brits do drink a lot compared to many nations. Though I've found myself in a few places in the US where the entire bar drinks itself under the table - most enjoyable.

It's all relative. If you exercise often and have a good diet, vices such as alcohol in moderation is not a problem and 14 units is taken the piss. A lot of these reports are also factoring in bad diet, young adult binge drinking, sedentary lifestyles, etc.

I had a nightmare moving from v2.xx to the recently release v3.0 and had to role back several times on most sites, leaving a particularly unimportant site to go through all the updates. Everything seems resolved now with 3.1.2

How reliable are there metrics ?

Just looked at 3 months of data for a UK site hosted on a dedicated (managed) UK server (webfusion) and the quickest loads are Estonia & Bulgaria, with the UK averaging double the load time of Estonia. Could this be GA's own metrics at fault due to where they measure from in Europe ? Alternatively are webfusion pulling a flanker and hosting (and advertising UK dedicated servers) from elsewhere in Europe ?

Getting the police involved did the trick.

So a lass in our German company was contacted about a product that had not been received.

Apparently another business/ecomm website selling consumer electronics was taking money, but not shipping the product. However on inspection of the site via the punter above the copyright mentions our company at the bottom of each page, and the impressum (legal page) giving our corporate info as the owner of the domain/business. Utter crap, but the reason the punter contacted us.

Looking further into the website I found it was hosted in Berlin (from what I could tell with whois). Contacted the host and doing the abuse report part, etc. Seemed a stupid way of trying to defraud, would have at least thought the domain would be hosted in Russia, etc.

The manager is heading down to the police station to report it, just in case this situation gains any legs. Is there anything else I should be looking at ?

The domain if your interested is: jansen-electronics.de

I'm in a similar boat and require a decent theme designer for WP/woocommmerce - any recommendations would be appreciated.

All resolved.

Inspired by Mackin's SAD tale. Sorry rather boring rant...
We've just this weekend decided to go from an early dedicated server at Pair to a current version. The process has gone to shit, no emails work for any domains (all static sites are fine, and even a couple of the smaller WP sites are ok). A large WP site that we are developing (backed up) and a drupal site I use as a playground have all but disappeared. I'll start getting it in the neck and arse once the US offices open up and have no emails, etc.

Been with pair for years and never had any serious problems. Compared to hosting issues experienced in the UK, they've been Saints. Hoping for a quick resolution...

Problem with Germany is carrying the poo bag for the excuse of the Italian and Spanish economies.

Anyone had experience with the woo-commerce watermark plugin ? From my own mucking around it seems a great concept, but in practice hard to deal with. Works on occasion, though in the most not.