Hey gang!
I'm aware of some folks having login issues. One turned out to be a bookmark to the old login link (more on this in a second) atop the forum page(s). This would only partially log you into the site, for various reasons.
I've modified the login/logout behavior of these forum links to now properly log you into (and out of) the site. Some of it involves a bit of a workaround, which I'll continue to try and refine (mainly it takes you away from the forum page).
If you're having problems, I suggest the following:
1)
Logout2) Clear all
lavidaleica.com cookies in your browser
3) Visit the
front page and login using the box to the right side - or click on the login link here on the forum
Update any bookmarks you might have, especially older HTTP URLs as they should all be using HTTPS now. They will redirect automatically, but it's cleaner this way.
I'm also aware of some other one-off issues that result in a "403" or "Permission Denied" error. To help me resolve this for you (and likely others) please visit
WhatIsMyIP.com and PM me your IP address, along with a sentence on what you were doing. I can then find your issue(s) in the logs and work to resolve them. If you can't login, use
the contact form instead.
This all stems from not only making the site secure with HTTPS/SSL, but implementing a number of protections to prevent hacking, DDoS attempts and abuse by bots and spammers. Already it has resulted in overall bandwidth dropping to
a third of what it was and
eliminated completely constant spam registrations! So it's worthwhile, even if it's an interruption.
Anonymous (guest) users can no longer use the forum search feature. Either register on the site or use Google... It's just another thing bots and ne'erdowells abuse.
Apologies for the inconvenience!