Can’t click on individual blog posts or comments

  • Resolved shira817

    (@shira817)


    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hi, my blog is https://www.shirafeldmanblog.com (that’s the vanity URL) or https://thesixthtensecom.fatcow.com/lipstick/.

    I have lost the ability to click on individual blog posts, or to post them to social media.

    I can see all the posts on the blog homepage in an eternal scrolling format, but I can no longer click on or see individual posts.

    When I click on an individual blog post, I get this error message: “Your connection is not private.”

    I can’t link to my newest post on facebook or twitter, because I’d have to link to the whole blog rather than the post, and it wouldn’t display the post’s title or thumbnail.

    The same goes for comments. On the admin page, I can see all the comments ever made to my blog, but on the public site you can’t see comments or click them from the menu. If you try to click on comments, you get the same error message: “Your connection is not private.”

    In addition, nobody can make new comments either.

    I’ve tried everything: adjusting the settings, researching solutions online, calling the hosting site, and even deleting Disqus because I thought that was the problem, but nothing worked.

    Can anyone help me? This is really ruining my life.

    Thanks,
    Shira

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    You need to use what you call the “vanity domain” and have your host install a properly created SSL certificate for it.

    Thread Starter shira817

    (@shira817)

    Is this going to solve the problem? How do I do this? I’m sorry I’m not very technical.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    It should. Contact your host for assistance.

    Thread Starter shira817

    (@shira817)

    This didn’t work, I spent $120 on a wildcard SSL certificate from my hosting site and I’m still getting the same error message. (And yes, I cleared my browser cache and deleted cookies.)

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Clicking on the “leave a reply” link at https://thesixthtensecom.fatcow.com/lipstick/

    gets this

    This server could not prove that it is thesixthtensecom.factow.com; its security certificate is from *.fatcow.com. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.

    Note that your site is on fatcow.com but the link is to factow.com. You need to fix up your links! Seems you mistyped the domain name in your settings.

    Thread Starter shira817

    (@shira817)

    You’re right. The entire problem arose from one typo of “factow,” but due to the proliferation of links I spent several hours going through the SQL database to manually correct about 500 incidences of “factow” to “fatcow.” The links all work now. Thank you for noticing that. Sharp eyes! ?? THANKS

    https://www.shirafeldmanblog.com

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    heh… next time, use the plugin “better search replace”.

    Thread Starter shira817

    (@shira817)

    OK… thanks. Hopefully there won’t be a next time. ??

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