Browser trying to download showthread.php, etc.
Kali Ma
I wanted to report that during my visit today when trying to view a thread or forum, my browser opens a download window asking me to open or save 'showthread.php' or 'forumdisplay.php' and that this is happening on about 3 out of 4 attempts. In the threads and forums that I have been able to access, they only allow for viewing of the the first page, and then the download error pops up for all subsequent pages. I hope this message gets through.
kzap
does this happen on any other websites?
Kali Ma
Hi Kzap... no, as far as I can recall, this only ever happens at GWGuru. It has happened before on previous visits, though only rarely and it would stop after trying a few pages; yet it was so noticeable and constant earlier that I thought to submit a report about it this time.
The browser I'm using is Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4, which is the latest version as far as I know. I do visit a lot of PHP based websites and forums, including my own websites, and do not recall having encountered this behavior in Firefox before. I did run a search on the Firefox help forums to see if others were reporting similar experiences in general, but didn't come across any threads with similar reports in about thirty minutes of searching.
Fwiw, on this current visit tonight I've not had it happen yet. The site is responding much quicker now in general than it was earlier, so I'm guessing it might be related to the server load, but I don't know of course. Anyway, it is strange that Firefox is wanting to download the PHP file instead of simply displaying it. Maybe the VBulletin community has encountered this before.
The browser I'm using is Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4, which is the latest version as far as I know. I do visit a lot of PHP based websites and forums, including my own websites, and do not recall having encountered this behavior in Firefox before. I did run a search on the Firefox help forums to see if others were reporting similar experiences in general, but didn't come across any threads with similar reports in about thirty minutes of searching.
Fwiw, on this current visit tonight I've not had it happen yet. The site is responding much quicker now in general than it was earlier, so I'm guessing it might be related to the server load, but I don't know of course. Anyway, it is strange that Firefox is wanting to download the PHP file instead of simply displaying it. Maybe the VBulletin community has encountered this before.