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Reply #1 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 12:49pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Sorry for the delay, at work Sad

If your using the add tab function I copied and pasted the link to PayPal and it works. However on a later version of your board and I am not at home to access other test boards, someone will be along later with the solution

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Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 1:16pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

I'm using 2.5.2. Paypal automatically redirects to https if http is used. The site I'm linking to doesn't. It requires https to be used and will fail if only http is used.

If add the full https address in the link, it sill tries to append http at the front of the link as well as having the https!

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Reply #4 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:17pm

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That's a piece of coding we've been fighting with for ages and will be changed in 2.5.4. I'll be back with a fix for you after breakfast - hubby is getting cranky.

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Reply #5 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:25pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Dandello wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:17pm:

That's a piece of coding we've been fighting with for ages and will be changed in 2.5.4. I'll be back with a fix for you after breakfast - hubby is getting cranky.

That would bre great, thanks.

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Reply #6 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:26pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Until a resident coder comes up with a fix for this, a relatively easy way to solve your problem is to add a PayPal tab in your menu that goes to a page on your site (index.html or index.htm) in a folder for your PayPal link. That file will automatically refresh to the PayPal link that you need (https versus http).

That way, whenever your PayPal menu tab is chosen, that person will go straight to your PayPal account.

So your YaBB's menu tab might link to the following:

Code

www.TypeYourSiteHere.com/PayPal

In the folder listed above, the index.html or index.htm page you created will be on your server as follows:

Code

www.TypeYourSiteHere.com/PayPal/index.html

The index page that you create above can simply include the following redirect in between the <head> and </head> tags:

Code

<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH CONTENT="0; URL=https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/home-merchant">

</head>

With the coding I've mentioned above, you'll of course need to replace it with the PayPal link that works for you. But hopefully you'll understand this solution.

Good luck!

Edited:

Dandello wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:17pm:

I'll be back with a fix for you after breakfast ...

Morning, noon, or night, have a great one!

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Reply #7 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:26pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Bill Myers wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:23pm:

Until a resident coder comes up with a fix for this, a relatively easy way to solve your problem is to add a PayPal tab in your menu that goes to a page on your site (index.html or index.htm) in a folder for your PayPal link. That file will automatically refresh to the PayPal link that you need (https versus http).

I see where your coming from (I'm not after a Paypal site - but I see what you're getting at). I was thinking about a redirect page as a work around myself. Thanks.

That way, whenever your PayPal menu tab is chosen, that person will go straight to your PayPal account.

So your YaBB's menu tab might link to the following:

Code

www.TypeYourSiteHere.com/PayPal

In the folder listed above, the index.html or index.htm page you created will be on your server as follows:

Code

www.TypeYourSiteHere.com/PayPal/index.html

The index page that you create above can simply include the following redirect in between the <head> and </head> tags:

Code

<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH CONTENT="0; URL=https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/home-merchant">

</head>

With the coding I've mentioned above, you'll of course need to replace it with the PayPal link that works for you. But hopefully you'll understand this solution.

Good luck!

Edited:

Dandello wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:17pm:

I'll be back with a fix for you after breakfast - hubby is getting cranky.

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Reply #8 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:49pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Adrian_Horn wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:26pm:

I see where your coming from (I'm not after a Paypal site - but I see what you're getting at). I was thinking about a redirect page as a work around myself. Thanks.

Cool.

I routinely use redirects because of how many pages one of our sites has. That way, if or until an advertising link or email link is edited or deleted as they should be on individual pages, only one editing change in one file needs to be uploaded to our server.

I do use editing software that replaces text on multiple pages as I need it, but using refresh has saved me and our staff a lot of work.

Try fixing one bad link that's on a few hundred pages. Shocked

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Reply #9 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 4:34pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

The YaBB fix is: in AdvancedTabs.pl find

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		if ($taburl !~ /^\http:\/\//) { $taburl = qq~http://$taburl~; }

Replace with :

Code

        if (   $taburl !~ /^http:\/\//xsm
            && $taburl !~ /^https:\/\//xsm
            && $taburl !~ /^ftp:\/\//xsm )
        {
            $taburl = qq~http://$taburl~;
        }
        else { $taburl = $taburl; }

(This should work in 2.4, 2.5AE and 2.5.2)

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Reply #10 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 4:48pm

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Dandello wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 4:34pm:

This should work in 2.4

And it does! Smiley

Your solution worked perfectly in our 2.4 forum! Smiley

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Edited:

Just in case any of you want to use a shorter version of Dandello's code ...

In response to a post that Carsten made, Dandello posted, "And yours is so neat, maybe we'll use that one in 2.5.4 instead of mine."

As I mentioned here in this post, I followed Dandello's lead, and tested Carsten's shorter/neater version in our YaBB 2.4 forum. I can happily confirm that it works perfectly.

If you're interested, please go to this post of Carsten's so that you get his actual suggested code versus me quoting it here, and possibly making a mistake.

« Last Edit: Apr 15^th, 2013 at 9:12pm by Bill Myers »

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Reply #11 - Apr 16^th, 2013 at 8:26am

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Re: Can i add a tab that links to a https site rather than just http?

Dandello wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 4:34pm:

The YaBB fix is: in AdvancedTabs.pl find

Code

            if ($taburl !~ /^http:///) { $taburl = qq~http://$taburl~; }

Replace with :

Code

        if (   $taburl !~ /^http:///xsm
            && $taburl !~ /^https:///xsm
            && $taburl !~ /^ftp:///xsm )
        {
            $taburl = qq~http://$taburl~;
        }
        else { $taburl = $taburl; }

(This should work in 2.4, 2.5AE and 2.5.2)

Perfect, thank you!

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