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#1 2006-01-04 17:33:05
- pepebe
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- From: Mannheim, Germany
- Registered: 2005-02-07
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Error Message: "To use textpattern, your browser has to accept cookie"
I have just installed txp on my xampp server. Everything worked fine until I have tried to log in.
After hitting the submit button, I get a message like that:
“To use textpattern, your browser has to accept cookies.”
1. My firefox accepts cookies. I’m sure about that, because I just got one from textpattern forum.
2. All other browsers on my computer also accept cookies (opera and evil IE…), yet the same message appears again and again.
Any clues what went wrong?
Greetings,
pepebe
Last edited by pepebe (2006-01-04 18:25:23)
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#2 2006-01-04 23:28:28
- zem
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- From: Melbourne, Australia
- Registered: 2004-04-08
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Re: Error Message: "To use textpattern, your browser has to accept cookie"
Any clues what went wrong?
No, not if it happens in all browsers.
That error message is caused by a Javascript cookie test in txplib_head.php. The entire process (set cookie, check that it worked) happens in Javascript, so there’s not much that can go wrong. I can’t see any way it could fail if cookies are indeed enabled.
Most browsers these days let you enable or block cookies on a per-domain basis. Perhaps that’s the problem.
Alex
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#3 2006-01-05 18:07:02
- pepebe
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- From: Mannheim, Germany
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Re: Error Message: "To use textpattern, your browser has to accept cookie"
Thankx for your fast response ZEM.
Well, it seems that my zonelab firewall is responsible for that peculiar behaviour. It blocks all cookies from localhost. As soon as I quit the program, everything works fine.
The strange thing is, that I seem to be unable to tell zonelabs, that my localhost is one of the good guys. Even though I tell zonelabs to accept all cookies from there, it keeps on blocking them.
I have even told zonelabs to accept all cookies from everwhere and it is still blocking cookies from txp. Seems to be some kind of bug or a personal inability of myself to understand zonelabs control center…
Anyone out there who can give me a helping hand?
Greetings,
pepebe
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#4 2006-01-05 22:25:42
- zem
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- From: Melbourne, Australia
- Registered: 2004-04-08
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Re: Error Message: "To use textpattern, your browser has to accept cookie"
That particular cookie isn’t sent from the xampp server, it’s set within the browser itself using Javascript. Perhaps zonelab has some other setting to control that.
Alex
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