What backdoor used to get to the board?

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#1

backstabbist

Nov 09, 2009 9:46:31

I have had far better luck going thu the D&D page (ignore the Community links)
to the Insider page to get my name on the top as logged in,
then up there I go to my Account page,
and from there I can get the Community link to actually get past the always failing community authorization server


I was trying the mSRD page Community link, the D&D Main community link. the D&D Main community banner, and even the Wizards community link.... this board is painfully hard to get to these days

#2

rustam1

Nov 09, 2009 17:28:23

much the same here....


not able to go direct (link in favorites) ...


jump into D&D site then click my favorites link...


the new forum sucks!
#3

TheRealOrion

Nov 09, 2009 17:32:24

I hit the "log in" button at the top right. That took me to the forum screen (all the big squares) and then I could scroll down to the d20 Modern forum.


It sure would be nice if we could actually reach the discussion board that they set up for us, and maybe even let us link to it.

#4

bone_naga

Nov 09, 2009 18:08:58

Oh come on Orion that would be way too easy. It might even make sense, and we will have none of that here. You have been warned.

#5

backstabbist

Nov 09, 2009 22:04:09

Ha!
This thread has paid off already.


I didnt even see the Account/Login stuff on the CRITICAL ACCOUNT FUMBLE page


 

#6

kronos182

Nov 09, 2009 23:25:40

I did get it to work a few times going to the d20 Modern page and clicking the Modern forum link which still links to the gleemax forums. But that stopped working. Now just go to D&D, community, D&D forums then this forum.


Wizards must really hate d20 Modern to give us even more headaches to find the forums.

#7

backstabbist

Nov 09, 2009 23:57:25

You got the D&D page 'community' banner or topbar link to actually work?
They dont work for me after a bootup,
but I get hit & miss lingering functionality if I get to the Modern Forum and then try the D&D 'community' link again

#8

kronos182

Nov 10, 2009 8:50:55

Yeah, the community banner works for me. Linking from the d20 modern page isn't working for me anymore now.

#9

TheRealOrion

Nov 10, 2009 9:30:05

It's not just the d20 Modern page. It's all of them. Wizards doesn't hate us. It's just that their website is designed and run very, very poorly.

#10

trappedslider

Nov 10, 2009 9:39:29

The probelm has something to do with the cookies themselves,they are somehow becoming broken...

#11

Ragitsu

Nov 10, 2009 11:53:24

Then we will need lots of milk.

#12

TheRealOrion

Nov 10, 2009 14:11:33

That makes sense. Once I've logged in, I can get in again, but once I shut down Firefox it lose it.

#13

BRONZETAR

Nov 10, 2009 15:37:46

i go d&d home page - i click on d&d forums - i click my home page - what only one away get in 

#14

Psikerlord

Nov 10, 2009 20:58:37 		yeah my bookmarks aren't working either. what gives?

PS - bone_naga, that's a nice quote you use - is it from a book or movie?
#15

shinobi_guyver

Nov 11, 2009 10:12:05

When I click on my bookmark and get the error message, I click the "log in" button at the top of the page. It auto-logs me in, then when I click my bookmark again, it works just fine....

#16

backstabbist

Nov 11, 2009 12:34:40

But I never have to click LogIn.


The account server gives me the Fail Page when I try my bookmarks,
but at the top of that page it has a link to 'Account' next to the 'Login'.
I dont log in,
I can use my account page from there, and that has a link to Community... then etc

#17

trappedslider

Nov 12, 2009 9:42:45 		aslong as you don'te close whatever browser your using,you'll be fine for some odd reason...
#18

shinobi_guyver

Nov 13, 2009 13:31:36

But I never have to click LogIn.


The account server gives me the Fail Page when I try my bookmarks,
but at the top of that page it has a link to 'Account' next to the 'Login'.
I dont log in,
I can use my account page from there, and that has a link to Community... then etc




Same method. I clicked "My Account" like you say you do, then clicked on my bookmark and it worked just fine.

No running around.

Kinda weird that not just the bookmarks won't work right, but you don't have to keep logging in when it glitches. It obviously doesn't log you out....

#19

backstabbist

Nov 13, 2009 21:39:55 		yes, exactly.
The account server has no doubts just who I am from my cookies,
but the bookmarked & cookied forum servers wont get that info from the account server
#20

ashtagon

Nov 14, 2009 10:33:09 		It seems that as long as I go through "community wizards com", and not, say, any bookmark I might have made, it will work. Anything else seems to claim there is a database error.