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Problems with the PutneySW15 site...

Trying to log on to the 'old' site (www.http://www.putneysw15.com/) produces an error message:  HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found.
OTOH, this new version works normally — which is not much help to those who are still trying the old one. Perhaps the owners know something?

Richard Carter ● 2457d7 Comments

Perhaps the owners have withdrawn the old site on the basis if one knows someone's email account it's easy to hijack their forum account. I'm sure that might contravene the GDPR if a libelous comment was posted and attribution of the comment couldn't be confirmed. I'd say that would be an infringement of data rights as integrity of data (our comments) wasn't being maintained and best practice (the use of passwords, which isn't exactly states of the art practice) wasn't being followed. Still, it might just be the landing page has been corrupted on the old server! I wonder if that's why so few comments have been made recently?

Michael Ixer ● 2457d

I had the same problem today, cannot log into the old site. And I agree, Michael, there have been so few comments recently I was wondering if everybody decided to abandon the forum...

Ivonne Holliday ● 2457d

For anyone struggling, the URL for the new forum site:https://new.putneysw15.com/#forum

Michael Ixer ● 2457d

Earlier I couldn't get into the forum, but went into the same as usual and am now in OK.

Barbara Stevens ● 2457d

Same here. No problem today.

Lucille Grant ● 2456d

I also couldn't get in earlier but now can..Even the times of posts are accurate today!

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2456d

The old SW15 site is an HTTP site website which is unsecure and can be hacked and personal data extracted. An HTTPS website (the new SW15 website) is far more secure to this kind of attack and website owners and developers are encouraged to move to HTTPS. However, they are not immune, therefore as an additional layer of security it is best to have some kind of Personal Firewall installed (and anti-virus for good measure). The developers should really remove the old HTTP URL as soon as possible and encourage visitors to the new one.

Les Evans-Hill ● 2456d