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Aravine
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 16:20:57
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I look at the active user screen form time to time, an invariably there are guests looking at members profiles. now that itself isn't bad, but when I come back to that screen like 20 minutes later, there still looking at the same members profile. I was wondering what's up with that.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 19:21:23
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| It could be a thing where the viewer opened the window, then either left their computer or was doing something in another window... I've always got a window open to Active Topics, even when I'm away from my computer for hours. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 16:34:17
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| The weirdest thing is that guests aren't supposed to be able to access members profiles. at least I couldn't when I tried after I signed out. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 17:32:38
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Perhaps. It might simply be a record of the last function attempted by the GUEST, rather than a function that was actually carried out. In other words, when a GUEST is said to be reading a Member's Profile, they might not have necessarily accessed it fully. It may just be noting that the attempt was made during the time the "Active User" page was loaded.
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 18:07:26
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| Which makes the fact that they stay there even weirder... |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 18:26:15
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quote:
Originally posted by Aravine
The weirdest thing is that guests aren't supposed to be able to access members profiles. at least I couldn't when I tried after I signed out.
Well met
Indeed, this function is certainly restricted and page locations picked up by bots generally don't get anywhere. I have a number of IP blocks on the forum which also operate this way. Whilst a URL may be registered as a search, such illegal operations are redirected to an "access denied" page. |
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