Facebook in Chrome issues? (16 posts)

Topic tags: chrome, web browser
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    Phil Mershon said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    I’m wondering if anyone else periodically finds they can’t load Facebook in Chrome and that it instead loads as google.com? Is this a sign of the Google vs. Facebook battle or something less (or more) sinister?

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    Bradford Shimp said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon I use Chrome and check Facebook many times a day. I have never had this happen. Sound nefarious!

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  • Don Purdum
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    Don Purdum said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon I haven’t had that issue with Chrome either. I’m on it all the time and it’s smooth.

    Sounds like you may want to clear your cache. Let me know if you don’t know how?

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    Phil Mershon said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @bradfordshimp and @donpurdum

    Thanks for the comments. I do clear my cache fairly often (at least weekly) and yet this happens to me multiple times per week. I’ll actually get warning messages that say Facebook wants to direct me to an unsecure site (usually with a very suspicious address, but not Facebook) or else it’s to google.com. The only solution I’ve found is to reboot and that solves it for a couple of days.

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  • Don Purdum
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    Don Purdum said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    Interesting. It definitely has something to do with your computer. I’m certain it is not Chrome. Especially if it works for a few days and then acts up.

    If you ever discover the issue, please let us know.

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    Andrea Vahl said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon Just echoing the other comments – I use Chrome and Facebook all day with no problems.

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    Phil Mershon said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @donpurdum and @andrea-vahl
    This is the message I get frequently (today it happened when I tried to go to google.com, so that tells me it’s not a FB issue):

    “This is probably note the site you are looking for!

    You attempted to reach http://www.google.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as a248.e.akamai.net…”

    I can’t even do a search to find what that site might be. Any help?

    What’s weird is that I can continue to use other sites, even while this blocks me. I did just clear my cache.

    I just was able to do a search in a different browser. Sounds like I need to reboot my router. I’ll see if that does the trick.

    Thanks!

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  • Don Purdum
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    Don Purdum said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon and @andrea-vahl

    Looks like has to do with avast, an anti virus software. I found this older link  from 2010 related to your code problem and FB. Do you use Avast for anti virus or have you ever installed it?

    http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=57867.0

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    Phil Mershon said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @donpurdum and @andrea-vahl

    I don’t have avast and never have.

    The forum I found says that it was a router issue. I rebooted the router and that seems to have cleared up the issue. They said it comes from an advertisement.

    We’ll see if this clears it up.

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    Andrea Vahl said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon – So glad you found that!  Great investigative work @donpurdum!

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  • Don Purdum
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    Don Purdum said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon and @andrea-vahl

    Glad you found it!

    Weird stuff happens sometimes. I’ve had a few people say they my Welcome FB page doesn’t load. It’s gotta be a fb issue cause the app is where the html code is pasted. I’ve tested it on 10 different computers in different locations and loads perfectly. So, I don’t know how to explain it, lol.

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    Lisa Schulteis said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @donpurdum – check with the people who tell you that your welcome page is not loading and see if they are viewing Facebook in https: mode.

    Since the changes on October 1st, if your images on your welcome page are not hosted on a SSL site, anyone viewing Facebook via https: will not be able to see your welcome page.

    I am always signed into Facebook in https: and there are plenty of welcome pages that I view that are blank white screens.

    Let me know if you need any additional information.  Also, if you want me to check your page, please post your link here.  I tried to get to it from your profile but received a 404 error.

    Thanks!

    @lisaschulteis | # | Top
  • Don Purdum
    Sage
    Don Purdum said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @lisaschulteis Thanks much!!!

    Weird about the 404 error. It’s correct in my profile.

    The url is http://www.facebook.com/theinternetconference

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    Lisa Schulteis said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @donpurdum – Ok, you’re going to love this.  I looked at the page in Chrome, FF and IE.

    In Chrome, everything looks great!

    In IE, I can see all of the text but not the photo

    In FF, the whole page flashed on, but then disappeared and now I can only see a white page

    Looking at the icon for your welcome page, I assume you are using the Iframe Static HTML app.  So my guess would be that your image is not hosted on a secure server and that is messing up the code (but does not explain why I can see it on Chrome)

    Check your code in that app.  If the src code for the image does not start with https:// you need to move it to a secure server.

    Does that help?

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  • Don Purdum
    Sage
    Don Purdum said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    That’s weird and highly inconsistent.

    I looked it at three clients offices this morning, worked perfectly in both ie9 and FF. I can’t explain it.

    I can’t imagine they would want everyone to purchase an SSL certificate just for Facebook. It has to be an issue with the app, not just a secure server issue?

    I will have to go on an investigative journey (LOL). I appreciate you!

    Don

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    Are Morch said
    1 year, 5 months ago:

    @phil-mershon sounds like you got some Spy ware stuck on your computer. Norton is just a must have for me. 
    I experienced this a lot when the boys here was a bit younger and used my computer. They went on sites that had a bazzilion spy ware attached to them. And it was a bigger pain to try and block them. Boys….lol..
    And never join any advertisement networks that require you to download anything to your computer. 
    Facebook now also support Secure Browsing. You can turn it off in your Facebook setting to see if it makes any difference.
    Cheers..
    Are Morch - Hotel Blogger

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