How do i enable sending of referrers?

Check out the following link, I was using Norton, but there are probably similar features in other programs.

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=6235

Thanks! I was also using Norton & it’s working fine now.

Cheers.

well whoopy do… but it doesn’t help me.

I’ve got 4 blogs, all WP1.5 and no problems on 3 of them.

The 4th was added this week, and I can’t do anything much with it at all except for posting. I get the ‘enable sending of referrers’ message when trying to change a theme, add a link (I was able to add a link category)

This happens in IE6 and Firefox, using windows XP operating system. ZoneAlarm free, Grisoft anti virus

Well whoopy do check out this link:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Enable_Sending_Referrers

Well Moose, I don’t know what’s going on, because I can’t get past that ‘enable sending of referrers’ message.

I checked and the config settings for firefox are correct (2)
The security setting for IE6 are correct and set as stated .
I then tried deleting the affected WP instalation, and reinstalled a new one.
I even uninstalled Firefox 1.0.2, and reinstalled 1.0.1

Still no good.
All my other blogs work perfectly.

Two of them are on the same server as this one… in fact the same domain.

I’m looking around for another blog software for this particular URL… does anyone have a recommendation?

What are the url’s ?
If you don’t want to disclose them, can you illustrate the full url somehow ? Include the urls that all work please ?
(Not sure if it’s a path issue, and this info may help)

Turn off Zone Alarm.

Podz, these are my blogs that work on this server OK:

https://seo-easy.com
https://dx-currency-trades.com/blog

This is the blog I’m having trouble with:

https://20-20-eyesight.com/witness

All 3 are on subdomains of:
https://my-home-and-garden.com

They are hosted at ThirdSphere.

I’ve got another blog on another hosting account that also works OK.

All are WP1.5

Have you tried turning off Zone Alarm?

pt49 – is there someone you can trust who could login and try to maybe alter something insigificant ?
If it’s a problem for them – on another machine – that shows one path down which to investigate.
If it is not a problem, then the problem lies within your machine.

I’m curious as to the url being part of the problem, hence the suggestion.

Yes, I wondered why podz asked about the URLs also. They are subdomains, but as two are OK I don’t think that can be the problem.

I’m also wondering if it is sdomething on my machine. I’ve had a oproblem with Firefox not opening in new windows and have not been able to solve that either.

ZoneAlarm is not the problem Mac.

It’s getting late and I got to sleep, mnaybe someone will think of something by tomorrow. I may have to ask someone to go in and poke around I think.

I use Symantec Client Security (the commercial version of Norton Firewall). I was able to remove the “sending referrers” by adding my site into the Privacy Control area and checking the permit blocks. All is working fine now.

i just simply commented line 460:

456: function check_admin_referer() {
457: $adminurl = strtolower(get_settings(‘siteurl’)).’/wp-admin’;
458: $referer = strtolower($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]);
459: if ( !strstr($referer, $adminurl) ) {
460: //die(‘Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.’);

^^this worked for me, but is this very safe?

anonymousjohn, I think I’ll try what you did… as for whether it will be safe or not, I don’t know.

I don’t even know what sending referrers are supposed to do, apart from jamb up a perfectly normal blog.

pt49

pt49 – sending referers is a security measure. If you go to the Plugins page (for instance), WP checks to see where you came from (the referer sending you there). If you came from a secure location you can get to the page. If not, you are barred from it.
Without such checks, anyone could get into your blog and alter stuff.

Did you manage to get anyone else to check ?