cryptosmith

I’m marking this ‘resolved’ in that the problem has changed to something that doesn’t match the thread’s title.

The new discussion is under topic 301592.

I stand corrected. The problem has resurfaced. At first the site looked fine. Then the site redirected the root URL to the “About” page. Then I logged out and cleared cookies. Now it redirects to login again.

I looked at the rewrite stuff in .htaccess (last 7 lines). Those lines are correct. I’ll look at permalink migration.

Curiously, my other web site has not shown any ill effects from the 2.8.4 upgrade.

Since the symptom has changed, I’ll change to a different title.

Thanks for the suggestions.

In fact, the problem disappeared when I switched to a more up-to-date WordPress theme. The one I had been using was borderline obsolete when I picked it up.

The problem has taken a new twist. My home page now directs to the login page.

That change took place after I erased all of my cookies. If I log in and out, things are more-or-less normal.

Other details – I run on a Linux host at GoDaddy, but I do my own upgrades, instead of relying on their application upgrader facility.

Follow up: it only happens on the home page – I can visit other pages, like the “About” page (smat.us/about) – the Unauthorized only pops up on the home page.

The problem is resolved.

I run WP Super Cache. I cleared the cache and the problem disappeared. I’m beginning to realize that if I’m running the cache and I have blog problems, I should clear the cache.

The 3 Jan posting was the last one I posted BEFORE I upgraded to 2.7 and, around the same time, upgraded to a new version of Super Cache (at least I’m pretty sure cache upgrade was in there somewhere, too). For some reason, all this upgrading process did NOT automatically clear the cache.

OK, I see the reason for the bizarre post numbering – the autosave and revisioning code is incrementing the number if I take a long time to write a post (I usually do).

I talked to Will Norris about this – he suggested I Disable SSL.

I did so. It works now.

For now, one must choose between SSL and OpenID. Faustian.

I don’t seem to be able to do anything with your sample site. If I log in with OpenID it says only existing users can do that. When I go to the site looking for ‘register’ I don’t find a registration page. So there’s no way to test anything you’re talking about.