PageBlaster, Feedback module, and captcha

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Joe Smith

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10/31/2007 10:13 AM
Pageblaster appears to be interfering with the captcha jpg in the feedback module. It doesn't display it most of the time and I get the missing graphic icon. If I remove pageblaster from web.config and restart the app it appears. It fails if I add pageblaster, and restart. This appears to be true in whatever browser I use. I am using DNN 04.05.01 (not latest) and Feedback 04.04.01 (latest). Any held is appreciated. I have another problem but I'll wait on that. It may or may not be related but i don't think it is. Joe

John Mitchell
Posts:3268

10/31/2007 10:26 AM
Yes, that is because they are building the image with a regular page, but they are not changing the response type. You should have a line something like this in the Snapsis.PageBlaster.config file: <pathpattern="(\.asmx\|\.axd\|\.asxh\|rss\|fck\|install\|thumb\|wizard\|cart)"excludeFrom="All"/> To exclude the captcha page just add that to the same line: <pathpattern="(\.asmx\|\.axd\|\.asxh\|rss\|fck\|install\|thumb\|wizard\|cart\|captcha)"excludeFrom="All"/>

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 11:17 AM
great! Your help has been great on this. Its great to see someone respond like you do, John. Joe

John Mitchell
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10/31/2007 11:23 AM
Thanks Joe, I appreciate the feedback.

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 11:30 AM
That fixed it. It made a big difference. Should I touch the host chaching options on DNN once PageBlaster is installed? Is there an optimum setting? Joe

John Mitchell
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10/31/2007 11:37 AM
Yes, you should still use DNN Caching whenever possible. Here are my recomendations for DNN performance settings: Recommended settings for DNN Performance

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 11:56 AM
When I use the suggested performance settings the captcha fails again. Joe

John Mitchell
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10/31/2007 12:05 PM
That's strange. The exclude in the PageBlaster config file should be all you need to make the captcha work. What did you change?

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 12:09 PM
path pattern="(\.asmx\|\.axd\|\.asxh\|rss\|fck\|admin\|install\|thumb\|wizard\|cart\|captcha)" excludeFrom="All" / Joe

John Mitchell
Posts:3268

10/31/2007 12:16 PM
That is correct. What did you change on the performance settings?

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 12:43 PM
I used exactly what you recommended in the second message in that thread mentioned above. Deflate or Gzip does the same thing. Joe

John Mitchell
Posts:3268

10/31/2007 12:48 PM
Ok, I'm just wondering which parameters you changed from what they were before. I really don't see how any of them can make the Captcha start failing again, but wanted to narrow down the possibilities. It's probably not related to those other settings, but to test you can put them all back to what they were to see if it starts working again. You didn't change anything in the web.config right?

Ari Doucette
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Posts:58

10/31/2007 1:20 PM
Is this page SSL? The distro captcha fails in SSL, but there's a fix for it available in the Captcha project forum on dotnetnuke.com.

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 1:50 PM
i idnt change the web.config. It doesnt seem to work with any performance settings. Any time pageblaster is enabled the captcha fails. I remove it then it works. Its doing it again. Joe

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 1:57 PM
Its not https. OK. I got it to work again. We will see if this is temporary or long lasting. I removed the captcha and saved the page. I assume this forces a recompile or some sort of refresh. I then added it again and saved it. It worked on two different browsers immediately. I will see if anything changes in the long run. Joe

Joe Smith

Posts:15

10/31/2007 1:59 PM
I spoke too soon. its gone again! Joe

John Mitchell
Posts:3268

10/31/2007 2:23 PM
If you can give me a link, I can check to see if I can find out what is happening. One thing to try is removing PageBlaster, but leaving it removed for a while to see if it still fails. Whenever you change web.config it restarts the application so it may just be the restart that makes it work for a little while.

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