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Title: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Orcs on 29 July 2022, 03:40:08 PM
I logged in this afternoon, and used the shortcut on my browser to go to Pendraken , I got the picture below.

I have used this bookmark for years, and the links on top work fine.

I have Norton antivirus as supplied by my internet provider.

If I do a new google search for Pendraken Miniatures the anti virus confirms the link is ok, but i still get the page below.

If I enter the url direct into google I get the same

The url I am using is https://www.pendraken.co.uk/

Any Ideas guys?

(https://i.imgur.com/iB04nBG.jpg)
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 03:43:10 PM
I suspect the web admin has been playing with the template library for the website and accidently hit publish....
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Leon on 29 July 2022, 03:46:00 PM
Quote from: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 03:43:10 PMI suspect the web admin has been playing with the template library for the website and accidently hit publish....

Definitely not something we've done, I've no idea what's going on here.  I'm on the phone to the website company now.
Title: Weird front page?
Post by: Gwydion on 29 July 2022, 03:52:38 PM
Anyone else getting this as the front page for pendraken.co.uk?
(http://corrigenda.pbworks.com/f/Pendraken%20page.jpg)

Followed underneath by a mix of craft supplied (Aerial Arts and Crafts?)
Or am I being persecuted?
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 03:52:43 PM

QuoteDefinitely not something we've done, I've no idea what's going on here.  I'm on the phone to the website company now.


They've maybe done it on their end and overridden whatever template it was that you were using for the site with this new one then which may have reset things.

Does seem like an issue with the site template as all your data and information still seems to be there and most of the areas are available under the new menu system etc, but it's added in a bunch of the new template boilerplate and placeholders.
Title: Re: Weird front page?
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 29 July 2022, 03:53:28 PM
It's all a plot to get at you, honest !
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 29 July 2022, 03:57:10 PM
OK the front page is wrong but if you search on pendraken it gives the sub catalouges with an orange banner background. You intending to change that Leon...but several ranges are missing
Title: Re: Weird front page?
Post by: Gwydion on 29 July 2022, 03:57:47 PM
Thought so.
(sorry just realised this crossed with orcs' post elsewhere - nice to know it's 2 of use being hounded to insanity - I think?)
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 03:59:29 PM
QuoteThey've maybe done it on their end and overridden whatever template it was that you were using for the site with this new one then which may have reset things.

Does seem like an issue with the site template as all your data and information still seems to be there and most of the areas are available under the new menu system etc, but it's added in a bunch of the new template boilerplate and placeholders.

In fact, (getting nerdy here) had a look on Wayback machine and it looks like the site was using a theme called Detour and has now been changed to Aerial. So someone somewhere has changed what theme your site is using!  :-\


Title: Re: Weird front page?
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 29 July 2022, 04:00:11 PM
See my last on other thread
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: howayman on 29 July 2022, 04:21:12 PM
I think the machines are taking over and has put PEN draken in the crafts category
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Leon on 29 July 2022, 04:22:00 PM
I've finished with them and as always, tech isn't simple...

Long story short, the site has jumped to a different template for no apparent reason so they're going to fix it. 

QuoteIn fact, (getting nerdy here) had a look on Wayback machine and it looks like the site was using a theme called Detour and has now been changed to Aerial. So someone somewhere has changed what theme your site is using!

Yep, that's the one, I couldn't remember the name of it when I was on the phone to them.  It looks like there was a weird fault in their admin login, where it took us to an onboarding page rather than our admin.  There was no way to get past the onboarding so we left it for 24 hours and tried again.  S

Same thing today so the only option was to answer a couple of questions (Are you new to ecommerce? Do you have an existing site? kind of thing) and get access to the orders for the day.  For some reason though, it's then taken my answers to those questions and overridden everything on our site... 

Why they'd have onboarding queries for someone with an active site I don't know, and why they'd try to set up a new template without any authorisation is a whole different question.
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 04:26:35 PM

QuoteI've finished with them and as always, tech isn't simple...

Long story short, the site has jumped to a different template for no apparent reason so they're going to fix it. 

Yep, that's the one, I couldn't remember the name of it when I was on the phone to them.  It looks like there was a weird fault in their admin login, where it took us to an onboarding page rather than our admin.  There was no way to get past the onboarding so we left it for 24 hours and tried again.  S

Same thing today so the only option was to answer a couple of questions (Are you new to ecommerce? Do you have an existing site? kind of thing) and get access to the orders for the day.  For some reason though, it's then taken my answers to those questions and overridden everything on our site... 

Why they'd have onboarding queries for someone with an active site I don't know, and why they'd try to set up a new template without any authorisation is a whole different question.
Oof, yeah sounds like something happened to reset your admin and when you've gone through the questions it picked what it thinks is the best theme to set up your "new" site with, despite you already having one already set up and in use. 🤦‍♂️

What a pain!
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 04:29:25 PM
If anyone wants to browse the original site in the meantime: https://web.archive.org/web/20220625180351/https://www.pendraken.co.uk/
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Leon on 29 July 2022, 04:32:24 PM
QuoteOof, yeah sounds like something happened to reset your admin and when you've gone through the questions it picked what it thinks is the best theme to set up your "new" site with, despite you already having one already set up and in use. 🤦‍♂️

It always seems to be something minor that results in these massive errors.  Once I'd got past the annoying questions page I'd just assumed it was something at their end and carried on with my day.  It wasn't until Orcs called the shop and told me what was going on. 

Hopefully they fix it soon as that's an awful orange colour! 
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: mmcv on 29 July 2022, 06:46:09 PM
Looks like it's back now, though I've a feeling a few buttons are different colours (I don't remember view more being green) but mostly back by the looks of it. 
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Orcs on 29 July 2022, 10:17:03 PM
Quote from: Gwydion on 29 July 2022, 03:57:47 PMThought so.
(sorry just realised this crossed with orcs' post elsewhere - nice to know it's 2 of use being hounded to insanity - I think?)

I think its to late to be hounded to it - I arrived at insanity some time ago. :)
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Gwydion on 29 July 2022, 10:32:52 PM
I was trying to look on the bright side... :-X

But the forum button etc are missing from the bar at the top of the shop page
(I have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page now - I feel quite faint from the effort!
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Leon on 29 July 2022, 11:17:54 PM
It does indeed seem to be back now but we're missing a few things like those header buttons.  Let me know if you spot anything else and I'll send them a list of fixes.
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Gwydion on 01 August 2022, 06:08:23 PM
Header buttons back :)
Title: Re: Pendraken web page gone wieird
Post by: Leon on 01 August 2022, 10:31:40 PM
Yeah, we got the last of the fixes in place today so it seems to be back to normal now.