Locked out of VJ after trying to edit timeline!

[kandikandi 31]

I know this isn't in the right place but I'm hoping to catch the attention of a mod - I attempted to update my timeline a few times this morning by clicking the "edit" link above my timeline - and every time I was directed to a page that asked "are you supposed to be here?  We've taken note of your information (ip address, browser etc). Now, I can no longer access VJ on my laptop....I'm currently on my phone using LTE.  Safari and Chrome on my laptop are saying that the server isnt responding so I assume my IP address has been blocked....can a mod please help? Thanks!

[americanboy 3]

I had the same problem yesterday, it's a bug.  Here's a workaround.  From the "My Timeline" page (click your name on the top right of the site, then click "My Timeline") ...

visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=YOUR_ID

...you can just change "profile.php" to "intro.php" and leave the rest (including YOUR_ID).  Hit enter, and you should be able to skip the error message.

Edited April 18, 2017 by americanboy

[kandikandi 31]

1 minute ago, americanboy said:

I had the same problem yesterday, it's a bug.  Here's a workaround.  From the "My Timeline" page (click your name on the top right of the site, then click "My Timeline") ...

visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=YOUR_ID

...you can just change "profile.php" to "intro.php" and leave the rest (including YOUR_ID).  Hit enter, and you should be able to skip the error message.

Should I be doing this on my phone or my computer?  Because on my computer (who's wifi IP is blocked), the VJ site isnt even loading.  Its saying Safar can't open the page because the server isnt responding.

[americanboy 3]

Just now, kandikandi said:

Should I be doing this on my phone or my computer?  Because on my computer (who's wifi IP is blocked), the VJ site isnt even loading.  Its saying Safar can't open the page because the server isnt responding.

Wherever you're trying and failing to edit your timeline.  When you get the "should you be here?" error message, look at the URL bar.  It's probably got some gobbledygook in it like:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/intro.php?cfl=<?php%20echo%20;%20?>

That's the bug.  Go back to the "profile.php" page and change it to "intro.php?id=..." and you can get past the bug.  Should work on a phone too.

[Ontarkie 14,227]

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[kandikandi 31]

2 minutes ago, americanboy said:

Wherever you're trying and failing to edit your timeline.  When you get the "should you be here?" error message, look at the URL bar.  It's probably got some gobbledygook in it like:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/intro.php?cfl=<?php%20echo%20;%20?>

That's the bug.  Go back to the "profile.php" page and change it to "intro.php?id=..." and you can get past the bug.  Should work on a phone too.

I tried it on my computer by going into the history, retrieving the url of the error page, pasting it into a new tab and changing profile to intro.  Still not loading.

 

I went to my phone to try editing my profile on LTE.  Got the same error message.  And when I looked at the URL of the error page, it said intro.php .  So basically I'm stumped and not really trying to get them to block me on my phone too!!!  I need help! Lol

[americanboy 3]

Just now, kandikandi said:

Got the same error message.  And when I looked at the URL of the error page, it said intro.php .

Did it say anything after intro.php, though?  The issue is that you need the end of the URL to be ?id=YOUR_ID instead of the broken ?cfl= junk.

[kandikandi 31]

2 minutes ago, americanboy said:

Did it say anything after intro.php, though?  The issue is that you need the end of the URL to be ?id=YOUR_ID instead of the broken ?cfl= junk.

Just tried it with YOUR_ID at the end (with the intro in place of profile).  Still not working...

[americanboy 3]

Just now, kandikandi said:

Just tried it with YOUR_ID at the end (with the intro in place of profile).  Still not working...

Well, just to be clear, it needs to be your ID (a number) and not the literal string "YOUR_ID," right?

 

That's why I suggested going back to the previous page (My Timeline) and editing the address bar there, because it has your ID in the URL already.

 

Go to My Timeline, and change the url from ".../timeline/profile.php?id=123456" to ".../timeline/intro.php?id=123456"

[kandikandi 31]

Just now, americanboy said:

Well, just to be clear, it needs to be your ID (a number) and not the literal string "YOUR_ID," right?

 

That's why I suggested going back to the previous page (My Timeline) and editing the address bar there, because it has your ID in the URL already.

 

Go to My Timeline, and change the url from ".../timeline/profile.php?id=123456" to ".../timeline/intro.php?id=123456"

Thanks so much for all your help btw!!  So I just did it on my phone and i was allowed to move past the error page and go to VJ timeline edit.  But again, that's on LTE.

 

On my laptop i cannot access VJ entirely. So I went to my browser history and retrieved the url of the error page and pasted it into a new tab and changed it as you just recommended.  Still nothing!

[KimberleyVDB 77]

Thank you for your help. I checked my url and it already said intro.php than a bunch of symbols and numbers and stuff. So I erased that and changed it into profile.php and after that in put in my I'd. That made me go to the page. I still couldn't get the website to let me go any further. I can't really remember what I did after that(sorry). But I do know I changed something and then it did let me change get my timeline. I did send them an email about this problem but they haven't gotten back to me yet.

[kandikandi 31]

Its really annoying because I usually check VJ on my laptop but now I have to do it on my phone only after I take off the WiFi connection on my phone.  Such a hassle when all I was trying to do was to edit my own timeline!! 

[KimberleyVDB 77]

@kandikandi I know! It would be nice if they would respond to messages. I send one to them on their Facebook page and an email. Did this yesterday and I think that's when de problem started for me.

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

Try now :).

[kandikandi 31]

Just now, Captain Ewok said:

Try now :).

Thank you thank you it works!!!!