[liberationtech] wordpress.com extracts the S from https (update)

[Brian Conley]

Frank,

Maybe you should request help via twitter. @raanan is very helpful and when
you first posted this issue I asked him about it on twitter, he responded to
me very quicly, but unfortunately I don't know your exact situation.
Everything I have heard on the twitter feeds from him and others is that
there is no reason for this issue to be occurring. They need further direct
explanation in order to assist, I was hoping you would follow up with them.

I suggest you contact wordpress.com support directly, or reach out to
@raanan depending on the forums is not going to be your best bet if you
really want to get this fixed.

good luck

Brian

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Frank Corrigan
<email at franciscorrigan.com>wrote:

>
> Now the httpS link I made by hotlinking an image has had the S removed,
> can't understand this wordpress.com practice, should someone post a blog
> story on wordpress.com and posts url with a httpS to another
> wordpress.com blog the S gets removed . v odd
>
> This is not about httpS links in the Browser Toolbar, but httpS url
> embedded into a post, that gets change to a plain http link.
>
> I a still not sure if I am explaining this issue well enough...
>
> Frank
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "Griffin Boyce" <griffinboyce at gmail.com>
> To: "Frank Corrigan" <email at franciscorrigan.com>
> Cc: liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu
> Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 18:08:15 -0400
> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] wordpress.com extracts the S from https
> (update)
>
> While it might not be the most pleasing solution, you could always turn
> your
> preferred link into a bit.ly link or use a similar service.
>
> I've tested this with the https Twitter link, and it was preserved:
> bit.ly/mjqepw
>
> Best,
> Griffin
>
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Frank Corrigan
> <email at franciscorrigan.com>wrote:
>
> > I can confirm that I am able to replicate the situation of a https url
> > included in wordpress.com hosted blog to a url having a wordpress.com
> > suffix has the S in https removed and this removal also happens when
> > such a link is added in plain text (not active). I have circumvented
> > this problem by inserting an image of the httpS url and the linking to
> > it with a httpS url.
> >
> > You can see things here:
> > https://franciscorrigan.wordpress.com/2000/01/01/contactme/
> >
> > Unlike web hosts inserting stuff into html code that has been uploaded,
> > wordpress.com extracts the S from https, from all links added to a blog
> > post that point to a url with a wordpress.com suffix.
> >
> > I entered https://encrypted.google.com/ and the S was not removed, so
> > therefore removal of S from
> >
> > https://franciscorrigan.wordpress.com/2000/01/01/contactme/
> >
> > when added to a blog only affects wordpress.com url's...
> >
> > I posted this issue to the wordpress forum, but no adequate or formal
> > response is forthcoming.
> >
> > Frank
> >
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