Hello Giles,

Thanks for this reply! So there was somthing on Pythonanywhere's side that 
forced https rather than http....

I cleared my cache and things are working properly now.

Thanks a lot!!

Clara

El martes, 11 de noviembre de 2014 08:29:08 UTC-3, Giles Thomas escribió:
>
> Hi there,
>
> PythonAnywhere dev here -- you're right, it's a browser cache thing, 
> resulting from a bug on our side.  
>
> We have a "Strict-Transport-Security" setting on the main PythonAnywhere 
> site that means that if you ever visit it via https then in future your 
> browser will always use https to access it.  This fixes a number of 
> potential security holes, and we think it's a good thing.  But we only 
> intended it to apply to www.pythonanywhere.com.
>
> Unfortunately for a brief period this setting "leaked" into some of our 
> customers' sites as the result of a bug on our side.  So if you visited one 
> of them via https (eg. to use the admin UI) while that bug was active then 
> your browser will have stored the "always use https" setting for that site. 
>  (Perhaps confusingly, this will also apply if you visit it in an incognito 
> session -- incognito sessions inherit this setting from non-incognito 
> sessions, though obviously the reverse isn't true.)
>
> The best fix is to clear your browser history.  Sorry about that!
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Giles
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> On Monday, November 10, 2014 3:47:11 PM UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>
>> it's probably some misconfiguration / cached values / etc on your 
>> browser. Try resetting preferences/cache/etc (or open an "incognito" 
>> session) to test it properly.
>>
>> On Monday, November 10, 2014 3:31:58 PM UTC+1, clara wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Niphlod,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your quick answer. From my PC if I try either link I always 
>>> get the secure site back (https). If I try it on my cellphone though  I get 
>>> http when requesting http and https when requesting https.
>>>
>>> If I remember correctly, when I do the same from my notebook at home, I 
>>> always end up getting the secure site back.
>>>
>>> Could this be related to the browser settings? 
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Clara
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: I am relieved to know that both http and https are served in 
>>> Pythonanywere
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El lunes, 10 de noviembre de 2014 11:03:51 UTC-3, Niphlod escribió:
>>>>
>>>> the first link, albeit "printed" as http, is carrying a link to https:
>>>>
>>>> please.... 
>>>>
>>>> try this
>>>> http://ulamdev.pythonanywhere.com/unlam
>>>> and 
>>>> https://ulamdev.pythonanywhere.com/unlam
>>>>
>>>> Sites are served "independently" because pythonanywhere serves both by 
>>>> default, and both are available without redirects.
>>>>
>>>>

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