News 4/21/2016 - Secure Browsing Changes (coming!)

[TAG Manager]

Just a heads up:

Soon, we will implement secure browsing and you may experience cases of being logged out or finding broken links until we filter out all of the old non-HTTPS links to internal resources.

Major Points:

- HTTPS will be enabled.
- Internal links will transitioned to HTTPS (may take some time to get all links fixed)
- www links will be forced to those without.
- Additional authentication options will be added.
- Links from search engines will update gradually, but we are sending a notice to them to help get things in gear for updates.
- Automatic redirects are being put in place to help get people and bots to where they are going.

Planned timeframe:

- Before banner ads are fully launched, so that means soon.

 

[TAG Manager]

Ok, so, an update:

Frankly, I'm exhausted!

However, May 1st is the planned go-live date for HTTPS. (JST timezone)

I'm more focused on fixing the ad system bugs as well as package settings to avoid a lot of hassle later.

There will be a warning message the day before HTTPS goes live and otherwise there will be an update if it's delayed.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

 

[TAG Manager]

I'm going to delay this, simply because we're not going to have anyone around to monitor/fix things after we flip the switch.

(It's Golden Week in Japan....)