homeworkshop.org

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Hi, Ive noticed that this topic regarding access to the above site has appeared on here a few times.

But can anyone tell me if the site is still going and why i cant access it from my computer or laptop also tablet.

I get nothing but warnings about phishing site and even if i disable the antivirus it still wont load.

I can see glimpses of recent entries on their site in google searches.

Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

[John CParticipant @johnc47954]

Works fine for me!

John

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Strange ive tried to access it for months on and off , maybe something to do with Kaspersky antivirus i use but even if it were how come i still cant access it when ive disabled it or added it to trusted websites etc…?

Edited By mark smith 20 on 10/06/2016 14:33:18

[Frances IoMParticipant @francesiom58905]

it would appear its full address is homeworkshop.org.uk
have you tried this? – the .uk at end is important!

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Hi , Yes that`s the full address ive been trying which wont work for me, i just didn`t want to put the full address in the post.

Thanks

[SandgrounderParticipant @sandgrounder]

Posted by Frances IoM on 10/06/2016 14:40:10:
it would appear its full address is homeworkshop.org.uk
have you tried this? – the .uk at end is important!

I've just tried it and it works for me, last updated on June 8th at 9.07

Edited By Sandgrounder on 10/06/2016 15:18:55

[mark smith 20Participant @marksmith20]

Seems im the only one who cant get into the site

[Flying FiferParticipant @flyingfifer]

No you aren`t Mark. I`ve had ths same problem for the last few days Now I get "Server connection has timed out".

I`ve had this site bookmarked for many years and access has always been fine up till now. Maybe John has forgotten to pay the rent or gone on holiday or it might be windose 10 playing silly buggers.

Alan

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Working fine from my iPad.

Norman

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Working from W7.

[David JuppParticipant @davidjupp51506]

Fine here with Win10 and Edge.

[Frances IoMParticipant @francesiom58905]

one classic reason for inability to access is that your ISP has either deliberately or accidentally set the wrong DNS entry (the UK is beginning to force this to protect minors etc – I’ll avoid making the obvious connection with censorship) – one easy way is to set the DNS provider in your router to 8.8.8.8 which is Google – there are other possibly better options but just checked that this works here on IoM

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Straight in from 'favourites' list … win.8.1, IE 11.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Frances IoM on 10/06/2016 16:47:06:
one classic reason for inability to access is that your ISP has either deliberately or accidentally set the wrong DNS entry (the UK is beginning to force this to protect minors etc – I'll avoid making the obvious connection with censorship) – one easy way is to set the DNS provider in your router to 8.8.8.8 which is Google – there are other possibly better options but just checked that this works here on IoM

Rumour has it that this ISN'T why some TalkTalk customers haven't been able to access YouTube for a week.

Neil

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

I had the same problem a while ago, did a system restore to a time before the problem started, now OK.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Hi Mark,

Three things to try:

Try powering your router down and, after a minute or so, powering it back up again. Routers cache addresses and confusion abounds if they get corrupted as mine did during our last thunderstorm. A full reset causes the router to clear the cache and start again with a clean slate. As you have three different machines with the same fault, I think a router problem is the most likely suspect.

Disabling your virus checker won't help if web checking is being done by another software package, even if it is from the same vendor. You might have to look closely at your security set-up to find out what's blocking the site.

Related to point two, I tried to find out what the IP address of the site was to see if it could be called directly. The address is 212.48.75.22 but the website can't be accessed using it. I don't know if it's a security feature at their end or to do with the way the service is made available by their provider. I don't believe it's sinister, but the peculiarity may be upsetting your security software. If so try switching it off or using another product.

Good luck,

Dave

[Roger Provins 2Participant @rogerprovins2]

Have you tried clearing your cache?

[Frances IoMParticipant @francesiom58905]

there is no longer a 1:1 relationship between IP addresses and websites – eg Cloudfront uses this to require the Chinese Great Firewall to block many sites (including those used by many of their engineering companies) in order to block the to-them politically undesirable – maybe the same is being imposed by your ISP

[Bernard WrightParticipant @bernardwright25932]

I too had several weeks of outage with Homeworkshop.org, don't know what I did but it returned, I'm on EE for fibre..

Bernard

[Flying FiferParticipant @flyingfifer]

Current message I get is ""The server at http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk is taking too long to respond." Every other bookmark I use is working perfectly with instant response. Spoke to son about it ( he has over 20 years experience on puters & systems) & he had a quick look and said its not you Dad its at the other end so he`ll have a look at it tomorrow. (The footie is on & he`s a fan then its of to pub).

Let you know what the outcome is.

Alan

Edit I have cleared my cache

Edited By Flying Fifer on 10/06/2016 21:59:36

[Steven VineParticipant @stevenvine79904]

My browser reported a problem with the sites security certificate. Perhaps your browser is preventing access due to this

[MM57Participant @mm57]

I see no problem with the cert, but it seems that there are two ways of getting to the site…

http://homeworkshop.org.uk – no cert at all – totally unencrypted

https://homeworkshop.org.uk – a valid cert

..which is slightly odd.

I'm having no problems accessing either of them.

[john swift 1Participant @johnswift1]

after a quick test

I found going to the secure web address **LINK**

1) using a laptop , running windows 10 and fire fox web browser

I'm informed " fire fox has blocked parts of this page that are not secure "

2) on a desktop PC running windows 10 and using internet explorer

a popup box informs me " only secure content is displayed " – I didn't click to see the blocked content

John

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

No probs here from NE Thailand, and i check the adverts on that site daily. But i click on previous history, then –

"Adverts – All Ads". google will also bring this up

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