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Message 83689 - Posted: 8 Dec 2017, 10:24:45 UTC

Who can tell me why we can't link to World Community Grid from users' account pages, where it shows links to all the projects that user participates in. For example: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=7803901

Was this because WCG always used HTTPS and the other projects didn't?
Or is it because WCG uses the user name as the unique identifier, and the other projects use the email address as the unique identifier?
Or does it have another reason?

I asked BOINC and WCG admins, but haven't received an answer yet.
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Message 83696 - Posted: 8 Dec 2017, 15:06:06 UTC - in response to Message 83691.  

Thanks for that. But do you mean WCG doesn't have a link in there because it doesn't work with account managers? Or that it always was a problem with HTTPS vs HTTP?

As far as I know, AMs follow what the project wants, and while projects may use HTTPS for their websites now, that doesn't mean their scheduler contact is via HTTPS.

As for the authenticator, if you see that happening at a project, that's because David is doing away with the authenticator and setting up a new way of logging in. More about that pretty soon.
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Message 83702 - Posted: 8 Dec 2017, 17:50:02 UTC - in response to Message 83696.  

Commit c6ee2edf:

David  29 Dec 2006
    - user web: add project list to private use page also;
        sort projects by descending avg credit;
        don't link to user page on WCG (they don't have them)
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Message 83704 - Posted: 8 Dec 2017, 18:55:17 UTC - in response to Message 83702.  

Thank you. :)
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