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Old 25th Apr 2017, 3:44 pm   #1
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I can no longer, as per the title, search this website using the tool atop this forum. I get a banner saying "this connection is insecure" etc, and then only get greyed out google results unrelated to the forum?
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Old 25th Apr 2017, 5:24 pm   #2
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I had this after changing to the https version of the Forum. Clear your cookies and it should stop being a pain.
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Old 25th Apr 2017, 6:43 pm   #3
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I have changed the form action of the Google Search form from http://www.google.com/cse to https://www.google.com/cse

Hopefully that will stop the warning as the search is also through an SSL connection.
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Old 25th Apr 2017, 8:30 pm   #4
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Thanks Bill, I removed the cookies and the pop-up is now gone but still get the same greyed out result?

Thanks Paul, still the same
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 12:09 am   #5
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The search function works OK for me. Windows XP and Chrome.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 6:30 am   #6
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Works with Safari on OSX Sierra.

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Old 26th Apr 2017, 7:33 am   #7
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It works OK for me in Firefox and Chrome on Windows 10 too.

It could be something specific with the software on your computer or a browser add-on or something.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 10:15 am   #8
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I've had this when there's been a problem with the Google servers. The search just returns the paid ads with no real results. I haven't experienced it recently though.
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Thanks guys.

Paul Stenning, yes it must be, as the search box works fine with other browsers other than Firefox

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