Splash Screen – Expired Domain Name

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  guaiava · Member · Dec 24, 2014 at 4:12 pm

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  Hello,

  For the first time today, I landed on the splash screen of a blog with an expired domain name, see here: http://sustainablefortbragg.com

  Cool robot :) and it’s nice that the original URL of the blog is indicated at the bottom (in tiny font size), but wouldn’t it be better to make that address clickable?
  I mean, the xxxxx.wordpress.com address is still active, so why not make it more easily accessible for people to get to, in just one click rather than having to do a copy/paste?

  I know it’s a small detail, but still :D , it’s odd to see a URL which gives the expectation to be clickable, but actually is not.

  Cheers!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 27, 2014 at 3:32 am

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  I am using Chrome 39.0.2171.95 and I can see a “x” Dismiss link that I can click that removes the overlaid screen.

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  guaiava · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 3:31 am

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  Hi timethief,
  I am using Firefox 34.0, but also checked on Chrome 39.0.2171.65, and am not seeing the “x”. I am on Ubuntu, if that makes any difference.
  Here’s a screenshot of what I see: https://cloudup.com/cxxFe3HQaL7

  What could it be?

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  guaiava · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 3:43 am

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  Oh ok, I see, however, I think that we are not referring to the same page.

  To recapitulate:
  – http://sustainablefortbragg.com: https://cloudup.com/cxxFe3HQaL7 splash screen has no “x Dismiss” link, and the URL http://sustainablefortbragg.wordpress.com is unclickable (which is what my original request is about)
  – http://sustainablefortbragg.wordpress.com: https://cloudup.com/cKk7UYfhjH1 “x Dismiss” link present, no issues here.

  (The screenshots were taken at different times, so excuse the inconsistency with the 14 days and 18 days ^^ )