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Main website redirects to comeuntochrist

11 postsstarted by gledy 3,313 viewsoriginal topic

gledy
New Member
#1
The churches main website gets redirected to the Come Unto Christ site.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/ gets redirected to the Come Unto Christ site --> https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/com ... d&lang=eng

Here is the output of wget

wget https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/
--2021-02-17 16:13:47-- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/
Resolving www.churchofjesuschrist.org... 184.26.137.66, 184.26.137.8
Connecting to www.churchofjesuschrist.org|184.26.137.66|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng [following]
--2021-02-17 16:13:47-- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng
Reusing existing connection to www.churchofjesuschrist.org:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/com ... d&lang=eng [following]
--2021-02-17 16:13:47-- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/com ... d&lang=eng
Reusing existing connection to www.churchofjesuschrist.org:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: 'index.html'
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#2
Indeed it does. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it's deliberate. As a philosophical question, should the main page be missionary oriented or member oriented?

The headers are still there, so you can go to the sections or tools you need. I'm wondering where to find the member oriented landing page. About Us > News is somewhat like the old main page.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#3
The Church Newsroom article from March 5, 2019, where ChurchofJesusChrist.org was announced, mentioned that Mormon.org would, after some time, be folded into ChurchofJesusChrist.org:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.or ... -alignment
The Church’s official website will become ChurchofJesusChrist.org. This change is effective today, March 5, 2019, when the domain name ChurchofJesusChrist.org begins pointing to the LDS.org home page. In the coming months, the ChurchofJesusChrist.org domain name will replace what were the following:
  • LDS.org (ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
  • MormonNewsroom.org (Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Eventually, Mormon.org will be incorporated into the new domain as well. However, because its primary audience is those outside the Church, merging it with the Church member-focused ChurchofJesusChrist.org will take more time.

Work is underway to unify and restructure all these websites into a new, more cohesive and personalized experience under the ChurchofJesusChrist.org domain. Until that time, Mormon.org will change to ComeuntoChrist.org.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
jdlessley
Community Moderators
#4
I am not currently experiencing the redirect.
JD Lessley
Have you tried finding your answer on the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Help Center or Tech Wiki?
davesudweeks
Senior Member
#5
I experienced the redirect yesterday, but not today. Very frustrating when the changes over the past year or so have only served to make it harder (for me, at least) to find things that used to be easy to find. I have provided feedback in the past - I don't bother go give feedback any longer with the website interface as it is obvious that no one is listening. Or maybe I'm the only person in the entire world who doesn't like the changes so I just gave up.
lajackson
Community Moderators
#6
davesudweeks wrote:I experienced the redirect yesterday, but not today. Very frustrating when the changes over the past year or so have only served to make it harder (for me, at least) to find things that used to be easy to find.
I have found that the Church absolutely excels at making things very difficult to find starting from the home page. I save links all the time, especially when I find something I really like or even need, because I am afraid I will not be able to figure out the path to get there again.
ddrummerman
New Member
#7
This has been happening this week and last for me; all browsers. Anyone else?
BrianEdwards
Senior Member
#8
I've found this the past few days -- the url stays at churchofjesuschrist.org, but it first displays the standard page content and then quickly overlays it with the "public-facing content" I associate with comeuntochrist.org. Here's an interesting thing I've found:

If I bring up a private browsing window and go to churchofjesuschrist.org, it gives me the expected main page. However, if I log into my account, it then (sometimes) redirects to the "public" page. I cannot find a rhyme or reason myself. I haven't tried clearing my cookies in my main browser, as I don't want to necessarily lose those at this point.
lajackson
Community Moderators
#9
Redirected one time too many, I practiced what I preach and sent feedback. A response quickly arrived thanking me for my feedback.
Visitors to churchofjesuschrist.org who have not signed in to the system since November 2020, or may have cleared their browser cookies will be redirected to churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist. This is done as an attempt to provide our visitors with content that is the most relevant to them.
I replied that I understood the rationale for the redirect plan. I then noted that I do not get redirected to the Come Unto Christ page. I am sent to a Strengthening Your Family through Jesus Christ page.

I also pointed out that I have signed in to the system almost every day for over 14 years and that the redirect only recently started.

I thanked them in advance for looking into it and have not yet heard back. But those of you who have signed in and not been redirected will now know why, or at least the theory behind the why.
jdlessley
Community Moderators
#10
It sounds like the solution to other problems related to cookie buildup, deleting church cookies, will trigger the redirect. To me, this is not helpful but rather introduces a problem while attempting to clear another problem. So we go around in circles...
JD Lessley
Have you tried finding your answer on the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Help Center or Tech Wiki?
lajackson
Community Moderators
#11
jdlessley wrote: Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:05 pm So we go around in circles...
One eternal round. [grin]