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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Pat B on March 05, 2017, 09:18:55 pm

Title: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Pat B on March 05, 2017, 09:18:55 pm
Anyone having difficulties posting? Myself and a few other Mods are experiencing this and we need to see how extensive it may be. If you have trouble while typing a reply, the curser disappears and you have to click it again to continue, let us know so we can get to the bottom of it.

  Thanks

  Pat
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: ksnow on March 05, 2017, 09:44:58 pm
Happened to me Friday afternoon. I closed my browser, reopened and it was fine.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Pat B on March 05, 2017, 10:13:27 pm
We will look into fixing the problem. Please be patient.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Pappy on March 06, 2017, 04:57:50 am
Yep I have been having trouble, doing ok right now but has done it a few times already this morning, very annoying. :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Marc St Louis on March 06, 2017, 07:51:18 am
Hasn't happened to me at all but I use Mozilla all the time for PA.  I am using the new windows though but that shouldn't make any difference
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: osage outlaw on March 10, 2017, 09:25:04 am
I am having a terrible time time posting today.  The cursor disappears after every letter I type.  It took several minutes to make this post.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Pat B on March 10, 2017, 09:27:51 am
Happened to me this morning also.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: osage outlaw on March 10, 2017, 11:15:39 am
It seems to come and go. 
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Redhand on March 11, 2017, 09:23:05 am
I am having a terrible time time posting today.  The cursor disappears after every letter I type.  It took several minutes to make this post.

This keeps happening to me when I try to post from my computer. But posting from my phone seems to work ok.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: loon on March 11, 2017, 04:02:59 pm
I am having a terrible time time posting today.  The cursor disappears after every letter I type.  It took several minutes to make this post.
Can you try installing uBlock Origin (google it) and see if that stops it?
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Marc St Louis on March 11, 2017, 04:13:10 pm
I don't know if your problems are related to what I used to have but my cursor used to jump all over the place while writing on my laptops.  I fixed the problem by downloading a small app called TouchFreeze.  I've used the app with Vista, W7 and W10 and never had that problem again
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: JackCrafty on March 11, 2017, 04:39:42 pm
Yep.  I have to type REALLY slow.  I'm glad it's working somewhat ... for now.  The curser disappeared three times during this message.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: GB on March 11, 2017, 07:07:24 pm
Yes, lots of problems today.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Red Arrow on March 11, 2017, 08:24:20 pm
I haven't been able to post any pics at all, not even a profile pic.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: osage outlaw on March 13, 2017, 11:15:33 pm
Something I've noticed about the posting problem.  If it starts doing it to me I'll leave the PA window open and just leave it alone for several minutes.  I'll open another tab and go to other forums.  They will be working fine.  After maybe 5 or 10 minutes I'll go back to the PA window and it will be acting normal again.  I can make multiple posts and everything works as it should.  I'm not sure if this info helps  :-\ 
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: vinemaplebows on April 03, 2017, 01:26:43 am
Having problems as described, right now!
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: amateurhour on April 03, 2017, 09:05:14 am
So I'm trying to troubleshoot this and I've got it narrowed down to a few options but I'm wanting to narrow it down further.

I've asked this of the mods, but for anyone having problems, what browser are you using. Please reply here.

Thanks
-John
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: osage outlaw on April 03, 2017, 10:05:39 am
Chrome.  It hasn't happened to me in a few days.  It's very sporadic. 
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Marc St Louis on April 03, 2017, 12:09:09 pm
You guys are just gonna have to accept the fact that Chrome and IE are not friendly to this site
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: vinemaplebows on April 03, 2017, 01:26:51 pm
Yep, both are the ones I am using. Right now it is not effecting me, and am using Chrome. Think Marc is right, for whatever reason. >:(
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 03, 2017, 01:45:24 pm
That's too bad. Not that Marc is right, but the fact the two most popular browsers wont work on PA.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Stoker on April 03, 2017, 02:19:15 pm
That's too bad. Not that Marc is right, but the fact the two most popular browsers wont work on PA.


Primitive browsers only buddy ;)
Thanks Leroy
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: amateurhour on April 03, 2017, 02:36:01 pm
It's not that they won't work. I just need to figure out how to fix them and why this problem just started a month ago.

I'm on firefox and I've never had an issue with the forums.

I know Safari (Mac computers) works fine as well.

Edge does not work, but edge doesn't work on anything soooo...

The biggest issues are with IE11 and Chrome, which share the same settings on your PC.

For anyone interested, the actual issue with with IE/Chrome cache settings. I've had a few users clear their IE/Chrome cache and cookies, etc and the forum will work fine for a week or so. Something isn't letting the PA forums cache normally for IE/C users, and that's what I'm getting to the root of.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Pat B on April 03, 2017, 05:06:11 pm
What can PA do to help? I can't buy a new computer just to log on to PA.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Marc St Louis on April 03, 2017, 06:24:30 pm
Well Pat, I would suggest you download the Firefox browser, it's free, and start using that.  Then your headaches will disappear  :D
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: DC on April 03, 2017, 07:12:05 pm
I use Win10/ Chrome and haven't ever emptied my cache. I've had no problems, ever.
Title: Re: Difficulty posting?
Post by: Pat B on April 03, 2017, 07:50:24 pm
I'm on a Google Chrome Pad. It only uses Google.