Forum problems?

Busy's picture

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Is it just me or is everyone having some forum problems?

I know the net is running heavy at the moment with everyone trying to find out about the WTC and Pentagon disasters, and phone lines are busy ...

At first I thought it may of been Netsape so switched back to IE but is the same

whats happening:
I come to the page from favorites (automatic sign in) then view a new entry, sometimes if i go to post on that entry or another it asks me to sign in again (does tihs every other time)
Also I view a new subject and by the time i reply or just read it and go back to the main index all the "unread" entries are gone

could this be a cookie problem ?
my cache is emptied after each browser session (not cookies)

One other thing, is there a page or pop up somewhere that has all the quote, code, smily tags we can use, the html has got me a few times (not showing up)

Cheers
Busy

Megan's picture

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This happeneds to me sometimes too, although not as often as it seems you've encountered it. A few times I've had to log-in again, and sometimes when I go back to the main board everything will be marked as read, although this is more likely to happen if I've spent a long time posting to a thread or something like that.

When you post reply there are three links above the posting form - "vB code" is ON, "Smiles" are ON, and "[IMG]" code is ON - these three links will lead you to more information.

Mark Hensler's picture

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I am not aware of any problems with the forums.

I haven't changed anything lately, so I'm not sure what could be causing your problem.

disaster-master's picture

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The only problem I have had with the forum is when I click "mark all forums read" I usually have to do it twice (about 95% of the time) before the will be marked as being read.

I won't complain too much though becuase the other good things about the forum make up for that one little quirk that I have experienced.

Mark Hensler's picture

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disaster-master, I had a similar problem a while ago. If your using IE, check this:

Tools > Internet Options > Temporary Internet Files > Settings
Check for newer versions of stored Pages: Every visit to the page

Mark Hensler
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disaster-master's picture

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Thanks! I changed the settings. That will probably take care of that lil problem.

Busy's picture

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New problem, well its not really a problem more a mystery, when I sign in at the very bottom at the "inbox" part, it says I have two messages (yeah no ones messages me), but checking it there is only one in there, did I miss one or is the reply classed as one as well?

Maybe I just enter thru the twilight zone to get here Laughing out loud lol

Mark Hensler's picture

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2 unread or 2 total?
I keep my PM box empty, but it says I have 8. I think it's keeping a running total.

Busy's picture

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2 total

I have only ever had one message, I did reply to it so that could be the second one

mjames's picture

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Yep, the reply accounts for your total PMs, so 2 would be correct.

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