This is getting annoying

[darski]

Is anyone else having trouble getting back to viewing after posting in a quick post window. I now have to peel back the addy or start in a new window as the old one is out for the count. The post gets posted but the page fades into the dim shadows somewhere.

I am thinking it is the :google ads myself as the two things happened at the same time. (But then I am not a big fan of google at the best of times lately - I am convinced the AntiChrist will be a Google exec :rofl just kidding)

Does anyone have a cure for this?

[KnicKnac]

Is anyone else having trouble getting back to viewing after posting in a quick post window. I now have to peel back the addy or start in a new window as the old one is out for the count. The post gets posted but the page fades into the dim shadows somewhere.

I am thinking it is the :google ads myself as the two things happened at the same time. (But then I am not a big fan of google at the best of times lately - I am convinced the AntiChrist will be a Google exec :rofl just kidding)

Does anyone have a cure for this?

I haven't as of yet noticed anything.

I feel that way about Bill Gates...:rofl

[cupcake]

hehe I hadnt noticed but I did laugh at the antichrist comment.. totally pic

[Shell]

sorry Darski but it is all working fine for me, I am on dial up too

[darski]

I wonder if firefox is the problem? Not that I am going to change

[Samio]

I am using firefox and not having any probs, definately the gremlins in your puter Darski

[LadyyOftheOak]

I use Firefox too with no problems.. but when did the Google ads show up? Those themselves are just darn annoying :(

[AmyS]

I use Firefox too with no problems.. but when did the Google ads show up? Those themselves are just darn annoying :(

Read here (http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=44785)for why we had to reinstitute the Google ads.

[darski]

I understand that part of it and I don't have a problem with the ads per se other than the fact that it messes up my posting :(

I just have to "go advanced" to post

[RoseRed]

When I try to post in the quick reply box it just loads and loads forever. I've ben hitting stop, back and reload and then it loads just fine with the new post in it.

For me - it's just 3 little clicks so it's not a biggie.

[jmccrochet]

I'm having the same problem w/ quick post and the page loading, but if I click on the go button next to the address bar, it loads with my post. I'm using Firefox on a Mac (both of which need to be updated)

Joyce

[darski]

I'll have to try that...
Well that works... thank you :hug

[swapnae]

I'm having that problem, too. I'm actually doubtful if this post will go through. For the record, I'm on an Apple iBook, using Firefox. No way am I going to change either! And I am quite fond of Google, actually. But if were to mention how MS Windows s destroying the world :D

[skydramini]

I'm not having that problem - maybe use adblock for firefox ;P

[funkyreporter]

haven't noticed a difference...:think

[darski]

haven't noticed a difference...:think

If it were happening, you would notice... trust me on this one :wlol

[BonnieCrochets]

Yep. It's doing the same for me. I'm so used to doing the quick post I end up posting twice lol :lol

[diamond]

I'm using a Mac G5 and alternate between Safari & Firefox but not having the problem some of you are having. It might be your computer. Have you run a Scandisk (WIN98 users) or a Disk Defrag ((98 & XP users) recently? Have you cleared out your Cache, History & Cookie files lately? My bet is if you do all these things, your computer won't be giving you anymore problems with reloading. Cache, History & Cookie files will become so full that they will clog up your system and make it run slower & sluggish, prevent windows from opening as quickly and just make it very annoying. If you don't know where these folders/programs are on your computer, let me know and I'll guide you.

[ankey]

I'm using firefox on windows xp but I'm having the same problem and I've cleared my cache, made sure my browser settings are just right and even defragged my comp and nothing is helping...

[darski]

I use fast defrag and Ccleaner every day ...most days anyway.

It has just started happening and as I said, it came with the ads. I now have a way around it thanks to Joyce.

[Aelita]

Question and feel free to bonk me over the head but may I ask what is Firefox? I hear ppl talk about it or I see an ad pop up asking me to download it but what is it?

[darski]

Firefox is an Internet browser in the way that Internet Explorer or Netscape is a browser.

However IE and Firefox have nothing more in common when it comes to actually working well. :rofl

Just a little personal bias there maybe.

[TX CrochetLover]

I'm having several problems this morning. Can't seem to open in a new window today, and I've done the maintenance on my PC already to see if that fixed the problem. Am on Windows.

[AmyS]

I'm having several problems this morning. Can't seem to open in a new window today, and I've done the maintenance on my PC already to see if that fixed the problem. Am on Windows.

I'm not sure what maintenance you've done, so please excuse me if this is something you've already tried.

Have you tried clearing your browser's cookies and cache, rebooting, and trying again?

Another possibility for those having problems: are you using any type of anti-advertising software? If so, your settings in those programs could be interfering with the proper functioning of this forum now that ads are active again.

[tiggerhale]

Ditto here.

[lilmari]

ya sometimes i have to press the little stop button after trying to post in quick reply, and do it over again too... but i never had the screen fade into darkness?? or how was it that darksi said?
maybe u do have gremlins in your puter! :'(
hope you can get it cleared up tho darski! good luck!

[RoseRed]

I totally changed my mind on this. Now I can't even get the ville to load on firefox.

Darski - where did you find a quick defrag?

[RoseRed]

Here's the link for Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

It's supposed to be safer than Internet explorer. It doesn't have the same 'hacker flaws' that IE does. I use FF for most everything.

[Goldkeeper]

Just seeing if I have a problem..:shrug



and I went back to edit..I have windows..It seems to work fine and I have a heap load of pop-up,spyware and all of that going on in my computer..

[RoseRed]

I just tested the quick reply with firefox and I have a white loading page.

Is it just firefox that's having a problem?

[AmyS]

I just did some poking around in the vbulletin support forums, and this problem is not unique to Crochetville.

There were quite a few threads from other forum admins asking how to solve the problem. I've forwarded all the links to those threads to Donna so she can see if there is anything we can do to solve it. (Other than wait for the vbulletin people to fix it in the next software update.)

I never use the quick reply feature, so never knew anybody was having a problem. I can use quick reply in Internet Explorer 7 with no problem. It hangs when I use it in Firefox: the post is actually made, but my screen hangs and I have to refresh a time or two to get the updated page to show. Regular reply works without problems in Firefox.

So in the meantime, we have some limited options to work around this:


--quick reply works fine in IE 7
--if you use quick reply in Firefox, realize you're going to have to stop and refresh your page a time or two to get it to load
--just use the regular reply feature in Firefox

Sorry I can't offer anyone a fix right now, but Donna or I will let everyone know if anything else can be done.

[faedragon]

I use Firefox and was having the same problem w/quick post yesterday, so just stopped using quickpost The problem does seeem to be related to the Google aDs, everytime I would try a QuickPost, a page from google would try to load , firefox was doing it's job( yes I have anti-adware ) and preventing the page from loading. Just a minor inconvenience though.

[Sylviaf]

I haven't had any problems yet.

[TX CrochetLover]

I finally went back and shut down and rebooted. So far, so good.

[jmccrochet]

I'll have to try that...
Well that works... thank you :hug
Glad I could help Darski. I can understand the frustration.

[DreamsOfYarn]

I also use firefox and am also having problems using quick reply. I noticed it yesterday for the first time. After hitting submit reply, the screen goes to white and nothing happens. I cleaned my cache, cleaned out cookies, ran my anti spyware programs, etc. and still am having problems with quick reply. If I use quick reply, I just reload the site and start again. I have the 'Ville in my favorites toolbar, so I just click it and it loads right up. Just a slight inconvenience but just wanted share my experience as well.

[diamond]

I've never used Quick Reply, it always seemed simpler to use the regular reply, plus if I had to re-check what had already been said, the postings are below the box I type in.

[cozyhomelife]

Darski, I don't know if this will work or not. Sometimes on different message boards I've went to make a reply and my page would never become active. One day I somehow hit the STOP at the top of my browser and suddenly the page popped on. The whole page that was trying to load was being held in limbo while an ad was trying to load. Hitting stopped, stopped the ad from continuing to try to come in and somehow still allowed the page to load. It's worth a try the next your page doesn't come in.

[Happy_Hooker]

I have noticed it is taking longer...
Windows user here... I am at work so I am sure there is spyware/adware blockers on here.

[Lisaizme]

I *THINK* I found a solution for Firefox users. (at least it's working for me)

Click TOOLS, OPTIONS, CONTENT, click the ALLOWED SITES button. Add www.google.com and google.com to your allowed list.

Click close and then go make a quick reply comment somewhere on the board and see if this fixed the problem for you.

Hmmm.. it worked for an ealier post, but not for this one. strange. sorry for the false alarm.

[darski]

I totally changed my mind on this. Now I can't even get the ville to load on firefox.

Darski - where did you find a quick defrag?

I got it here and it does work quickly
http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlfastdefrag.html


Reduces from 90% to 26 or 27 % in a cleaning
Disclaimer >>>>> Beware of adding any software to your computer :think

[sammimag]

I have FireFox and can do quick reply fine. I do have the most up to date version and I'm on a mac with the most recent system as well.