Problems since the recovery? Post them here please

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:39 am

I just cleared my history, let's see if that helps.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:40 am

LordMortis wrote:
Lassr wrote:past few days I hang on the screen "Your Message has been posted successfully" it just churns forever until I hit see my message or return to last forum topic or whatever it says.

I also notice that the OO is constantly trying to load something. My tab in Firefox shows the little circle rotating on my OO tab as if it never stops loading.

I had the same problem beginning yesterday. Clearing my history fixed it.

Yes, it worked. It is acting normal now. strange though that it has never happened before.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:49 am

FishPants wrote:weird double posting behaviour

I think a few people put their heads together and figured out that the forum double-posts if you hit "back" after posting.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:21 pm

silverjon wrote:
FishPants wrote:weird double posting behaviour
I think a few people put their heads together and figured out that the forum double-posts if you hit "back" after posting.

This is correct, but it is a relatively new behavior. I was blaming it initially on Safari, having just switched to a Mac at work. But that started before the OOtage.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:39 pm

FWIW, my 'go to new post' issue fixed itself after a day or two. Some artifact of the old OO must have been haunting my system.

Post by **FishPants** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:03 pm

hentzau wrote:
silverjon wrote:
FishPants wrote:weird double posting behaviour
I think a few people put their heads together and figured out that the forum double-posts if you hit "back" after posting.
This is correct, but it is a relatively new behavior. I was blaming it initially on Safari, having just switched to a Mac at work. But that started before the OOtage.

Then why won't it work with me? Even with the back button? On my mac I've tried Chrome, Safari, and Firefox -- I post then hit back, and no double post.

Same with my iPad mini, Ipad 3 and my Samsung smartphone.

The only thing I can agree on is the double posting was not an issue until now after this last outage. Odd.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:17 pm

This is a test post. I'm going to hit the back button to see what happens next.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:18 pm

And it didn't do it. So *shrug* I dunno.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:22 pm

Trying to test one more time. Because I know it was failing just a few days ago.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:23 pm

Yep, I'm stumped. Not sure how it was happening before, but now it isn't.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:24 pm

FishPants wrote:The only thing I can agree on is the double posting was not an issue until now after this last outage. Odd.

Well, hentzau actually was double-posting constantly pre-outage, and now it's happening to other people but not him. Very odd.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:55 am

Not sure if it's just me, but now clicking on links opens up the link in the OO tab instead of opening a new tab. Going to go check out my options/settings to see if something got reverted, but thought I would report it.

Post by **FishPants** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:58 am

hentzau wrote:Not sure if it's just me, but now clicking on links opens up the link in the OO tab instead of opening a new tab. Going to go check out my options/settings to see if something got reverted, but thought I would report it.

Hrmm it could be, I had an anti-spam mod go a little wonky on me this morning so I restored the profile directories (among everything) that I had backed up previously; but I'm not sure how that could affect links. I'm pretty sure they've always opened in the same window for me unless I CTRL+Clicked?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:10 am

FishPants wrote:
hentzau wrote:Not sure if it's just me, but now clicking on links opens up the link in the OO tab instead of opening a new tab. Going to go check out my options/settings to see if something got reverted, but thought I would report it.
Hrmm it could be, I had an anti-spam mod go a little wonky on me this morning so I restored the profile directories (among everything) that I had backed up previously; but I'm not sure how that could affect links. I'm pretty sure they've always opened in the same window for me unless I CTRL+Clicked?

I'll wait for other folks to chime in, but I'm positive they were in new tabs for me. I use the map in Issie's sig for the Formula D car game as an example. I would just click on it and it would pop open in a new tab. Today, it didn't. Checked out a few other links, same thing. I checked the user settings page but saw no option for opening links in new tabs. So, am I just going crazy here?

I'll also check it from Safari when I get into work.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:41 am

That's been borked on Black Pearl since some upgrade or other. There's a thread about it:
http://octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewt ... 10&t=71891" target="_blank

Post by **FishPants** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:08 am

silverjon wrote:That's been borked on Black Pearl since some upgrade or other. There's a thread about it:
http://octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewt ... 10&t=71891" target="_blank

Should be fixed and creating new tabs (for external links) in all templates now.

Boom goes the dynamite?

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:13 am

Nice. Thanks.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:41 am

FishPants wrote:
silverjon wrote:That's been borked on Black Pearl since some upgrade or other. There's a thread about it:
http://octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewt ... 10&t=71891" target="_blank
Should be fixed and creating new tabs (for external links) in all templates now.

Boom goes the dynamite?

Sir, you are a Gentleman and a Scholar and a Fine Judge of Horseflesh.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:45 am

FishPants for Overlord!

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:38 pm

naednek wrote:Ok... I think I found the issue.

In the past (pre loss of data) When I posted something, I always the back button to go back to the forum or post.... No problems

Now when I do the same thing, I hit the back button, and it reposts my message

Not sure what changed.

This is still very much an issue and others had the same thing happened to them

Post by **FishPants** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:42 pm

naednek wrote:
naednek wrote:Ok... I think I found the issue.

In the past (pre loss of data) When I posted something, I always the back button to go back to the forum or post.... No problems

Now when I do the same thing, I hit the back button, and it reposts my message

Not sure what changed.
This is still very much an issue and others had the same thing happened to them

Yet it doesn't for me on iPads, MacBook etc. wondering if t isn't legacy cached files that are hosing it up on some clients. Not sure where to start troubleshooting this one when I can't replicate, yet I see double posts everywhere.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:03 am

I have the same problem if I use 'back' from the submitted topic screen, and I'm pretty sure I've cleared every cookie and cache multiple times since the OOutage.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:03 am

I have the same problem if I use 'back' from the submitted topic screen, and I'm pretty sure I've cleared every cookie and cache multiple times since the OOutage.

/edit - as an experiment, this post was made using 'back' on Chrome in a fresh launch of privacy mode, which uses a separate cache and cookies that are deleted when the browser is closed.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:05 am

Blackhawk wrote:/edit - as an experiment, this post was made using 'back' on Chrome in a fresh launch of privacy mode, which uses a separate cache and cookies that are deleted when the browser is closed.

Edit: Good test. But I just did the same w/o incognito mode with no issue.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:00 am

You have to go forward to go back!

Post by **FishPants** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:42 am

Blackhawk wrote:I have the same problem if I use 'back' from the submitted topic screen, and I'm pretty sure I've cleared every cookie and cache multiple times since the OOutage.

/edit - as an experiment, this post was made using 'back' on Chrome in a fresh launch of privacy mode, which uses a separate cache and cookies that are deleted when the browser is closed.

Can you try it in Firefox or IE and see what happens? I have no frigging idea where to start troubleshooting this.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:47 am

Hello, I'm Firefox.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:49 am

I'm running internet explorer.

I need a shower.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:50 am

There. Back on Chrome. I feel better.

/edit - and apparently it is is inconsistent. I don't normally us back to return to the forums, so I can't say how often it happens.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:37 pm

Blackhawk wrote:There. Back on Chrome. I feel better.

/edit - and apparently it is is inconsistent. I don't normally us back to return to the forums, so I can't say how often it happens.

I hit back all the time (habit) and it happens all the time. I have to force myself to not do it.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:37 pm

Blackhawk wrote:There. Back on Chrome. I feel better.

/edit - and apparently it is is inconsistent. I don't normally us back to return to the forums, so I can't say how often it happens.

I hit back all the time (habit) and it happens all the time. I have to force myself to not do it.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:37 pm

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:44 pm

This is neither here nor there, but if you are hitting the back button after submitting a form on the web, you are doing it wrong. I'm surprised you haven't double-purchased things in the past.

JetFred · Post by **JetFred** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:27 pm

Zaxxon wrote:This is neither here nor there, but if you are hitting the back button after submitting a form on the web, you are doing it wrong. I'm surprised you haven't double-purchased things in the past.

Finally someone says what I've been thinking the whole time.

Post by **FishPants** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:07 am

I get the back button + form is bad. But I can use the back button after posting and I never double post. It seems there's a handful of people that DP all the time, and it doesn't add up to anything I can put my finger on.

So I guess don't use the back button?

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:07 pm

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... uble_post/

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11078

It would appear that the double post problem continues. We all know that it's totally unintentional, but it does get a bit annoying.

A some tips to prevent double posts:

• Leave the back button alone after you have posted. If you want to get back to the thread you've posted to, either wait to be redirected by the site, or click on the link provided.
• If you accidentally hit the back button, and the browser reports that the page has expired, do not refresh the page. It will resubmit the posting form, and create a double post (or triple, or quadruple ...). Click back again, and then again, to get back to the thread.
• If you do end up creating a double post, delete the duplicate post immediately. You can't delete a post after a response has been posted.

I think that by following these simple tips, we can keep the forum a little cleaner.

My 2c ...

Not just us.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:52 pm

FishPants wrote:It seems there's a handful of people that DP all the time, and it doesn't add up to anything I can put my finger on.

So I guess don't use the back button?

Quoted for posterity, at least until someone turns it into a sig.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:25 pm

srnk

snort

bwahahaha

JetFred · Post by **JetFred** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:23 pm

What the heck did I just do to throw all the avatars to the right of the post instead of the left?

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:24 pm

JetFred wrote:What the heck did I just do to throw all the avatars to the right of the post instead of the left?

FishPants did it. Should be fixed shortly.