Post Reply Troubles

Hey Mike,

Hope things are going well for you and yours.

I just posted to that thread a minute ago. Let me know if the trouble continues.

Sometimes emptying the cache your browser keeps can cause site software to react better.
 
Twice now I have composed detailed responses complete with knife histories, catalog numbers, model numbers and descriptions and when I hit Post Reply the system blew away all my hard work telling me I wasn't logged in, which I was. I will no longer bother to provide information which would help your members.
Richard Matheny
Director
Buck Collectors Club
 
I guess that is your decision to make, but another thought is to see if we could have addressed the problem that most likely resides on your computer rather than with this site.
 
Looks like we've lost Richard Matheny, but for anyone else who has that problem:

Make sure cookies are enabled in your browser, and check the "remember me" box when you log in. Then you should stay logged in until you click "log out" -- even if it's years, unless we have a server failure or you get a new hard drive.

Although that should solve the "not logged in" problem, there are other things that can go wrong and make a post disappear. It pays to get the habit of at least copying posts to your clipboard before posting -- Control-A Control-C. Then if something goes wrong you can paste it in again with Control-V.

Another way is to write your posts, at least the long ones, in your favorite word processor. Then you can save as often as you like and keep a permanent record of all your posts on your own computer.
 
Indeed. Whether or not you stay "logged in" depends on your computer, not BladeForums.com.

If you don't click the "remember me" checkbox, that is a user error.

If your computer crashes, again, not our fault.

If you are composing a long post, my humble suggestion is to do it in another program OTHER than your browser, like Microsoft Word (which has autosave) - THEN paste it into your response.

If the server goes down, that's our fault. Otherwise, it probably lies with your pc.
 
I'm having the same problem. Also, just today I noticed that after I log in it tells me that I'm not logged in. Then I go to certain sub forums and I'm logged in. Then other sub forums I get that long thing at the top telling me I'm not logged in.

This happens on my laptop and my desktop and Firefox and IE. Clear cache or not.
 
I wouldn't say it is "solved". It's hit or miss. I just logged in again after clearing my cache and it still said that I wasn't logged in. I had to click on another forum before it said that I was. Even at that some forums still say I'm not logged in.

And I even check the "Remember me" box. :)
 
Okay, you already checked the "remember me" box so the only things left are to make sure cookies are enabled in your browser, and if so delete your corrupted cookies and start over.
 
Thanks Cougar, already did all that.

Nothing has changed on my end. It just started doing this about 3-4 days ago and it does it on any computer I use.

It does it on all three of my computers at home, my laptop at work, my desktop at work, and also my linux box at work. :)

I can live with it I am just trying to let you know that it's not a simple desktop issue and It's happening on 3 different Operating Systems, and 4 different browsers. :)

Peace! ;)
 
Well, that's weird. I don't suppose you just installed some kind of security program that blocks or kills cookies on all six computers? Other than that remote possibility it's hard to see how the Net Demons can distinguish your six computers from all the others that access Bladeforums....

Do you access the net the same way with all six? Could somebody have installed something that blocks all cookies unless you tell it not to?

I've heard of that kind of thing being installed in some office networks, but unless you connect to the same system from home that wouldn't account for the three home computers.
 
Since I'm one of 4 Network/Server guys at the hospital that I work at I would be the guy implementing that kind of stuff. We've not done anything like that. Also, while some of the other computers may be locked down, us 4 guys have free reign over everything.

I'll just see what happens in the next couple days. :)

Now worries mate. :D
 
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