Author Topic: Graybeard, Mac11700, quickdtoo ? (Read 893 times)

jack19512 · « **on:** August 17, 2006, 11:20:07 PM »

I know this isn't the right place for this question but I posted this question in the Forum support and no one ever did answer me so I thought someone here could help.

A lot of the times after I post instead of taking me back to the forum I get the "This page cannot be displayed" page and it is very frustrating. Sometimes my post gets through OK and sometimes I have to repost. Any ideas?

Edit: I have got use to the idea of copying my post just in case I have this trouble. It did it to me when I posted this question.

shaner · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2006, 12:38:59 AM »

jack i have hadthe same thing happen to me , thanks for posting it , i always thought it was here?

dodd3 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2006, 01:16:41 AM »

me to guys it is very frustrating .
bernie

Datil · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2006, 01:22:00 AM »

Me too Datil

Mac11700 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2006, 04:32:26 AM »

I'm unsure why it's doing this...I don't have this problem.Could be your ISP dropping you momentarily..Do you have to log back on when this happens?I'm sorry I don't have any answers for you...

Mac

DWTim · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2006, 04:33:04 AM »

Happens to me on about half of my posts. Only lost one so far. Not really all that annoying, so I haven't looked into it. Sometimes Mozilla-based browsers ignore page redirects, but like I said, I haven't looked into it.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2006, 04:56:37 AM »

It happens to me about half the time, maybe a bit more, seldom loose a post, but that has happened often enough that I copy my post before hitting the post button if I type much. It's not on my end cuz it doesn't happen anywhere else on the net, and I post on several sites every day!!

Tim

poncaguy · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2006, 06:10:23 AM »

It happens to me, so I hit the refesh button and get double posts sometimes..............and single post too, even though it shows the "cannot display page"

VTDW · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2006, 12:12:30 PM »

This happens to me quite a bit also, but on most any forum I frequent. It happens when I hit the Go Back button. When it happens I just hit the Go Back button again and walla...I win!

Dave

Graybeard · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2006, 01:32:01 PM »

It happens to me every once in awhile but I've got the WORLD'S WORST ISP (Huges.net). Matt keeps telling me it's my connection thru the ISP (satellite in my case) to the GBO Server not the server itself. He claims it NEVER happens to him, he's on cable.

So far it's never failed to post my message even when I get that screen since we moved to this new software. On the old software it often didn't make the post.

I'll mention it to him again.

jack19512 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2006, 02:56:21 PM »

This is the only site that does it to me. I have no problems on any other site. Most of the time my posts get through but as in my original post on this thread it didn't and I forgot to copy it so I had to retype all of it again. Also this is the only site that I have trouble bringing up the forums. All of the rest of them come up immediately, this site is real finicky about bringing up the forums sometimes.

D.C. · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2006, 07:30:37 PM »

real stupid question ,this happens to me too, and you guys are saying you can coppy so you dont lose the thing and have to start over.? how do you do that? I hate having to ask dum questions but i hate not knowing even worse. D.C.

myarmor · « **Reply #12 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:03:25 PM »

I haven't had this happen in a few days, and at least in those it wasn't much.
D.C. - Hold the Left button on your mouse at the begining or end of the post, and move it to the opposite end while still holding down the button-it should turn blue. Let go of the left button and then move your arrow to the middle or close and right click it, it should say Copy the 3rd one down. Click it and there you go, it's copied. This is an easy way to copy a web address and paste it for easy access.
-Aaron

D.C. · « **Reply #13 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:41:46 PM »

thank you, Aaron. Wow, i just did it. it worked. cool! D.C.Don

shaner · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2006, 12:59:20 AM »

i dont know about servers? i have had it happen on two different ones iam usein road runner now , high speed thru the cable , still does it 50% ofthe time?

jack19512 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 19, 2006, 01:20:22 AM »

Quote from: D.C. on August 18, 2006, 08:41:46 PM

thank you, Aaron. Wow, i just did it. it worked. cool! D.C.Don

Well if nothing else comes from this thread at least it wasn't for nothing. Someone did learn something new.

D.C. · « **Reply #16 on:** August 19, 2006, 11:02:28 AM »

Ok i will say first that i am computer ignorant, that said, is this a possable? i am on a dial up server and had a melt down to day that i had to shut down for due to some sort of connection problem . found out some one was trying to call my line while i had these problems. Just wondering if that could be the cause for some of these lost posts? and thanks again for the computer lessen Aaron it has saved me at least twice today alone. i had been giving up when this happened before. D.C. Don

quickdtoo · « **Reply #17 on:** August 19, 2006, 11:14:02 AM »

If someone calls on your line when you are using the line for an internet connection they should just get a busy signal, it shouldn't cause any problems unless you have software installed that will allow you to choose which to utilize, phone call or internet. If that software isn't working right, it could very well cause a problem, but the issues that we face here are probably not related, I have problems, but am on comcast cable, don't have these issues anywhere else on the net....ever! The problem lies with either the GBO software or the hosting ISP, dunno, but the same problems seem to occur as with the previous software. I get the "Cannot connect to the database" message page frequently, too.

I'm sure that when Matt gets some time to work on it, he'll take care of it, in the mean time, use Aaron's tip on copying your text before hitting the post button. I'll just be glad when the search feature is turned back on, I can deal with the glitches in posting, but not having the search feature is a real pain.

Tim

myarmor · « **Reply #18 on:** August 19, 2006, 11:44:14 AM »

Quote from: D.C. on August 19, 2006, 11:02:28 AM

.......and thanks again for the computer lessen Aaron it has saved me at least twice today alone. i had been giving up when this happened before. D.C. Don

No problem Don. Everyones got to learn somehow. Believe it or not,back in the day before I learned how to copy and paste, I use to type out an entire internet address link manuelly

It took forever!
But you live you learn. And we don't want members to quite posting just because they meet with a little trouble, so stick around. As Tim said it should be fixed soon. Matt really does a great job keeping this site up and running, especially considering the limited time he has to work in.
Having that Search feature back will be VERY welcome indeed.

techshooter · « **Reply #19 on:** August 21, 2006, 03:23:23 PM »

Myarmor, I though I was an expert user of copy and paste, but after I highlight what I want, I do one of two things:

If both windows of the two programs are open side by side I try one: to drag it over to the other window (as in one form to another.)

Failing that, I hit with one hand, two fingers "Ctrl" and "C" together (To slip into local memory)

Then on the other window of the other program "Ctrl" and "V" together = Paste

For Cut, I hit together "Ctrl" and "X".

These are very old shortcuts however.

One of those hold overs, and I notice that right button that is in such nice shape (unused) is "Ctrl" "A" = "Select" "All".

But those shortcuts are hold overs from doin it without the mouse, or with just one button

.

Thanks from me, too. I learned a new one. I also use "Ctrl" "P" after highlight = Print menu, you get to select where to print, color printer, black and white, how to print it: double sided, etc. Better then the "Printer" little square.

DC if you don't know that shortcut, that may be a nice one: that "Ctrl" shortcut. In history, I do believe the "Ctrl" shortcuts predates the mouse under the original Microsoft Word Product, as well as all of the Microsoft "DOS" Word and Spreadsheet programs, before Windows 1.0, which was a very long time ago. "Highlight" and "Drag" is another useful feature of Windows, allowing transfer of bits of information between windows. It doesn't work all the time, though. When it works, it works in horizontal transfer of information.

Whew!!

techshooter · « **Reply #20 on:** August 21, 2006, 03:36:35 PM »

It just happened to me on the above post.

I have had this happen to me at other sites: most notably the Post Office, I think.

What I'm guessing can cause it is if the server is busy.

In any case I saw "cannot display this page" then on the "back" arrow, "Page has expired." Then back arrow one more time, I got the origimal page, and "F5" refreshed it to the current version with the post.

In any case, I have the newest Microsoft Browser, which might be the problem in not displaying the new page.

I had the "Copy" of the post in memory, just in case.

So perhaps there is an incompatability between server command and browser security setting, as in transferring data across web pages.

Its just a thought: could be a security setting selection that is part of the new browser to prevent the capture of sensitive data to another website, perhaps.

I have Internet Explorer version 7.0 Update Version Beta 2, which didn't work on one website: actually Washington State secure sight refused connection completely, so I used another computer with Internet Explorer version 6, which it did accept connection. I wasn't about to go back on this computer.