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What is wrong with the site? (Please read updated post #1)

Dav · 2015-10-05 11:15:41

Hello everyone. I'm back form 2 week's holidays today, only to arrive in and find that an ESB substation has popped somewhere around the South William St area and so we've been sitting here with no internet connection in the office for nearly 4 hours. When it rains, it pours, eh? OK, so the site has been, to use the…

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#1262 27-01-2016 2:33pm
cyberwolf77

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Dav wrote: »

Looks like your connection to http://www.b-static.net (where all our images and style sheets etc are stored) is still blocked. Try to click the link here and load it and let me know if you're still experiencing issues.

Try this, it worked for me.

nervous_twitch wrote: »

Are users abroad not getting the same fix at the same time? Desktop site is still a total disaster for me. Speed OK, but cannot log in and the whole site looks almost HTML, no graphics or anything. Fine on touch bar a captcha for nearly every second or third click.

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#1263 27-01-2016 4:33pm
Alun

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Image attachments still not working for me. Clicking on them results in a long wait followed by a 1x1, i.e. single pixel image.

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#1264 27-01-2016 4:47pm
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Looks like your connection to http://www.b-static.net (where all our images and style sheets etc are stored) is still blocked. Try to click the link here and load it and let me know if you're still experiencing issues.

Brilliant. This has cured the awful plain html look for me.

Edit: For about ten minutes. now i'm back to a mix of raw Html and some graphics.

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#1265 27-01-2016 5:37pm
pickarooney

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The touch site hasn't worked all day for me. Endless captcha demands (stupid ****ing recipes again, over and over and then a white error screen with black text I can't read on the phone

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#1266 27-01-2016 7:36pm
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As fast as it ever was for me now once again , though as others have said there's a noticeable delay when posting and I'm still getting double posts if using quick replay.

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#1267 27-01-2016 7:38pm
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Exceptionally fast, well done!!! Again... posting speed is still slow but whatever... the loading speed is epic for everything else.

Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/
Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1

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#1268 27-01-2016 7:43pm
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The site in general is bollixed for me with the constant requiring of captcha. Site doesn't keep me logged in at all, and when I do log in, be it from the desktop, mobile, or tablet, I get the style and image free 1990 version since I need to manually go to the b-static site and do a captcha there as well.

Even then only half the images load, and if I close the window for whatever reason, I have to go through it all again.

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#1269 27-01-2016 8:47pm
McChubbin

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To the lovely folks at the help desk who got back to me via email when I was freaking out over potentially losing my account:
THANK YOU! I was so certain this account was banjaxed due to being linked to my old defunct email but nope, problem was swiftly sorted and all is well. Thank you so much! If I knew where to send one, I'd bake ye a cake!

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#1270 27-01-2016 9:43pm
An Riabhach

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Apologies if this question has been asked already,but have the email notifications for new posts on threads that we follow...have those notifications stopped?

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#1271 27-01-2016 9:46pm
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An Riabhach wrote: »

Apologies if this question has been asked already,but have the email notifications for new posts on threads that we follow...have those notifications stopped?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=98500219&postcount=1137

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#1272 27-01-2016 9:57pm
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Desktop site won't let me login unless I leave the 'stay logged in' option checked, just skips back to the index without logging me in if I uncheck it. I'm using firefox.

FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.
You don't have to take a 'smart' meter if you don't want one, opt-out is available.
Buy drinks in 3L or bigger plastic bottles or glass bottles to avoid the DRS fee.

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#1273 27-01-2016 10:36pm
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to be fair. just switched to firefox after a really bad chrome week. low and behold boards.ie is running faster than i ever recall...

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#1274 27-01-2016 10:43pm
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_Tombstone_ wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=98500219&postcount=1137

Notifications back again almost directly after I posted my previous post!!

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#1275 27-01-2016 10:50pm
messinkiapina

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Site isn't displaying properly for me at all. Makes it very hard to read. I'm abroad at the moment, is that the problem?

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#1276 27-01-2016 10:52pm
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messinkiapina wrote: »

Site isn't displaying properly for me at all. Makes it very hard to read. I'm abroad at the moment, is that the problem?

http://www.b-static.net/
Open that in new tab, then refresh boards. Repeat as necessary.

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#1277 27-01-2016 10:54pm
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cyberwolf77 wrote: »

http://www.b-static.net/
Open that in new tab, then refresh boards. Repeat as necessary.

That sorted it, thanks!

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#1278 27-01-2016 10:55pm
cyberwolf77

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Went through the same thing myself.

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#1279 27-01-2016 11:18pm
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I tried to log in a few days ago and it told me my account was locked and to reset my password. I know this happens when you enter the wrong password too many times but I didn't enter it incorrectly at all. This hasn't happened since.

Is this a known problem?

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#1280 27-01-2016 11:27pm
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Notavirus.exe wrote: »

I tried to log in a few days ago and it told me my account was locked and to reset my password. I know this happens when you enter the wrong password too many times but I didn't enter it incorrectly at all. This hasn't happened since.

Is this a known problem?

Load beta site (small writing bottom of desktop site). Log in. Scroll down again and turn off beta site. You are now logged on to desktop.

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#1281 27-01-2016 11:28pm
Overheal

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any fix for doubleposting?

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#1282 27-01-2016 11:32pm
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Overheal wrote: »

any fix for doubleposting?

Don't use quick reply seems to be the workaround for the moment.

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#1283 27-01-2016 11:37pm
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Or, if you're using the quick reply, this is what's been working for me today.

Click 'Post Reply' ONCE, and wait until the little loading circle appears - you will notice that the 'round arrow' beside the url in the address bar is still. As soon as the little loading circle disappears, the page starts 'refreshing/loading' automatically, so stop it by pressing the 'X' beside the url where th 'round arrow' was - this should give you a blank page. Refresh the page again, and there you have it, single post.

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#1284 28-01-2016 2:43am
Steve

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Yeah, yeah, double double posts posts are are a a pain pain.. thanks thanks.. :)

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#1285 28-01-2016 2:45am
Steve

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And the above was a quick reply - single post, so there goes that theory, everything else I posted tonight duped.

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#1286 28-01-2016 2:45am
Steve

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And the above was a quick reply - single post, so there goes that theory, everything else I posted tonight duped.

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#1287 28-01-2016 2:47am
Steve

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Ah, ffs ^^

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#1288 28-01-2016 4:17am
Overheal

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Yeah its like feedback quick replies work just to f with you

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#1289 28-01-2016 4:17am
Overheal

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But they still take forever to post.

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#1290 28-01-2016 8:57am
Balmed Out

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just me or problem attaching pictures?

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#1291 28-01-2016 9:02am
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Balmed Out wrote: »

just me or problem attaching pictures?

Just you.....everyone else gave up trying long ago

Short answer.....don't know!

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