Are you having difficulty viewing the Latest Page and Homepage?

[Skinner]

Yesterday we made some minor changes to our site which apparently are causing problems for some visitors. If you are having problems, please post in this thread and include the following information:

Which operating system you are using: Windows XP, Mac OS X, etc.

Which web browser you are using: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6, Internet Explorer 6.02, etc.

Thank you for your help.

Skinner
DU Admin

[MADem]

1. NO, XP Professional. IE Christ knows...a recent one NT

[NMDemDist2]

2. good here with XP Pro and Firefox n/t

[cyberpj]

3. XP and Explorer 6.0.2 working fine . nt

[Missy M]

4. Yes, having problems, I use Windows XP Professional

[Skinner]

Could you provide more information, please.

What browser are you using?

[Missy M]

49. Sorry, I was gone and just returned...

it is now fixed and working great. I am on Netscape 7.2. Everything was squeezed to the right of the screen including My DU. Than you so much for the fix.

[NashVegas]

5. Mac OS 10.2, Mozilla (Pre-Firefox)

Has trouble with formatting on My DU page. At least it did at home, yesterday.

[Skinner]

7. What about the Homepage and the Latest Page? (nt)

[NashVegas]

28. I'll Check When I Get Home

About an hour from now.

[NashVegas]

40. All Three Pages Look Fine Now

Thanks.

[WinkyDink]

6. I have XP. MY question is: Why can't I see any icon to start a new

thread in GD?

[Skinner]

8. It's at the top of the page.

It looks like this:

[WinkyDink]

43. AH! Thank you!

I thought "Post" was simply to...post!

[Skinner]

9. Anyone else?

Help!

[scarletwoman]

10. YES! I'm so glad to know that it isn't just my own computer!

All of a sudden yesterday the home page and latest page stopped behaving normally. Now the "blogads" portion of the page takes up almost 2/3 of my window, and I have to slide the bottom scroll bar way to the right to see just ridiculously skinny columns of homepage posts and latest posts.

I am using Windows 98 (don't laugh, it cuts way down on virus problems) and Netscape 7.1 (the highest Netscape version that Windows 98 will support). I generally do just fine with these ancient artifacts -- I live in a rural area with only dialup available, so I make do.

Hope you can fix the current weirdness!

sw

[scarletwoman]

11. BTW, it's affecting the "My DU" page as well. (nt)

[symbolman]

12. Windows XP

I just had to shut off the ads, don't want to, like to leave them on and help generate income for the DU.. I think the SHOPZILLA ad is screwing with PCs --

Hope this helps, and if I hear the SHOPZILLA ad is gone I'll turn the ads back on and help,

Thanks Skinner


On Edit, IE 6.02

[mtnester]

32. I agree with the Shopzilla assessment

I too kept the ads on to generate income for DU, however, a week or so when that initial Shopzilla add (when you first jump in to DU before you can log on) showed up...BLAMMO.

I had to turn the ads off, but I still get some weirdness from time to time on the Home page when first jumping in...mostly freezing of DU.

XP pro with all the service packs and latest security patches, Symantec Internet Security 2006 updated daily and current subscription, IE 6.0.2900 sp2, on a braodband connection with a clear cache and cookies folder.

Intermittent problem as well...not every time

Also recently (very) even if I am logged out, when I jump back to the home page, later, it indicates I am logged in, until I surf a little bit, then poof, I am not logged in. Again, intermittent.

Hope this helps

[TahitiNut]

13. Home page essentially unviewable.

I'm using Mozilla 1.7.2 on a Win98SE platform. The center column is farrr too wide to view ... even in a window that's 75% of the width on my 1280x1024 monitor. Scroll bar is about 50%. Unviewable - I don't waste my time on such screens.

[TahitiNut]

15. It's now behaving OK. Something changed.

:shrug:

I double checked before posting above ... so this change just happened.

[scarletwoman]

17. Still screwed up for me -- I just checked.

2/3 of the window is the blogads portion, have to scroll way over to the right to see anything else, and the columns are absurdly skinny.

sw

[TahitiNut]

20. You're dial-up. I'm low-speed broadband (115kbps).

It's possible that the web server is dropping connection too soon, I guess. I see the blogads column appearing first and filling most of the window ... then shifting left as the screen builds column-by-column. There might be some interfenence/time-out on the Google-ad-server, too. Server loads and logical session time-outs play havoc on slower/loaded connections, imho.

[scarletwoman]

24. "logical session time-outs" -- ouch, it makes my head hurt!

I *think* I get what you're saying, though. Used to be the blogads column would fill the screen and then move left, just like you're saying. Now it doesn't move at all, just stays there hogging most of the window once the page stops loading.

As a DU donator star-holder, I disabled the google ads as soon as that option was available, so I'm not sure I understand what their effect might be. But I know you're a really smart guy, so I'll happily assume you know more about this stuff than I do -- since I know nothing. ;)

:loveya:
sw

[TahitiNut]

29. I won't try to go into "logical sessions" as implemented ..

... on the Internet, whose protocols are not based on connections or packet sequencing. It's a technical issue ... and the appearance of connections and sessions (akin to the ol' point-to-point time-sharing connections) is something casual users rely upon as a model for "good enough for government work" use.

Regarding the Google ads, however, the ability to forego their display apparently doesn't eliminate interactions with the Google ad servers. I have them turned off, too, but I frequently see pauses on DU pages while "Waiting for http...." appears in the status bar, indicating an interaction with one of Google's servers. The 'logic' of the DU pages apparently continues to permit such interactions even when eliminating the resultant ads. When those servers are loaded, it slows down DU access. Such slow-downs can contribute to cache flushes and logical timeouts.

[scarletwoman]

30. Okay, TN, you're just talking like that to get me hot.

:evilgrin:

sw

[TahitiNut]

31. Om Mani Padme Hum

"Hot"? :rofl:




Namaste, m'luv! (Laughter is one of G-d's favorite prayers.)

[KoKo]

47. Netscape 7.1 and Dial Up. Had problems all day to day with horizontal

view on homepage and "latest" not loading. It seems to be better in the last few minutes, though. Although slow loading between "Home Page" and "Latest" with lots of yellow background and a column of ads down the middle.

[deurbano]

21. I have the same problem (also not fixed)...

Using Mac OS X and whatever browser comes with AOL.

[klebean]

18. you fixed it!

Ditto what TahitiNut described using Mac 3.9 w/Safari...but you just fixed it '-)

[scarletwoman]

19. Didn't fix it for me... :-( (nt)

[Change has come]

14. no problems here.

XP home, Firefox 1.5.0.6

[Renew Deal]

16. No problems

XP Pro SP2 IE 6.0.2900.xxxxxxx

[CBGLuthier]

22. Sometimes it does not load fully, just the top part

A refresh helps though.

IE 6.0.2900
Windows XP

[scarletwoman]

25. Refresh didn't/doesn't work for me. Stays the same. (nt)

[donsu]

23. yes, everything is scrunched up on the right side (Netscape browser)

nt

[scarletwoman]

27. Netscape here, too. Occasionally causes problems on other sites, too. (nt)

[FlaGranny]

26. Absolutely no problems

with my XP, MIE, and high speed DSL.

[Skinner]

33. *********************** OK -- EVERYBODY TRY AGAIN ************************

You might need to completely reload the page where you were having problems: Hold the sift key and then click the Reload/Refresh button on your web browser.

Let me know if it works now. Thanks.

[scarletwoman]

34. YAAAAAAY! It's back to normal! Thank you SO much!

:applause:

[Cronus Protagonist]

35. That fixed it for me - thanks!

Now don't break it any more :evilgrin:

[NashVegas]

41. Fixed

Thanks!

[TahitiNut]

59. Delays on 'stats.blogads.com' and 'cache.blogads.com' and ...

... a google (long name) server. Those delays could (iirc) result in session resets on a busy server, necessitating a (shiftless) refresh/reload that uses the user's cache but has a second 'go' at the source material. It's been a long, long, looong time since I've been "hands-on" with server technologies, but the mix of servers and the traffic can cause connection resets, iirc. It's likely that the problems are far more evident on slower user connections (i.e. dialup) and with older browsers that don't handle the (multi-)threaded fetches well.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

36. still not working for me

xp pro, netscape(compuserve)

myDU is first icon on top left. can't see icons to yhe of MyDU

Hscrollbar on bottom. large gap for second column. forum list way on the right.

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edit:

now header is ok.

ads zig-zag down page. "blogbox" starts to the right of header.

[EFerrari]

37. Skinner, I am temporarily on MAC OS 9 and I can't view "My DU"

or the DU Homepage. I am using a Netscape brower that works in OS 9 --7.07. Argh.

I get a very wide column/ frams? with the ad down the center.

If I scroll to the extreme right, I can just about make out the lists of my posts.

Thanks,
b

[EFerrari]

38. Did try again. to load My DU. Still a page-wide column with the ad

centered and at the very edge, my posts.

[Skinner]

39. Hold the shift key and click the Reload/Refresh button on your browser.

See if that fixes it.

[EFerrari]

42. No, it just comes up too wide again and laughs at me. n/t

[Skinner]

44. I'm out of suggestions.

Maybe something is wrong with your browser cache.

Is anyone else still having problems with the blogads?

[EFerrari]

45. I bet it's my dated browser. I can manage for now. Thanks, Skinner

and please check your pms re donations. :)

[karlrschneider]

46. No problems here. XP, Netscape 7.2

KS

[lpbk2713]

48. No problems noted any time recently.

WinXP Pro SP2 and all recent updates

Mozilla 1.7.12

Java enabled

CA Assocs Firewall

CA EZ Trust A/V

RoadRunner Broadband

[bridgit]

50. nope, XP IE-7...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

52. Ew, you use IE...get with the times girl.

:thumbsdown:

[bridgit]

54. there's a neg head in every crowd congrat''z...

you're it :rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

51. Yes...

I can't find my car keys. I've been looking around for awhile. They've gotta be somewhere in my bedroom. Do you have any suggestions on where to look?

Oh and my operating system is Mac OSX 10.3.9 and I'm using Flock 0.7.4.1 for my browser.

Thanks!

[bridgit]

53. YOU can NEVER find your car keys...

what is up with that x(

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

56. Yeah, but I found my Lucky Lady Zippo on the 1 year anniversary of me

losing it and that's what's really important.

[bridgit]

58. true enough...

:-)

[madmusic]

55. XP Home, Firefox

No problems, but when trying to go to the DU home page, there is a very quick window, about 6" high and 2" wide, that looks like a joker or something. Can't tell if it is an ad or not because it goes so fast. Maybe it is hanging some people.

Check spelling isn't working now.

[LeftyMom]

57. I have a hard time paying attention in Law and Society, but the instructor

has really great ratings on Rate My Professors. Should I drop or hope it gets better later in the semester?

I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.6 on Windows XP Home.