We are very much aware of the disappearing postings that people are typing and attempting to post on threads. This is a problem all over the forums.
Notifying the moderators and requesting that we copy and paste in your responses will not work. I, myself, have attempted it several times since Monday and even I get the blank posting. It is not a cell phone issue, because I do this type of work from my desk computer. So, I ask that you please be patient and hopefully the administrators can figure out what the problem is and fix it very soon.
We ask that you be patient and as a precaution, if you have postings that you want to have posted, please copy them into a word file and save them on your computer until this issue is resolved. As soon as we know that the problem has been identified and fixed, we will let you know so that you can post your responses.
I was wondering why so many people were being left speechless, lol.
Test, I've been silenced, lol
I would wait a half hour and then try posting again, it has nothing to do with you, but is a forum issue I believe.
Cadet and I are waiting on the administrators to find and repair the issue. As Cadet pointed out...it's not you, your phone or your system...it is a main frame issue/glitch.
We will let you know when we hear back from the higher ups. Again, we ask that you please be patient. There is nothing that the moderators can do to fix this problem.
I think it's a timeout (stack) error. Same on edit function.
V
I think it's a timeout (stack) error. Same on edit function.
V
The edit function is disabled on DB for all users except moderators and admins.
Not on my tablet. But it times out.
V
Time to purge the database again?
Time to purge the database again?
I have no clue, but that is always a possibility.
Just messin' wich ya.
Just messin' wich ya.
Your now on MODERATION oh wait
Back atcha!!
Cadet,
It may very well be time to clean up the main frame. It doesn't make any sense that a few are getting "tagged" w/missing postings and others are not. It doesn't matter if the postings are from a phone or a computer, long or short, but when that little cog hits a certain spot...poof! goes the posting.
I sure hope that they find out what the issue is over the weekend. Posters want to post and have their postings appear as they should and not disappear after they hit the submit button.
Of course that could be the issue and it could be something else, I did look on UBB and came up with some other possible causes that could involve UBB or could be the host.
I am sure that we are working to solve the problem.
As usual patience is DB101
Patience is the key and, yes, they are working to troubleshoot the problem. It will be interesting to see what the IT folks find.
Let's see if it is a phone issue.....
I believe it is a phone or apple issue. It only happens when I post from my iPhone. My PC is fine, which is not an apple. Thankfully, that first post was a test too.....
I have so much to say and to respond to but I really need to talk about OLD and my recent experiences and revelations and social experiemnts. It all makes my life incredibly surreal.
I ended it witht he guy who avoided meeting. I said "you keep ignoring me when I bring up meeting. I am done with these games" never heard from him again, surprise. I have been talking to another one of those. I thought I broke it off with him a bunch of times. But he kept coming back. I told him numerous times that I am not interested in text dating and I need him to ask me when I am free and coordinate something. He avoided it as well. He texts me today at 2pm asking me out for pretty much right then. I went off on him. He kept persisting. He is crazy attracted to me, blah, blah blah. I decided to turn this around on him. After reaming him telling him I am no one's last minute plans, that if he was really all that interested, he cane meet me at a bar by my house, no hug, no kiss, no nothing. Justa drink. After some back and forth he said "no, I am scared. You really reacted to something that was nothing" I told him he needs to learn when something might be nothing to him, it is something to someone else. That was it.
Then for the the really crazy one. Some guy was persistent online, so I gave him a chance. We texted for a few days, seemed kind of normal, and agreed we should meet right away. We went for coffee at a DD yesterday. We did what everyone said you should do. Meet casually, keep it short but sweet. Conversation was good. I did find he is wealthy.
Well. he let me know he is incredibly attracted to me after. He desires a monogamous sexual relationship, but no commitment, because his OW is his work. He is a very sexual being, to put it lightly and is looking for that type of relationship, and would really like to have it with me. It feels like I am in 50 shades of gray. Good looking, although short, rich, and I was kind of propositioned.
Surreal, right? The more surreal part? I didn't completely write off the idea. I never ever imagined my life going this way. I figured my life being married and faithful. Never ever having to entertain such options. But really. 10 years and a bunch of flakes and impossible situations. I married my first sexually. ANd our sex life was awful. I discovered who I was sexually after divorce. And I can't do anything with it! I am very open with it, enjoy it, I am at my peak, and nothing is going on. I can't even get an actual date with a guy from OLD, they just want to tell me how hot I am and never meet. There are no IRL possibilities and my life is not so conducive to dating.
So what if maybe this is a better than nothing situation for me? Am I selling myself short? Maybe. It isn't because I don't value myself or think I am worth the whole package. I am, and I know it. I believe I treated myself as a person who does. We cannot say in the last 10 years I have not put the effort in and haven't learned and grown. Perhaps this isn't the time for me. A real R comes when I am an empty nester. Maybe now some fun is what the universe wants for me. Maybe I am losing my mind, but I don't think I am. I think I am just realistic and accepting of what my life has to offer me at this point. Not because I am not worthy.
I am having a really hard time dealing with something I just don't know how to deal with or talk about. I grew up ugly, and that is not an exaggeration. I started to not be so ugly, around 18, when I met exH. He was really the first guy who viewed me as beautiful. I saw him as the trophy, but he saw me as the trophy. Anyways, I don't know how to say this and it makes me super uncomfortable, but at my age now, men find me very attractive. It's weird and uncomfortable to me. I spent my younger years relying on my personality and that was always my strong point. Now, guys don't see past my looks. I NEVER thought this would be an issue in anyway for me. I've got to say, it is really difficult. I may not brag on my looks, but I got comfortable to the point to brag on what a great PERSON I am. I hated me that way too. Now I love me as a person, faults and all. That was the hardest feat. This sounds, ridiculous, I know. But I really don't know what to do.
What else is messing me up big time is I have real feelings for someone I cannot have feelings for and nothing will ever ever happen, which is kind of the story of my life. It is not a crush on PT guy. I have real feelings. I have been getting to know him for the past 9 months, we spend my sessions talking about life and family, I watch him interact with my daughter, and I think he is one amazing man. More man than any of these idiots my age. Something makes him think of me and he will message it to me. He brings me in his grandmother's baked goods, makes slime for my daughter. He is driven and a family man, and an alla round good guy. I am usually an idiot when it comes to realizing if a guy likes me. I am pretty sure the feeling is mutual. Right now, we are already crossing the line by even being FB friends as I am an active patient. When I am DC'd we all talk about going out one night (my therapist too, female).
I don't know how I ended up here. I just know I have to play the cards I was dealt. Still figuring out the best tactic.
In good news, first weke of new job down. Had the best weekend. D10 and I volunteered to plant trees yesterday and it was amazing fun. I loved to see how into it she was and how hard she worked. Her dad misses out on that part of her. She's a girl girl too, but she wasn't afraid to get dirty. Her spirits were so high and she felt so accomplished and it gave her such a needed boost of self esteem. I went to a wine fest last night with a sort of friend. Today I decided to take care of my back yardish area since my landlord stopped. The weather has been fantastic finally. I have a former DB'er talking me though making my yard the best it can be since she is an expert with it. I found dog [censored] all over my property and got super pissed and will havet to confront the neighbors about their unattended dog. I decided to be passive aggressive and scoop the [censored] right over on to their patio. Tomorrow is another work day.
I am now going to take myself out for ice cream because I deserve it.
Lot to take in, huh?
Ginger,
I see your posting was posted not only here, but on your thread. We honestly do not know what the issue is, i.e., I do not think it's the phones or the desk top computers, as I've used both. Everyone is using different methods to try to post and some are lucky enough to get through and others aren't so lucky, i.e., one time they can post and then another time, they can't. Modern technology can be a bit tricky at times. We hope that the issue will be resolved very soon.
Ginger,
I see your posting was posted not only here, but on your thread. We honestly do not know what the issue is, i.e., I do not think it's the phones or the desk top computers, as I've used both. Everyone is using different methods to try to post and some are lucky enough to get through and others aren't so lucky, i.e., one time they can post and then another time, they can't. Modern technology can be a bit tricky at times. We hope that the issue will be resolved very soon.
Well so far not - today....
Some posters seem to be saying that copying and pasting from another document is the problem but typing it out seems to be working .
I need to test this theory.
UBB seemed to think their was some HTML issues that could cause this.
At first I thought it might be Russian spies stealing our posts. But, it occurred to me, I always wear a foil helmet when posting to the DB forums because I don't want anyone to read my mind. I've never lost a post while wearing the foil helmet. I'd recommend everyone wear a foil helmet when posting to these forums.
doodler,
You are so funny. I thought people wore foil helmets to ward off the ETs that come to visit from another planet.
Can't post from anything apple but android works on ok on phone tablet and pc.
On apple I get a message saying stack overload.
V
I just sent another e-mail to Virginia - lets see how she responds.
Cadet,
I followed your lead and sent another email to her as well.
Cadet,
I followed your lead and sent another email to her as well.
Yes thanks for including me.
Posted this on Newcomers and will repeat here
Here is part of an e-mail that I just got from Virginia.
In the meantime, the UBB expert who has been helpful to us over the years is suggesting that basically users are compiling their posts in a word processor, and it's converting regular apostrophes and quotes to curly quotes, which causes issues.
So for now, the best advice we can give is to instruct users to NOT use a word processor to make their posts.
An editor such as Notepad doesn' insert its own characters and should work better.
So as we have been figuring out try to type your posts out.
This should give you a higher probability for success.
They are still working on the issue and their will be some other upgrades to the forum.
I do not use a word processor so I don't think that's the cause.
V
I do not use a word processor so I don't think that's the cause.
V
Its one of the causes their are others too!
Silly question, but do you all try the preview button before submitting?
I, myself, use it quite often and edit my postings before they are posted. I don't know if the posters have given any thought to using the preview button...but it is a nice capability to use to check your spelling, etc. before hitting the submit button...since we no long have the capability of using the edit button.
Btrow, you are correct, the issue is may be far more complicated than what Virginia has provided in a way of an explanation. They are still working on the issue and as soon as Cadet and I receive word that the issue has been resolved, we will let all of the posters, across, the forums know.
Silly question, but do you all try the preview button before submitting?
Great Point - I wonder what you see when you post a blank page, anyone care to share that, since I have yet to have a blank page!!
Yes, I use the preview button every time, my blank posts showed the words when I used the preview button.
Yes, I use the preview button every time, my blank posts showed the words when I used the preview button.
Hmm - how are you creating those posts?
Yes, I use the preview button every time, my blank posts showed the words when I used the preview button.
Hmm - how are you creating those posts?
I've only had two posts that won't show, both are cut and paste. They both show when I preview, but go blank when I post.
Also, I followed what anotherstander stated in another one of these threads, and I was able to see the post in preview, but when I switched to full page preview it becomes blank.
Yes, I use the preview button every time, my blank posts showed the words when I used the preview button.
Hmm - how are you creating those posts?
I've only had two posts that won't show, both are cut and paste. They both show when I preview, but go blank when I post.
Also, I followed what anotherstander stated in another one of these threads, and I was able to see the post in preview, but when I switched to full page preview it becomes blank.
Well if you are interested in trying to get it to post - do it on the other thread in newcomers, so I can try to duplicate it too.
Thanks
ジンジャーのせいだ
doodler,
What the heck was that posting? Was it a test?
Yes, that was a test.
Back when I messed-up Coconut's previous thread, I'd used a translator to translate English to Japanese or Chinese (I don't remember which language) and pasted the text into the editor. I thought I'd give it a try again to see if it caused any problems. Apparently not.
Okay. Apparently what you typed didn't phase the system.
ジンジャーのせいだ
I think these characters generated by a word document or something else might cause the post to go blank.
Apparently just typed in here they are fine.
If that makes any sense
The issue with the blank messages is the apostrophes and quotes in Word (maybe other characters and word processors as well). Even when you save the Word document to text, it preserves the special characters for apostrophes and quotes.
I copied and pasted my Word document into Notepad++ and changed the encoding to UTF-8 and you can see, and correct, all of the special characters.
doodler,
Thank you for sharing. This is good to know...but it is still a mystery as to why only a few are getting the "disappearing postings" and others aren't. We all use special characters, etc. and a majority of us are still able to post. Many of the browsers that people are using are used by others on the forums and yet, a select few are having difficulty posting.
I wonder if the IT pros have looked into the individual posters that are having issues to see if there is something that has been inadvertently "clicked" under their user info behind the scenes. Cadet and I have provided links of the postings whereby they have disappeared earlier this week. I don't know about Cadet, but I haven't heard anything more since the last email earlier this week.
doodler,
Thank you for sharing. This is good to know...but it is still a mystery as to why only a few are getting the "disappearing postings" and others aren't. We all use special characters, etc. and a majority of us are still able to post. Many of the browsers that people are using are used by others on the forums and yet, a select few are having difficulty posting.
I wonder if the IT pros have looked into the individual posters that are having issues to see if there is something that has been inadvertently "clicked" under their user info behind the scenes. Cadet and I have provided links of the postings whereby they have disappeared earlier this week. I don't know about Cadet, but I haven't heard anything more since the last email earlier this week.
I have not heard anything either however I have my own version of this thread in NEWCOMERS and the last post just summarized everything that was posted their, I am also going to go through this thread and add anything else that might help.
Here is a link to it.
http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2785770#Post2785770
This thread is being bumped up for those users who are just now posting and realizing that they postings aren't appearing.
We still do not know what the issue is and we continue to ask for your patience in the matter.
This thread is being bumped up for those users who are just now posting and realizing that they postings aren't appearing.
We still do not know what the issue is and we continue to ask for your patience in the matter.
Although we do know some of the things that DO NOT work.
Read the linked above thread.
Posting from a device with special characters seem to cause an issue.
Best results seem to come from posting from a desktop computer or laptop.
EUREKA!!!! - Figured out how to restore posts
For a little while now our users have been complaining of disappearing posts. At first I discounted the reports, but now I have an actual example:
The OP posted something, but his post is empty. What's really odd is you can click on Quick Quote (but not Quote) and it "reappears". I did that and replied, and my reply is empty as well.
I then copied and pasted the text into a reply and that is also empty.
Then I replied again and removed the quote code, but it's still empty. So then I replied and simply typed Testing. That showed up.
I'll set up a test account so you can login and see what's going on. Send me email to get the login info:
Those people having disappeared posts need to remove contractions with the symbol that makes it a contraction!!!
Those people having disappeared posts need to remove contractions with the symbol that makes it a contraction!!!
Yeah, but if you're using Word as your editor, you'll also have to remove quotes because Word uses special characters for the quotes.
The issue with the blank messages is the apostrophes and quotes in Word (maybe other characters and word processors as well). Even when you save the Word document to text, it preserves the special characters for apostrophes and quotes.
I copied and pasted my Word document into Notepad++ and changed the encoding to UTF-8 and you can see, and correct, all of the special characters.
Since UBB is a pretty commonly used bit of software I did a quick google. I believe that this link contains the info on the fix
http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=995210&page=3A mismatch between the server and forum software. It sounds exactly like our issue.
A mismatch between the server and forum software. It sounds exactly like our issue.
I am sure you are correct however I have no power to fix that.
For the moment I am happy that I figured out how to restore the missing posts with the Quick Quote Box!
^
Bumping this up so that new posters are made aware that postings are still disappearing.
Please try to refrain from using contractions and special characters. I am seeing quite a few postings disappear due to contractions.