problems posting

[fayefaye]

Sometimes when I'm trying to post something after I click 'submit' it says I'm not logged in when I am. If I go back to 'send reply' it says the page has expired. Then when I log in, it says no post was specified when it was. :mad: *wondering what's going on and kindly asking the almighty Admin to fix it*

[Admin]

Do you use cookies to browse the forums?

[fayefaye]

No.... but it should still work, shouldn't it? :confused:

[Koa]

(Homer's voice) hmmm...cookies...

[Admin]

When you don't use cookies you end up using sessions which can expire after a period of inactivity. So if you're typing a long post it is possible for your session to expire while posting and then the system does not realize you are logged in.

I recommend using cookies so long as you are not on a public computer.

[Dr Cynic]

Hi Administrator dear

Got a problem posting messages: when I click to preview or submit my reply, I get the message "No Thread Specified".:mad: :mad: Please tell me what I can do about it.

[Admin]

Perhaps the thread you were posting to moved or was changed while you were typing your reply.

[fayefaye]

how long do the sessions last?

[den]

I'm using Win98SE, Netscape 7.0, DSL, have never had this problem before.

[fayefaye]

well? how long?

[Admin]

Honestly, I'm not sure. Hours.

[den]

faye, if you go into your browser Preferences, then History, (at least in Netscape) you can adjust how many pages (and applicable cookies) in a `session' history your computer stores. Mine's set at 50, so, I can literally hit the back button up to 50 times and be right back to where I was for any specific website, with my cookies there...

You may want to change this, if you have it set to a really low number, crank it up, or vice versa.

[Cassandra]

Mine also keeps cutting out and it says the page I'm searching for cannot be found. Can I fix this as it means I have to restart the computer to get back on this site?

[Stanislaw]

I had an odd problem today, I posted in the nick thread, saw a wierd blip and dens reply, then when I left den was last responded so I went back in and den's response wasn't there, neither was mine so I responded again, and my message came up twice, aswell as den's. I then edited my second response, and came over hear.

I really don't know what the problem was.