MalcKiera Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Hi all,I signed up yesterday, but I'm having great difficulty accessing the message board. More often than not I just get the blue background screen, with the above 'Home' icon and a white bar and that's it! Reloading doesn't work, and it takes endless faffing around to finally get on the message board. Not really sure how long I'll stick around if it takes so much hassle. Is it me, my browser (I use Firefox) or something to do with how the site's created? I'm totally technically challenged, so couldn't figure this out myself if I tried, so that's why I thought I'd ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I use firefox and have not had problems, but I think robert says people have reported them. Have you tried using internet explorer? Also what is your internet connection? Things might not be done loading if its slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I use microsoft internet explorer and netscape, and they both work fine with the site, no loading time problems or errors. Is this the only page that there are problems with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Do you have Firefox set to allow cookies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veganmadre Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Not really sure how long I'll stick around if it takes so much hassle. I have trouble occassionally, I use the browser for my DSL internet company. It generally fixes itself with time. WE'RE WORTH THE HASSLE! PROMISE! Don't leave us so quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcKiera Posted October 23, 2005 Author Share Posted October 23, 2005 Hiya, took about half a dozen attempts to get onto the board this time To answer all the questions in one go:This is the only site (so far) I have trouble withI have a really fast ADSL connection (maybe too fast? I dunno)I've got Firefox to allow cookiesI don't really want to use IE because of the virus and what have ya risks. Like I said, I'm technically challenged, at least when it comes to computers, but I've been told several times by people who knw what they're doing that they don't recommend using IE, so I stick with that.Thanks for your replies guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 i think it is something specific to your computer billy. when i was staying at yours, i had incredible difficulty accessing this site - i just kept playing with the forward and back buttons, refresh and plain reloading it. im really not sure how you can resolve it jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 If you don't like IE, have you tried Netscape? It's a free download - http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 for some reason all of a sudden, we cant access the website on megan's computer. it works fine on both internet explorer and firefox from the OSU campus library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I am a caveman. I know pretty much nothing about computers as most of you know, but "I'll look into it" I know that is really reassuring I haven't been in touch with my website guy for months because he moved to a different city and I've been doing some things on my own. I haven't had any trouble aside from Megan's computer. I used 3 different computers today to test it out and it seems all good. Thanks for the heads up though. Maybe there is something I need to look into to get it updated or something Thin Thin Computer Him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I haven't had any problems, neither with Internet Explorer nor with Mozilla Firefox. The forum likes me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I haven't had any problems with this site, thus far, using firefox. Some of the main site displays kind of weird, but the forum is fine. I've also had intermittent problems with some other sites. Here's a couple fixes I can think of off the top of my head: Check the Firefox site to see if there's a newer version than what you're currently using. It may be an issue that's been fixed. Clear out your internet cache. (Within firefox, go to tools --> options, you'll see a button to clear the cache) Windows disk cleanup. (Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools -->Disk Cleanup. Too many temporary files can bog down the system and keep things from displaying properly. Should do this now and then anyway, to keep Windows running optimally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I was having some problems too until I deleted all the temporary internet files on my hard drive. I'm assuming you have Windows as the platform on your computer. Click on Start and go into Settings, then Control Panel. In your control panel folder click on Internet Options. In the General section (1st tab) you will see Temporary Internet Files. Click on delete files and delete cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcKiera Posted October 24, 2005 Author Share Posted October 24, 2005 Thanks Michelle and Crash, that sounds really helpful, will try all that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggymeggy Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 As Topher mentioned - out of nowhere the forum suddenly stopped loading on my computer, and it's the ONLY website that's doing it. I haven't been on in 2 days due to this! Withdrawal!But, then today it suddenly seems ok again....I have no idea what's going on. Topher was trying some stuff out yesterday to fix it and nothing was helping, then today, it's ok. Beats me! I just hope it doesn't start being a problem again, I need my forum fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinisterkungfu Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 There have been some recent issues with a couple of the Tier 1 internet backbone providers, and both Verio and Level 3 have had some downtime in the last week. Also, Level 3 and Cogent have had some contract diputes over Internet Peering, and at times ahve been unable to access each others networks. It could be related to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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