I've been trying to post a review to the LA Board for the last hour, and I keep getting that wimpy "Sorry, there's something wrong here..."
I do not need "something wrong here". I need to be able to post a review when it's all spandy fresh and new, not when it's a week old. Please pull your damn pants up and run the website like you're supposed to.
Will Owen, LA Board
By Will Owen
on Oct 29, 2009 09:48 PM
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Okay, sorry about the expressed ill-temper...BUT I tried to post the review again and got the same result - "Sorry, there's something wrong with this page."
Any suggestions?
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Clear your browser's cache and maybe delete your cookies. The latter can have results that are sometimes a pain in the a$s (e.g. have to enter passwords again, etc.) but should clear up the bugs.
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I cleared the cache. I'm not riled up enough yet to lose my cookies ;-)
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No, of course you're not at the losing the cookies stage yet ... we're Chowhounds after all ...
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I haven't had any problem posting stuff. I use Firefox though. Maybe it's something to do with your browser??
DT
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I was using Safari, and couldn't get through even after clearing the cache and tossing my cookies (sorry, couldn't resist). So I went over onto Firefox and started over. Same thing.
It's allowing me to reply to posts, but not letting me start a new one. I'm waiting to hear something from someone in charge here...
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No problems on my end.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/663548
DT
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Well, guess what: I just posted a short test message on the LA Board, and it went right through. Then I tried posting my review again, and got the error page again.
This has me about to bite nails and spit rust...
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Maybe you can do a short post that you're gonna review. Then reply with your review.
DT
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Brilliant. If it works...
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Okay, so far so bad. I succeeded in posting my alert, and getting a reply field. I pasted the review into that, and hit POST MY REPLY. Got the little spinny wheel that theoretically indicates loading. That was fifteen minutes ago, and it's still spinning...
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Just a thought: I wrote my review in TextEdit, and am copy/pasting it into the text field of the New Topic page. Could this be causing problems? It never has in the past... and I REALLY don't want to do all that keyboarding over, as I am not at all a typist.
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I've never had that problem either.
DT
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I typed a long post in Word and tried to copy over to Seattle board. Got the "something's wrong here" message. Just tried again an hour ago - still no luck. Dang it. I'm not retyping it "live."
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Copy and paste the text to your notepad, or some document that has no formatting.
Then copy it from there to the Chowhound window message.
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Not gonna work, I don't think - TextEdit is the successor to SimpleText. On the other hand (thinking out loud here) it does have font and size control... Maybe I should try making it a plain-text document...
No, it IS a plain-text doc already. And CH still isn't taking it. Nor responding to my email...
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OK, this is crazy. I copied my Word document into Lotus Notes. Then copied to Seattle board. It worked. Go figure.
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Will, can you copy and paste your review into an email form (even send it to yourself first if need be) and then try copy and pasting it from there to the LA board?
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I have sent the review to two folks already, so I'll just peel it from the Sent file and see if that works. Thank you.
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Okay, RicRios beat me to it. I'm guessing there are some tags in a TextEdit document that the server isn't allowing, but posting it into a plain-text-only email strips those out and makes the file digestible. Anyway, the review is now on the LA Board, under "My Saint Amour review".
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