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[Davepet]

I tried to post some comment to two of the articles. One of my comments took about 1/2 hout to compose.

When I hit "submit" I get a message saying something along the lines of "you must type a message"

It wasn't a timeout, because my second attempt took < a minute.

Dave

[TRN]

What browser were you using?

What time did this happen?

The article comments are phpBB and should be fairly stable -- so I'm a bit perplexed what it could be .... I do that about 10 pm pacific last night the site completely timed out and it took about 5 minutes before service was returned.

I also know that this theme seems to be causing problems for odd things and I was talking to LJ about needing something else :(

[TRN]

Oh. Forgot to say ...

Sorry about the problem :shock:

Realized after posting the last comment that anyone who would spend 1/2 to write a comment to an article -- and it doesn't post -- would be a bit upset or :x

I was in windoze, using phoenix , I posted here right after I had the problem.

I'm guessing it was 1/2 hour, I was refuteing some of your comments about Linux vs MS, so it required some thought.

No big deal.

Dave

[EMH]

Well, I couldn't figure out why there were troubles with the PHPBB module so I returned the comments to the original comments module.

However, someone sent a message stating that I had removed their comments and therefore they were upset.

The exact quote from the unknown individual:

I was disappointed to find that my comments regarding your \&quot;Time to Wake up\&quot; editorial had been removed. I reviewed you posting conditions/requirements and felt that my post fell well within your expectations. Count my daughters and me disappointed and no longer members of your community.

--Former Fans

I'm sad that the person didn't even give me a chance to explain what happened. I made no attempt to cut anyone's comments. Instead, I really didn't see any comments under that heading and only the complaint that someone had tried to post.

:(

Next time, leave an email address and let's talk about it rather than jumping to conclusions.

Oops -- this is LPH -- sorry -- didn't realize EMH was logged into the site.

[Davepet]

Anyone who complains without leaving a way to respond is probably just a troll. I wouldn't be too concerned.

Your "regulars" know that you tweak things around here on a regular basis & that occasionally these things happen.

It's not like anything we had to say is going to alter the course of history ;o)

Dave

It's not like anything we had to say is going to alter the course of history ;o)

Ya never know who is reading ;)

[Davepet]

Heh heh, true enough...

But, then, comments by folks who don't take the time to register a psuedonym are *always* discounted to some extent in my mind. If a person belives what they are saying, they should at least put a fake name to it ;o)

Dave