The big caching/login thread

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Thu, 2006-04-13 16:27

What we know for sure is that the site itself is behaving correctly. Those of you who are having refresh-cached-pages problems are suffering from a problem which is introduced *somewhere* between ABCtales.com's web server and your monitor.

The question is one of identifying where.

And it's entirely possible that different people are experiencing problems caused by more than one cause, but with only one outcome.

So please post your issues here.

I need to know:

Which browser you're using, and which version (your browser version number can be seen by choosing 'About' from the 'Help' menu.
Which operating system and version (Windows 98/XP/etc, Mac OS 9/X/etc). So far I'm not aware of anyone at all having issues on a Mac.
Who your ISP is. Are you at college, work, or home? Is it AOL, BT, or someone else?
What else do you have installed which may be causing trouble? I'm looking for internet firewall software, antivirus programs, or anything network-related which has stuffed its icon into the space next to the clock in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.

Additionally, because I've made a tweak or two this week, please *do not* post until you've done the following:

In Microsoft Internet Explorer: Select 'Options' or 'Internet Options' from the "Tools" menu. Push the 'Delete Cookies' button and the 'Delete Files' button. (This will log you out.)

In Mozilla Firefox: Select Options from the Tools Menu. Select 'Privacy' at the top of the resulting box. Push the 'Clear Cookies' button. (This will log you out.)

Finally, if at any point during the login process, you were asked if you wanted to accept a 'cookie' from ABCtales.com and said "No", please don't ever talk to me again. If you have installed a browser extension whose purpose is to block cookies, ditto.

Currently I have my suspicions about culprits (they include, but are not limited to, the words "AOL" and/or "Norton"), but I'm not acting on anything until I see data.

Right then.

Now we have our groundrules, please post away. I'm pinning this topic to the top of the front page so it doesn't get lost.

Fri, 2006-04-14 16:33

yan

ISSUES:- I enter at the home page and log-in which works fine. I click on "recently added" and I'm logged out and the content seems to be the same as when I last logged on (a day or two earlier - whatever). When I log in again it works and the content is refreshed to real time. Then I normally click to "discuss writing" forum and I'm logged out again and same content problems occur. I log in again and it's refreshed. The rest of my browsing is unpredictable: I may stay logged in or I may get logged out again when I click to a new forum. I have to keep checking my status. One of the worst problems I have is when I come to "write" and find myself logged out. I log in successfully, or so it seems, then press "edit tales" and I'm logged out again. I originally put this down to you doing all you could to resist my art! :) p.s - I don't experience these problems on any other site. 1. IE version 6 2. windows xp home ed. 3. NTL freedom. Home. 4. using Mcafee security Center (with various settings) and Activboard Hear my music: http://music.download.com/3600-5-100795586.html

There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed -
Dennett

Fri, 2006-04-14 20:33

j.r.c

Much the same problems as yan. I.E Version 6.0 XP Home Edition Ver 2002 Server Pack ISP NTL Home Network. In Icon Bar: Broadband Medic Pagis Database Monitor Exif Launcher Norton Anti Virus Visualware Security Suite Windows Security Alert There is a couple of system administration and Intranet packages running, "Can't post there names on hear or i will be in trouble", But I Unenstald them and still had the same problems as yan. The machine I have been using lately for ABCTales is a server, privet network running of a net Gear Cable/DSL router.

Sat, 2006-04-15 16:33

admin

Two posts, two NTL subscribers. NTL has broken cache servers and we're by no means the only site which gets broken by them. Apparently some places are worse than others (Nottingham, for example, has been broken for a year or more). Yahoo Mail and Slashdot both also fail regularly if you're connected via NTL. Still looking for other combinations. If it really is only NTL then there's a chance that we can force the bastards into compliance. Keep them coming. ---- John H

Sat, 2006-04-15 19:37

yan

My mistake, you're absolutely right, I do have probs with yahoo mail. ;) Hear my music: http://music.download.com/3600-5-100795586.html

There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed -
Dennett

Sat, 2006-04-15 22:00

mississippi

Whatever it was you did, John, thanks.

Wed, 2006-04-19 10:44

Brooklands

Go John, go John, go John, go John, go John!!!!!!!! Superb. Nice one mate. Joe

Thu, 2006-04-20 02:17

Whogivesashit

I rarely log in and don't appear to have any probs. Operating system: Brand new kick ass machine... only prob is, it still shows me bad writing... i thought the allnu abc wuld filter that out bro? safe.

Wed, 2006-04-26 19:14

yan

Everything's working fine now, thanks! Hear my music: http://music.download.com/3600-5-100795586.html

There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed -
Dennett

Wed, 2006-04-26 21:32

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yan

Maybe I spoke to soon. I had the same log-in problems this evening. :( Hear my music: http://music.download.com/3600-5-100795586.html

There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed -
Dennett

Thu, 2006-05-04 15:22

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justyn_thyme

I don't have any problems with the cache/login but I would like to suggest an improvement: Many forums have an option to click 'mark all threads as read.' That would be very useful so I could read the ones I want to read and then just mark the rest as read so I can see more easily what is new and not have some large number of unread threads that I will never read. Not a critical item, but it would be nice. "You don't need the light of the Lord to read the handwriting on the wall." Copies of Warsaw Tales available through www.new-ink.org

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