Skeptic Friends Network

Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?
Home | Forums | Active Topics | Active Polls | Register | FAQ | Contact Us  
  Connect: Chat | SFN Messenger | Buddy List | Members
Personalize: Profile | My Page | Forum Bookmarks  
 All Forums
 Website Related
 Report Problems
 Top banner not loading.
 New Topic  Topic Locked
 Printer Friendly Bookmark this Topic BookMark Topic
Author  Topic Next Topic  

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/09/2006 :  23:13:24  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
I'm not sure whether this is a site problem or a problem at my end, but the graphic at the top of the SFN page is not loading for me. This started a few minutes ago.

Also, some options, along the top of the page such as Home Active Topic, etc. are invisible.




Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 11/09/2006 :  23:45:41   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
It's loading fine for me. Is it failing on every page for you?

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
Go to Top of Page

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/09/2006 :  23:50:37   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.

It's loading fine for me. Is it failing on every page for you?

Yes, all pages, even after I've rebooted. And the "reply with quote" icon graphic is also missing, though the other icons next to it are visible. Oh, the following text (mostly links), under where the banner is missing, is there, but white-on-white for me:

Skeptic Friends Network

You are logged in as HalfMooner
Home | Forums | Active Topics | Active Polls | Register | FAQ | Contact Us


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 11/09/2006 23:52:34
Go to Top of Page

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  00:03:05   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
That's really quite odd. Are you getting the "broken graphic" icon in place of the "reply with quote" button, or is it just missing entirely?

I won't be able to access the logs for this time period until Saturday night. Hope you can hold out that long, or other clues surface as to the nature of the problem.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
Go to Top of Page

H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  00:11:41   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message
Sometimes when I come here--pretty often really, perhaps a quarter of the time--the site will take a really long time to load. When the main page finally does pop up, everything is there except the "The Newest Posts in our Skeptic Forums" box on the right hand side. In it's place is a text error message saying the operation timed out.

Dunno if there's any connection.


"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
Go to Top of Page

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  00:19:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.

That's really quite odd. Are you getting the "broken graphic" icon in place of the "reply with quote" button, or is it just missing entirely?

I won't be able to access the logs for this time period until Saturday night. Hope you can hold out that long, or other clues surface as to the nature of the problem.

Yah, I get the "broken graphic" icons for all the missing graphics. I can work around all the problems with no trouble. I just have to mouse-over any white-on-white text link like "Active Topics" first, to make it visible. BTW, I'm using the very newest version of FireFox, downloaded today. Possible problem, eh?




Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 11/10/2006 00:22:03
Go to Top of Page

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  07:52:34   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
Can you try Explorer or some other browser?

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
Go to Top of Page

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  13:00:41   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
Okay, Dave, all the graphics and text links load wit IE. But I'm still going to stick with FireFox. You may defame me in the banner, and I'll never notice. ("SFN: Aside from HalfMooner, we don't suck!")


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Go to Top of Page

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  13:16:37   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
Well, I can at least tell you that the white-on-white writing is due to the fact that the blue horizontal bar with the gray bars above and below that's the background for those text links is itself a graphics image that just isn't loading for you. But since the problem seems to be localized to the latest Firefox, you might consider submitting a bug report to them.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
Go to Top of Page

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  13:56:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.

Well, I can at least tell you that the white-on-white writing is due to the fact that the blue horizontal bar with the gray bars above and below that's the background for those text links is itself a graphics image that just isn't loading for you. But since the problem seems to be localized to the latest Firefox, you might consider submitting a bug report to them.

That makes sense about the white-on-white text. Thanks, I will submit the bug report to FireFox.


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Go to Top of Page

R.Wreck
SFN Regular

USA
1191 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  16:09:58   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send R.Wreck a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert

Sometimes when I come here--pretty often really, perhaps a quarter of the time--the site will take a really long time to load. When the main page finally does pop up, everything is there except the "The Newest Posts in our Skeptic Forums" box on the right hand side. In it's place is a text error message saying the operation timed out.

Dunno if there's any connection.





I have also had this happen often (but not always) in the last week or two.

The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley

The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
Go to Top of Page

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  20:10:00   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
@tomic thinks that we need to archive a whole lot of the "current" threads to solve the slow-loading and timeout problems. I'm hesitant to do it personally, since @tomic is the one with all of the experience doing archiving. I apologize for any inconvenience.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
Go to Top of Page

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/11/2006 :  11:33:57   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
It turns out that he recent automatic update to FireFox that screwed up the loading of some (but not most) graphics on this site for me was an upgrade to the 1.5 version. I have now manually installed version 2.0, and no longer have that problem!

Thanks, Dave, for trying to help!


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Go to Top of Page

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 11/11/2006 :  19:28:15   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
"I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try."

- Bart Simpson

Seriously, you're quite welcome.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
Go to Top of Page

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 11/11/2006 :  21:02:20   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.

"I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try."

- Bart Simpson

Seriously, you're quite welcome.

There's a guy who's candid about his own limitations.


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Go to Top of Page
   Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Topic Locked
 Printer Friendly Bookmark this Topic BookMark Topic
Jump To:

The mission of the Skeptic Friends Network is to promote skepticism, critical thinking, science and logic as the best methods for evaluating all claims of fact, and we invite active participation by our members to create a skeptical community with a wide variety of viewpoints and expertise.


Home | Skeptic Forums | Skeptic Summary | The Kil Report | Creation/Evolution | Rationally Speaking | Skeptillaneous | About Skepticism | Fan Mail | Claims List | Calendar & Events | Skeptic Links | Book Reviews | Gift Shop | SFN on Facebook | Staff | Contact Us

Skeptic Friends Network
© 2008 Skeptic Friends Network Go To Top Of Page
This page was generated in 0.17 seconds.
Powered by @tomic Studio
Snitz Forums 2000