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| --Tech & Moderator Notes |
| Changes to the comments module |
| 2009-12-11 |
| I've rewritten the comments module to get rid of the redirects. You should now get the page, looking just as it always has, make you comment, and it should return you to the article you were reading. Since the comment is inserted as the page is being changed occasionally you might get to the page before the comment gets to the database -- this should happen very seldom, if ever, but I have seen it happen. If it does, just hit your refresh button and it should appear. I've tested it on IE, Firefox, and Safari, but only on Windows XE. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #26 Actually, I think it's fixed now... Can't understand why it didn't do the same thing before, in fact. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 11:16 |
| #25 I checked the database and all the data's in the right fields. The problem lies with the page presentation -- I'll have to chase it down tomorrow. I'm off to nitey-bye now. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 10:58 |
| #24 Nope - e-mail address is still showing up in place of my name after the comment is posted. But while I'm typing in the comments box I can see my name in the right place on my previous post. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-11 10:04 |
| #23 testing with firefox 3.0.15, 2100 and all is well |
| Posted by: rammer 2009-12-11 10:03 |
| #22 Testing - 1, 2, 3 |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-11 10:02 |
| #21 possibly related possibly not. i could not post until i had a 'valid' email addy. i had the word 'at' in place of the '@' and it failed to post. changed it to vlaid, and violla!. possibly coincidence. also comment time is showing up as "09:07" instead of "17:07" still see e-mail addy in comment instead of name. not bitching and moaning.. just posting possibly relevant information. oh, Windows 7 and firefox 3.5.5 |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-12-11 09:40 |
| #20 Firefox 3.55 w/ Fedora |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-12-11 09:21 |
| #19 Hokay. I think comments should be fixed now, except for a webpage showing up as an email or some such thing. Let me know when that happens. I'm getting old. Once I found it, the solution was pretty simple. Finding it wasn't. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 09:07 |
| #18 That worked a lot better... |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 09:01 |
| #17 Comment from the editors' page using Safari on the Mac... |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 09:00 |
| #16 Yup, waited until I refreshed before showing. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-12-11 08:30 |
| #15 Brand new Win 7 looks normal. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-12-11 08:28 |
| #14 Yep, I was right. I starts with comment #9 (but your name shows up in your comment #10.) Have fun - I know less than nothing about this stuff. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-11 07:55 |
| #13 Ummmm - Fred? My e-mail address is showing up at the bottom of the comment (beside "Posted by:") in place of my name. (and yes, the name and e-mail are in the right place on the comment form.) BUT, I just noticed while typing this that my name is there in the right place on previous comments while I'm on this page, but I'm betting the e-mail will show up when I post this. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-11 07:54 |
| #12 Hmmm. Looks exactly the same as yesterday. Does that help, Fred? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-11 07:36 |
| #11 OK - I'll come in late to the party and chime in. Windows XP, IE. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-11 07:35 |
| #10 Looks like it still needs some fine tuning. I guess it'll give me something to do this evening... |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 06:09 |
| #9 Odd -- comments from us non-admin types are showing our email fields instead of our name fields. |
| Posted by: Dar 2009-12-11 04:34 |
| #8 But a similar comment from the Main Page (i.e., as if I were a regular user and not a mod) did NOT come through. All comments Mac, Mac OS X 10.6.x, Safari 4.x |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-11 15:56 |
| #7 ... this is from the Editor. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-11 15:54 |
| #6 Well let's just take this puppy for a test drive ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-11 15:53 |
| #5 Preview on a link post didn't work |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-12-11 03:52 |
| #4 You should get the picture five times when you change your nick, or your browser. Then all should return to normal. I need that to keep bots from inviting all to their casinos and porn sites. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-12-11 03:49 |
| #3 Fred, I continue to get the "please take this test" page. I do like the though of Santa groping a young maiden though... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-12-11 03:36 |
| #2 This one is posted with IE 8, Windows xp |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-11 03:26 |
| #1 If you don't mind, Fred, I can test it on Opera 10, Firefox, and Flock (used to be Navigator) using Windows XP. This comment is posted using Opera 10. I've gotten the same error message I sent you earlier a couple of times today, but that may have been before you made the change. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-11 03:16 |