Is it Chrome, my Cookie Settings, or BikeForums
05-22-23, 01:36 PM
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Is it Chrome, my Cookie Settings, or BikeForums?
Who is responsible for throwing away my posts?
For the third time recently, I spent about 30 minutes composing a post, adding pictures, editing-out my typos, and eventually pressing "Post". Even though I was logged in before I started, I was redirected to a login page. Perhaps I type too slowly, and my session timed out? Whatever: I logged in again, and them was redirected to a blank New Thread page. All of my carefully-composed content is gone, apparently forever.
In creating this post, I entered the title and one line, and clicked post. That worked! Then I edited the post to add the rest of the content.
Does anyone else have similar issues? Or is it because I'm an electrical engineer?
For the third time recently, I spent about 30 minutes composing a post, adding pictures, editing-out my typos, and eventually pressing "Post". Even though I was logged in before I started, I was redirected to a login page. Perhaps I type too slowly, and my session timed out? Whatever: I logged in again, and them was redirected to a blank New Thread page. All of my carefully-composed content is gone, apparently forever.
In creating this post, I entered the title and one line, and clicked post. That worked! Then I edited the post to add the rest of the content.
Does anyone else have similar issues? Or is it because I'm an electrical engineer?
Last edited by SquireBlack; 05-22-23 at 01:41 PM. Reason: To add the content!
05-22-23, 01:37 PM
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05-22-23, 02:34 PM
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Copy your posts to the clipboard next time.
Also, click Remember Me when you log in.
Also, click Remember Me when you log in.
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05-22-23, 02:34 PM
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Yes, a quick reply is a trouble spot
a number of posts just never get recomposed
a number of posts just never get recomposed
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This has happened to me numerous times when I don't click the remember me box.
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05-22-23, 03:28 PM
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I've started a post before and got called away from my computer and came back to finish it. When I clicked post, the same thing happened to me. I suppose there is a time limit for the post window to be open before the forum software bails out.
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05-22-23, 03:47 PM
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Remember me AND Cookies enabled in the browser (and accepted not just close the dialog when the site asks for it) otherwise It still might not remember
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Who is responsible for throwing away my posts?
For the third time recently, I spent about 30 minutes composing a post, adding pictures, editing-out my typos, and eventually pressing "Post". Even though I was logged in before I started, I was redirected to a login page. Perhaps I type too slowly, and my session timed out? Whatever: I logged in again, and them was redirected to a blank New Thread page. All of my carefully-composed content is gone, apparently forever.
In creating this post, I entered the title and one line, and clicked post. That worked! Then I edited the post to add the rest of the content.
Does anyone else have similar issues? Or is it because I'm an electrical engineer?
For the third time recently, I spent about 30 minutes composing a post, adding pictures, editing-out my typos, and eventually pressing "Post". Even though I was logged in before I started, I was redirected to a login page. Perhaps I type too slowly, and my session timed out? Whatever: I logged in again, and them was redirected to a blank New Thread page. All of my carefully-composed content is gone, apparently forever.
In creating this post, I entered the title and one line, and clicked post. That worked! Then I edited the post to add the rest of the content.
Does anyone else have similar issues? Or is it because I'm an electrical engineer?
Open two browser windows (or tabs) to bikeforums
In one window use the quick reply or the other reply
finish your post but don't click anything.
Switch to the second window and refresh it.
Log in if you need to
Switch back to the window/tab with your post in it and click post or reply whichever is applicable.
It'll post.
05-22-23, 04:34 PM
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Click on the quick reply. Write your post, add photos etc. Once finished, you will have timed out even though your page is unchanged. Use your mouse to roll over and highlight your material. Right click and copy. Then click Post and you will be directed to log in. Do so, select the Quick Reply in the thread you were previously in and then paste in your previously saved material. Click on post and done.
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Chrome created problems in my universe so I stuck with Firefox. Never lose content unless I do something stupid.
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3rd vote for clicking "Remember me" when logging in.
05-22-23, 08:56 PM
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I just chalk it up to, “Wasn’t meant to be.” If I re-compose, well then, it was.
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I think it's a combination of your cookie settings and/or not selecting "remember me". I have no problem staying logged in for weeks at a time.
05-22-23, 09:47 PM
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It was probably a crappy post. The algo analyzed, then rejected it.
We've got standards here, you know.
We've got standards here, you know.
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Click on the quick reply. Write your post, add photos etc. Once finished, you will have timed out even though your page is unchanged. Use you mouse to roll over and highlight your material. Right click and copy. Then click Post and you will be directed to log in. Do so, select the Quick Reply in the thread you were previously in and then paste in your previously saved material. Click on post and done.
05-22-23, 10:55 PM
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I've had this happen a lot. This is not in my experience a site where you can write a term paper to answer peoples' questions, unfortunately!
05-23-23, 09:26 AM
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Yep... That's the ticket. It may not be your Browser or the Forum's site. There are timers that on some sites will log you out automatically but I don't think bikeforums.net is one of those. Also the problem may be on your end due to your equipment timing out or resetting. When I spend allot of time creating a post I too will copy to the clip board to save the work before posting just in case of a failure.
PM me if ya this does not work for you. There are other issues like key words and file sizes that have been an issue on my posts and caused posting failures...
PM me if ya this does not work for you. There are other issues like key words and file sizes that have been an issue on my posts and caused posting failures...
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I have 2 browsers on my corp PC, Edge is set up to not keep anything, no hostory, no cookies, nothing. It is a PITA sometimes, since our company is using a central identity management and every time I open corp stuff, I have to authenticate, instead of benefitting from the single sign-on, but I don't want Edge to collect trash where work happens. However I set my Firefox up with keeping cookies, history and everything. I have logged in to bikeforums last year =when I got the current PC, but the setup was the same with the predecessor as well), and it lets me in directly and never times out.
Earlier I experienced the timeout on my phone, but most likely I allow cookies there since I got a new one as it works like FFox on the PC.
Earlier I experienced the timeout on my phone, but most likely I allow cookies there since I got a new one as it works like FFox on the PC.
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Does it accept for the session and dump on log out or is just set to reject?
Your solution would be a portable app run from a usb stick
There are a collection of browsers that run from usb. you have complete control and it saves whatever you tell it to.
Most of them are free. here's a google search showing some
https://www.google.com/search?q=portable+usb+browsers
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A lot of employers frown upon, or just outright block, running apps from plugged in external media.
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it's up to the admin, some that I know don't stop what doesn't try to write to anything but the removable drive it's running from.
But some stop all. Security.
05-23-23, 03:11 PM
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That sounds like an LoL company. Lots of Lawyers.
Does it accept for the session and dump on log out or is just set to reject?
Your solution would be a portable app run from a usb stick
There are a collection of browsers that run from usb. you have complete control and it saves whatever you tell it to.
Most of them are free. here's a google search showing some
https://www.google.com/search?q=portable+usb+browsers
Does it accept for the session and dump on log out or is just set to reject?
Your solution would be a portable app run from a usb stick
There are a collection of browsers that run from usb. you have complete control and it saves whatever you tell it to.
Most of them are free. here's a google search showing some
https://www.google.com/search?q=portable+usb+browsers
Regarding removable media, earlier I pretty much abused the corp pc. But a few years ago when one of the global ransomware attacks happened everywhere and we didn't lose a single machine while being in every country, I realized, how bad that would be if it was my PC which let it in in a global network.
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