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Hello everyone,
Faithful Hey Dullblog commenter Hologram Sam and others have mentioned having issues when loading the site or accessing comments, so Michael G. and I had the tech specialist we consult, Josh, take a thorough look at things. After running numerous malware checks and usability tests, Josh concluded that the site looks free of identifiable issues. He suggested that users who are having difficulty may want to run some checks on the devices they are using, to see if the issue is coming from that end. Here’s his specific advice:
“It could be a browser extension causing the issue, or it could be a security issue on the computer itself. If another user experiences this, if they could take some screen shots or grab the URL it forwards them to, that might help in the future in terms of looking into the issue on either side. My recommendation would be to tell the users the issue has been fixed, but if anyone experiences another problem like the one described, please take some screenshots, record the URL it forwards them to, and email it to you. I can look into it further if that occurs.”
I’d add that sometimes clearing the browser cache helps. Please do let us know if you’re having difficulties and send us as much information as possible, in the way of screen shots or URLs.
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As of yesterday, 5 May, I no longer encountered the problem so if he did make a tweak it did work.
I probably should have been more specific when I first mentioned it in case others notice(d) it. Oddly, on this browser running on a Samsung tablet, it was occuring only on the times after I had cleared the cache, cookies, and all other artifacts of a browsing session. This led me to believe the re-direct was looking to see if it had already dropped a cookie. If not, then it would run the code.
Second, it occurred a few months ago but then no sign of it until a couple of weeks ago.
I’ll keep an eye open for it and if it re-occurs I will grab a screen shot and as many other diagnostics as possible.
Thank you very much for looking into this as your tech rep is correct in saying that it can be a user issue just as much as something embedded on the site.
I haven’t had any issues since that one morning when the “Linda on keyboards” post attempted an automatic download of something I couldn’t identify.
Similar things are happening across the web. I don’t know why. For a few weeks all disqus powered blogs were infested with bots that automatically and instantly upvoted every comment, in addition to leaving the usual “I was sad when I lost my job but then I found this surefire way to make thousands of dollars every week on my computer” spam.
HeyDullBlog looks great and I love all the features.
I’m glad to see the “I’m going to go with Linda on keyboards” post is full of comments without anyone mentioning glitches. I admire the way our bloghost (like the mayor of a frontier town where some cattle have been stricken holds up a cup of well water to the worried population while intoning “Observe! No ill effects as I drink deeply!”) has set an example that it’s safe to poke around here again.
Hi Nancy! My last few comments on Faiths new piece about Revolver are being shown on the recent comments page, but are not appearing on the story itself. This hasn’t happened before.
Just wondering if it’s on my end or yours.
Thanks!
Tasmin, that’s a new one. No idea why that would be happening.
I’m having almost the opposite problem. Sometimes comments that are deep in the nesting don’t show up on the recent comments page, so I don’t realise someone has responded to me.
About 10 minutes after I wrote to you, it was fixed. I don’t know either!?
Thanks for replying.
I see the drop down menu option for Recent Comments has returned to the main menu. Most excellent and thank you for digging into this.
I like this feature as it allows the reader to see just how many comments have been posted since last checking. The listing of recent comments at the bottom of any one page only shows five so some might be hidden.
I got an error recently (500 internal server error) when trying to post a comment. I tried mailing webmaster@heydullblog.com (as suggested on the error page) but the email bounced.
@meaigs, how is it now? All good? We have a tech guy fixing some stuff; we get hacked pretty regularly.
The error hasn’t resurfaced. Would you like me to try mailing the webmaster address?