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Problems replying to post

Blueman202 — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:37:41 GMT

There seems to be a problem sometimes when trying to reply to post. I’ve seen a few comments about it but don’t know if the moderators are aware and if it’s going to be fixed.

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khafka — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:37:41 GMT

Yeah, sadly I think it is just not seen as a priority. The thing is I'm sure there are a couple here (myself included) who could potentially fix the issue I know they're obviously not going to give us free rein over the forum but my point my stands. I even managed to get a fully functioning forum working with all the sub forums this one had and I did it in an afternoon before the general consensus here was it was a bad idea and they wouldn't use it so I nixed it. I don't use this forum anywhere near as much as I used to because of the errors.

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xDanx — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:26:02 GMT

I hate to say it, but given how long this issues has been left ignored. It seems those behind it have simply given up maintaining it.

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Was — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:19:55 GMT

Perhaps Unlock should just archive and reinstall the forum software? Yes it would lose the historic answers but I've typed several replies to recent posts, got the error message and just can't be bothered to type it all in again. A complete forum reset might be best.

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Mark15788 — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:52:24 GMT

I couldn’t get on for about a week I kept getting an error and yes the error messages keep appearing. I gave up asking Unlock as they never respond to the emails.

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Simon1983 — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:32:52 GMT

The error message still shows but the posts are posting if that makes sense have not had any issues yesterday or today

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Mark15788 — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:27:36 GMT

Is it working now?

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Simon1983 — Tue, 25 May 2021 06:56:22 GMT

Sadly not the issue has been reported again, I find that if you click on post reply instead of reply it helps and when the error screen shows once you have posted
click home next to ware it says error and once on the Home Screen click latest and the post should be there

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Mark15788 — Mon, 24 May 2021 18:30:22 GMT

We’re they posted without an error?

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Simon1983 — Mon, 24 May 2021 16:25:47 GMT

Test test test 123 test test

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Simon1983 — Mon, 24 May 2021 16:15:43 GMT

Test test test it was the best of times it was the worst of times test test test

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Mark15788 — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:17:39 GMT

I was getting errors all morning still.

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xDanx — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:44:22 GMT

Someone said fixes might be happening end of the week so fingers crossed

Testing.....

Edit: Error still pops up after posting so I am guessing not

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Ajones10 — Sun, 23 May 2021 20:40:08 GMT

Hi, I've been away from here for a while due to it not working. Is this fixed now?

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Mark15788 — Wed, 19 May 2021 16:32:17 GMT

I spoke to Debbie last week.
Apparently it should be back to normal working order by the end of the week.
Fingers crossed.

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jimmy456 — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:32:33 GMT

The only way I could post a topic was to use a one word title, then a one word first message. Post it, and then go back and edit it, at that point it would let me add as much text as I wanted. It says error, but it still posts. So try replying to posts with a single word, post it, and then go back in and edit it and leave your actual reply.

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xDanx — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:08:52 GMT

Could be many reasons as to what is causing the error, I can only assume from Debbie's post that there is only one person who maintains the forum which is now starting to exceed storage capacity. To add to the complications as mentioned, with lock down rules being applied, the developer may have to work from home and is unable to access the forum to fix the issue. No other choice but to wait it out and hopefully a fix is applied soon.

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Was — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:02:47 GMT

Scrub that. I was able to edit a short post once to add more text that went over that limit(see above). However, this only appears to be allowed once as the edit option disappears after you update it.

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Was — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:56:11 GMT

I wonder if someone has accidentally changed an underlying database field to 255 Text and/or changed its character set?

Test with even more text added by using Edit.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Mark15788 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:07:28 GMT

Agreed, Dan.

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xDanx — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:05:05 GMT

Unfortunately yes issues have persisted for a number of months now. I found anything more than 3 lines of text will fail to post, anything with in will still pop up an error but post will succeed usually.

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jimmy456 — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 23:58:24 GMT

I'm trying to post a topic and keep getting an error, is this a forum issue?

RE: Problems replying to post

Deb S — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:28:08 GMT

Hi All

So sorry for the ongoing problems with theForum. We are continuing to work with our Forum developer to rectify the issues you're having in posting to some of the forum threads.

To free up storage capacity, it may be necessary to permanently archive some of the older posts (those posted prior to 2016) which we intend doing over the weekend of 6 and 7 February 2021. We will of course endeavour to keep any older threads which contain information and advice which is of particular interest or relevance.

In the meantime, may I thank you all for your continued support and don't hesitate to get in touch with the helpline if you require any information or advice.

Debs

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Blueman202 — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:18:41 GMT

Ooh maybe not as positive as first thought then.

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lotsofquer — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:20:50 GMT

I rung Unlock before Christmas and they said they were working on it then and it would hopefully be resolved in a few days. Haven't followed up since then but obviously a few days have passed since then