Is it Chrome, my Cookie Settings, or BikeForums
05-22-23 | 01:36 PM
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From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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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 | 03:28 PM
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Bikes: Hi-Ten bike boomers, a Trek Domane and some projects
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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From: Germany
Bikes: 80s Alan Super Record, 79' Somec Special, 90s Rossin(?) Columbus Ego Triathlon, previously: Bianchi SBX Reparto Corse (stolen) and so on...
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
05-22-23 | 04:02 PM
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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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From: Niagara Region, Canada
Bikes: 1970s Alex Singer, 1960s Peugeot PX 10, 1960s Bertin C37, 1973 Carre Bertin C 37, 1972 Carlton Kermesse, 1981 Peugeot PX 14 Super Competition
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.
Last edited by bertinjim; 05-23-23 at 01:46 PM.
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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05-22-23 | 09:47 PM
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Bikes: It's complicated.
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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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
05-22-23 | 09:50 PM
#15
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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From: Ann Arbor, MI
Bikes: 1980 Masi, 1984 Mondonico, 1984 Trek 610, 1980 Woodrup Giro, 2005 Mondonico Futura Leggera ELOS, 1967 PX10E, 1971 Peugeot UO-8
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 | 09:29 AM
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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Ship hattens.
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05-23-23 | 10:03 AM
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From: Bastrop Texas
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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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Last edited by zandoval; 05-23-23 at 10:16 AM.
05-23-23 | 12:56 PM
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From: Germany
Bikes: 80s Alan Super Record, 79' Somec Special, 90s Rossin(?) Columbus Ego Triathlon, previously: Bianchi SBX Reparto Corse (stolen) and so on...
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.
05-23-23 | 01:34 PM
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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
05-23-23 | 02:21 PM
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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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From: Germany
Bikes: 80s Alan Super Record, 79' Somec Special, 90s Rossin(?) Columbus Ego Triathlon, previously: Bianchi SBX Reparto Corse (stolen) and so on...
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.
Last edited by Lattz; 05-23-23 at 03:16 PM.