MrObsessive Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) OK............SIX TIMES yesterday I've tried to give an update on the Shelby project I'm doing. I keep getting a 404 ERROR each time I hit the submit button, and I've flat out given up. Lately, nothing's more frustrating to take the time to put together a coherent post, only to have that effort squashed by constant board bugs. I'm soon about to give up putting out updates all together and just put them on my Fotki page with just a link..........if that'll even post. Edited May 11, 2018 by MrObsessive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Yeah, I've noticed some of the old bugginess has been creeping back in lately. Hmmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 PM Dave Ambrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 It's weird. I get that error message if I post from my home PC, but if I post from my iPad at home or I bring my work laptop home and post from that, then I have no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 There seems to be something about the size of the post that upsets it. Next time it does that, send me a PM with the time. We're still trying to find the root cause. Thanks, Dave Ambrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Here's something that can dull the frustration: Write your post in Word or another program first, then paste it in. Then if the board pukes, you haven't wasted your time. A variation of this is to type your post into the board as normal, then highlight and copy the text before you hit Submit Reply. Then if it pukes, you can paste it into Word or your email program or something and not lose your message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 22 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said: There seems to be something about the size of the post that upsets it. Next time it does that, send me a PM with the time. We're still trying to find the root cause. Thanks, Dave Ambrose I saw Bill in person today and we were talking about it. Bill said his post had no photos (I thought it may have failed due to too many photos). He said there was just a quote, and the rest was the normal text he always uses. He said it was just in that thread. He went to other theads and posted fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Update! OK...............seems as though quoting the person that asked the question in the text box might have been the problem. I went back to that thread (just now), and I had the brainstorm of just getting rid of the quote and just try to post what I said. That worked and my response is now posted. Snake, I think the software in the board is now set up so that in case the post does take a dump due to some kind of issue, going back later on the response is autosaved in that particular thread's text box. I literally just went back after several days, clicked on the text box, and everything that I originally typed was still there. Now that the post is up, if I were to go back to that thread and click on the text box, there's probably a blank page until I put up something new. I don't know why this happened, but it was one VERY frustrating thing. And yes, I've done that in the past when I need to make a very long post that involves pics. Problem is, some Word programs (on some (OS's) don't save the pics, or won't transfer the pics correctly from one format to another. But that is a good idea for simple text as nothing's more frustrating to make a pointed and lengthy post, only for it to go into the cyber byte bucket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Over the past three or four days I have been getting the "404" message on almost every website I open. It is in a small banner across the top of the page. I can click it and it will disappear. I thought maybe I was having some problem with my computer, may I am. Just thought I would mention it here since "404" seems to be the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 9 hours ago, MrObsessive said: Snake, I think the software in the board is now set up so that in case the post does take a dump due to some kind of issue, going back later on the response is autosaved in that particular thread's text box. I literally just went back after several days, clicked on the text box, and everything that I originally typed was still there. It's been that way for a long time now, even before the last general update. I've occasionally found that "feature" useful. Other times it's caused me problems. Sometimes, even with the autosave, it still would never let me post that post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTallDad Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I'm tired of seeing the "Alternate ways" so I thought I'd add a little (probably very little) spot of humor..."Running out of Patience" sounds like a Doctor's nightmare of "Running out of Patients" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 5 hours ago, BigTallDad said: I'm tired of seeing the "Alternate ways" so I thought I'd add a little (probably very little) spot of humor..."Running out of Patience" sounds like a Doctor's nightmare of "Running out of Patients" ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Herajärvi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I have got this "page not found" 404 error also sometimes... Like today i tried update for my garage project, it happened again... Then i just typed "test" and posted that, it did work, but now i cant edit that to make my update visible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 5/13/2018 at 4:54 AM, MrObsessive said: Update! OK...............seems as though quoting the person that asked the question in the text box might have been the problem. I went back to that thread (just now), and I had the brainstorm of just getting rid of the quote and just try to post what I said. That worked and my response is now posted. Snake, I think the software in the board is now set up so that in case the post does take a dump due to some kind of issue, going back later on the response is autosaved in that particular thread's text box. I literally just went back after several days, clicked on the text box, and everything that I originally typed was still there. Now that the post is up, if I were to go back to that thread and click on the text box, there's probably a blank page until I put up something new. I don't know why this happened, but it was one VERY frustrating thing. And yes, I've done that in the past when I need to make a very long post that involves pics. Problem is, some Word programs (on some (OS's) don't save the pics, or won't transfer the pics correctly from one format to another. But that is a good idea for simple text as nothing's more frustrating to make a pointed and lengthy post, only for it to go into the cyber byte bucket! I've had the exact same experience. Nice that at least it's saved so we're not having to remember everything we wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Well it's happening again! I'm trying to send someone a PM that was nice enough to write, and I keep getting the danged "404 Page Not Found Error". Sigh..............I may as well use a carrier pigeon some days to try to get a message through................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 They have said in other threads that they are having some problems and may need to do some maintenance. Patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 59 minutes ago, Miatatom said: They have said in other threads that they are having some problems and may need to do some maintenance. Patience. Yeah, just saw that. I'm just getting up for the day, and saw that someone was PM'ing me about something. Tried to respond and got that ever annoying error message. Just now I was able to get back to them............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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