Are you experiencing seemingly random "blank pages" when clicking

[Elad]

on threads (just the DU logo showing)? I've received scattered complaints about this happening to certain people, and I need a volunteer to help me figure out the problem. If you're currently experiencing this problem and have some time right now that you can work with me via PM and test some things out, please send me a PM.

Thanks!

[Elad]

1. kick n/t

[Lochloosa]

5. Had to kick this one quick today...

:evilgrin:

[Radio_Lady]

35. Hi Elad. I just got the link to this thread. I posted two threads on

the problem Sunday and Monday. In addition to the blank pages, I am locked out of my own journal EXCEPT when I log out of DU! Then, I can see it, but not alter it. I've been all over the block with this over the past two days.

Hope this stays kicked so that "unblock" and "cleita" and a third DUer can get into the act.

[Blue Diadem]

37. Me too Radio Lady!

I've been getting the occasional white page with the DU logo since the switch back in early March. We had some threads about it back then too..I know we're not alone.

I just realized today that I only have the problem when I'm logged in.

[Radio_Lady]

46. Right! This is really discouraging. I hope somebody addresses

this problem soon.

In my case, I can't get to my Journal. I can't even SEE it unless I am LOGGED OUT.

Go figure.

Anybody heard from Elad tonight?

[Radio_Lady]

70. UPDATE: Just looking for "YES" responses to keep this thread on track.

If you are experiencing "Blank Pages" and particularly if you are locked out of your journal.

[Roland99]

2. I haven't noticed anything, myself.

[Radio_Lady]

64. OK Roland 99. Thanks.

[im10ashus]

3. I've not had that problem.

But thanks for the heads-up!

[Lochloosa]

4. Working fine for me...I'll let you know if it happens

Been here all day.

[sabra]

6. nope

[BuyingThyme]

7. no

[Cerridwen]

8. Wish I could help

but all's well here - fyi, in case it's system/browser specific, running windows 2000 pro sp. 4 (please don't hate me, I'm too lazy to convert to *nix), firefox w/adblock enabled and blocking popups, current zonealarm (free edition) and current avg (free edition) running.

wonder if blank pages are caused by a virus scanner or have they re-installed/updated zone alarm or zone alarm type firewall?

My .02 which is my way of kicking this to the top of the page.

[Cleita]

22. Hey, hey!

I just updated my virus scanner.

[Radio_Lady]

65. Cleita, are you still having problems, or did that fix it?

[Cleita]

79. I still had some problems this morning. My files have been

scanned to death so I advised Elad and we'll see what happens from there.

[Radio_Lady]

83. Thanks, Cleita. I'll take you off the list of folks with problems as of

4/05/06

[Elad]

9. kick n/t

[WilliamPitt]

10. Nope

[bananas]

11. no, but I'll k&r because I saw the thread yesterday

and it seems very frustrating for those experiencing it.
Here's the thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x833576

[Radio_Lady]

36. Thanks, Bananas.

[Janice325]

12. Yep

It's happened to me quite a few times in the last few days.
I'll try to send you a PM.
k&r

[Radio_Lady]

58. Janice, did you send a PM to Elad? Just checking.

[Janice325]

66. Yes, I did.

Sorry to take so long to notice your reply.
It's still happening, though.

[Radio_Lady]

68. Thanks for responding. I'm going to start a list of people who are

experiencing the "blank page" problem. I've run into NO ONE who can't get to his/her journal. If you notice anyone with this problem, would you let me know?

Thanks,

Radio_Lady

[Elad]

13. kick n/t

[lpbk2713]

14. Nope. Not at all.

FWIW I use Mozilla 1.7.12 on WinXP.

[highplainsdem]

15. No, but K&R for those having that problem with the site.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

16. Nope. (nt)

[rman]

17. no me, not today, so far

[Neil Lisst]

18. I've been posting a bunch today, and it only happened once

and was fine when I clicked the thread again

[msgadget]

19. No

but yesterday I had to refresh frequently due to Page Not Found errors...didn't stop me from spending WAY too much time here though...

[stop the bleeding]

20. No, sorry I couldn't help but here is a

KICK for ya!

[newyawker99]

21. kick

:kick:

[banana republican]

23. linux mozilla &no problems!@49*(&()*&%!$^^

[Radio_Lady]

98. banana republican, my hubby installed Firefox browser and it has

solved my problem, I think. (I can now get into my own journal.)

I don't know about the Linux...

I'll try and spread the word.

[DearAbby]

24. no problems for me ,,,Kick

[bigwillq]

25. I haven't.

But it seems like DU is running slow for me.

But no blank pages.

[InsultComicDog]

26. It happens every time I click this link

:evilgrin:

[Radio_Lady]

55. Insult, what is the actual URL of the link you are referring to?

Go to the page, copy the URL to your clipboard, and then paste it in a PM to me.

Thanks a bunch.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

27. Mine is working fine

But I'll give this a kick for you. ... :kick: ...

[w8liftinglady]

28. yes...on dial-up

[realFedUp]

29. yes, I have for awhile

I'll pm you.

[KoKo]

30. DU has screwed up my Dial Up by somehow linking into my Earthlink

and not "releasing the connection" so that it get's stuck with some kind of feed that causes me to have to "reboot."

The problem is intermittant...but at least once a week.

Also I just had a DU crash that caused lots of problems with my computer...including ending up in "Safe Mode" and losing my Norton Anti-Virus. I was only on DU at the time it happened so I have to blame you guys...whether you deserve it or not. But, my Computers seized up while scrolling through DU and I started to get blank pages and odd pages when I logged on this morning. I've spent most of the day trying to restore what I had before this happened doing "System Restore" and even having to reinstall my Norton '06 Anti-Virus because a "hang up/lock in to EarthLink" while I was on DU cause everything to disappear.

I don't know or think this is a DU problem...but I did run my SpyBot and Adaware Software just yesterday and my Norton runs once a week...but somehow being on DU has seemed to cause "glitches" that cost me lots of time. My HomePage is Yahoo and then I go to DU Link when I log in every day...so maybe it's YAHOO who has some kind of glitch that's causing it.

Just was letting you know that DU has been acting strangly lately and while I've not had the specific problems DU'er's are reporting today...I did have OTHER PROBLEMS TODAY...and I've had DU SEIZE my Earthlink and not let go until I rebooted for the last month or so...

I hope some of this helps but it may have nothing to do with DU...I just notice things ....but I'm not too Computer Savvy when it comes to HTML and some tech stuff. I just notice when I have a BIG PROBLEM...and search back to when it happened. :shrug:

Good Luck!

[Radio_Lady]

50. Koko01, again, my husband was up until 4 AM this morning working

through Microsoft STOP error.

Again, I am not blaming the DU, because I was doing other research on the Internet last evening.

My husband has warned me that it looks like the problem is NOT solved. He did everything he could to check out this machine, including repairing Microsoft Windows from an update, as well as cleaning the disk with Norton AV (we have the latest one), Ad-Aware and Spybot, as well as Microsoft's anti-spyware.

This afternoon, my husband plans to install Firefox on this machine, and I will let him do it ASAP.

I do hope the administrators of this site take these complaints very seriously.

I am willing to have Elad or EarlG or Skinner PM me directly and will work with them in any way to fix the problem. This disruption is causing me to rethink my involvement with this site completely.

I really like the journaling, but am telling people with whom I work that the site has been acting strangely and I am attempting to solve the problem.

Can somebody pin this thread so we can get to it easily?

Thanks so much.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[Ksec]

31. No , not me

Im on a dial up and have had no problems like that/

[Radio_Lady]

32. Elad, I've sent you PMs about this. Can't open my own journal!

I'm willing to work with you, but not tonight.

It's first night at "Broadway in Portland" Tuesday, April 4. Just saw this thread.

I'll PM you later or tomorrow. I'd like to get this straightened out.

Thanks a lot.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[David Zephyr]

33. No.

Not so far.

[Radio_Lady]

34. Elad, you posted this Tuesday AM. I didn't see it until now 5:45 PM PT.

We're going to the Keller Auditorium for the premiere of "Joseph..." at 7:30 PM and won't be back until late.

I would love to work with you in any way I can -- are you available Wednesday 4/5?

You can also call me at my home. I believe I sent you my telephone number in one of the previous PMs. I'll send it again when I get back

Thanks so much for getting the word out.

Radio_Lady

[seabeyond]

38. no n/t

[AuntiBush]

39. Yes... for days now.

Many links take me straight to a Microsoft main page. Been happening all week, and began sometime last last week.

[KoKo]

42. That's odd...because today...DU kept taking me back to Yahoo front

page and yesterday it kept linking me to the WaPo and other sites that weren't in a thread I was reading or had linked too. You kept getting a Microsoft page and I kept getting Yahoo and WaPo and one other that I can't remember. I thought it was my Computer then DU then I didn't know what it was...but DU link did keep seizing my internet connection and wouldn't let it go when I tried to get out of it.. Maybe it's just my computer with the weird page thing but it's been seizing up on DU for awhile now. :crazy:

Maybe it's just the weather...Sun Spots.

[EarlG]

48. There's one explanation for the Microsoft problem

And I'm not suggesting that this is the same problem you're
having, but this has happened to me a couple of times:

When people create hyperlinks in message board posts on DU,
they do it using the following code...

[link:www.yoururl.com|Hyperlink Text]

Note that the "http://" before the "www"
has to be dropped, because the message board software adds it
in automatically.  Now, sometimes people forget to leave out
the "http://" like so:

[link:http://www.yoururl.com|Hyperlink Text]

If this happens the software writes http:// into the link
twice, and to your browser the link will look like this:

http://http://www.yoururl.com

Here's the kicker - if you're using Firefox and you type
something it doesn't recognize as a valid web address into the
address bar it will try to perform a Google search on what you
entered, and send you automatically to the number one Google
result (like doing an "I'm Feeling Lucky" search).
  
You can test this out by simply typing the word
"idiots" into your Firefox address bar, hitting
enter, and seeing what comes up :)

However, in the case of the mistyped URL above, Firefox gets
confused and performs a search on the phrase
"http://" 

And the top result for "http://" on Google is - you
guessed it - www.microsoft.com

You can test this out by going to www.google.com, entering
http:// and hitting "I'm Feeling Lucky."

Anyway, like I said, that might not be the problem you're
having but it's happened to me on more than one occasion.

[Radio_Lady]

52. EarlG, this is very interesting information. Good to know, but ---

I am still using the old fashioned way to get to links.

I have noticed that the link will (sometimes work) without the http://

So my journal link would be: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady

That is how I am describing it.

How would the "www" get involved there? It is dropped completely in the link above.

So, I type in the full url.

What happens if I just type: journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady. Not recognized as a real URL.

What about if I type: www.journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady Is that an appropriate address.

I know that www.democraticunderground.com does work.

The problem is that somehow the coding to my own journal has been corrupted somehow so that I can't open it when I am logged in. I can see it when I am logged out.

Pretty frustrated at this point.

Sorry...

[Radio_Lady]

53. In the above post, I cannot open either link to my journal.

However, I am able to open the last link to the DU.

Ho-ho-ho, is this my own personal Christmas bag of coal -- early? I've tried to be a good girl this year, Santa baby, but I have lots of months to go.

[Radio_Lady]

60. Here's another oddity. I can't open my journal BUT I can get to the

Journal Control Page.

However, from there, I still cannot link to my journal itself.

[Janice325]

75. Radio_Lady, for what it's worth, when I tried to click on your

journal link, I just got the blank screen with the DU logo. When I tried the second one, I got the "page cannot be displayed" message.
I was able to pull up the www.democraticunderground.com link properly.

[Radio_Lady]

77. Great. If that is true, then my worst suspicions are confirmed.

People now cannot get into my journal at all, DUers or others.

This problem is worse than I thought.

Thanks.

[Blue Diadem]

81. I also tried to get to your journal from the journal icon

at the top of the page. I get the same thing..white blank page with the DU logo. I'm wondering if people who aren't having the problems we are can see your journal?

I also couldn't get to your post that I'm responding to right now by clicking on it in the regular thread. Luckily the view all works and the problem doesn't seem to affect that..at least for me it doesn't.

[Blue Diadem]

78. That's what I got too

Blank screen/DU logo, then page cannot be displayed, then the last link worked fine.

[Radio_Lady]

80. Thanks to all who are trying to help.

So:

http://www.journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady

www.journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady

Can anybody get ANY of these to open if you are logged in?

Try logging out of DU and then try to open them.

Thanks.

[Blue Diadem]

84. just logged out and

1st link- page cannot be displayed

2nd link - worked fine..actually saw your journal!!


3rd link -page cannot be displayed

And I clicked on the journal icon at the top of the page..went to your journal and it worked fine..as long as I'm logged out.

[Radio_Lady]

86. Go figure, OVCO.

I think I need a shot of Scotch tonight.

But then I remember how bad it tasted to me when we went to Scotland. Just the fumes in the distillery made me nauseated.

I'd take a hot bath but I have sutures in my hand from surgery Monday.

Maybe this is an April Fool's Day that's gone on WAY TOO LONG.

On top of everything, my husband just cancelled our trip to Paris (rioting in the streets near the Eiffel Tower) scheduled on Delta Airlines (pilots striking?).

If the Fates are willing, we'll get to London and Edinburgh and New York City next month.

[philosophie_en_rose]

40. I've had this problem a lot.

I have a few minutes, if you need a guinea pig. It generally happens with popular threads, after clicking "view all."



I am taken to a blank white page with the Democratic Underground logo on it.

[Radio_Lady]

82. Interesting. I am finding that if the original post is accessible, and

I open up the "VIEW ALL" option, that seems to cure the problem.

It's when I try to link to just the subject line that I get into trouble.

[Anita Garcia]

41. I get them and I sent you PM

[proud patriot]

43. I'll kick this

in the hopes that all who are having this
problem see this thread .

[Radio_Lady]

69. Thanks for this, proud patriot. Hope we get a resolution soon.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[ms liberty]

44. Yes, I've been having that, too

In fact, just now I clicked on the "Smore Gore" thread on the greatest page and got the blank page. It's been happening for a while now, since about the time the journals were added or soon after. I am on dial-up too, if that means anything, I see others have mentioned it.

[Zinfandel]

45. No.

[hopeisaplace]

47. YES! for weeks now. Very frustrating!

thanks for bringing this up, I've been meaning to ask about it.

[unblock]

49. yes! i was hoping for some confimation on the timing

i think one of the recent du upgrades triggered this.
i suppose it's possible that an ie patch triggered it, but i don't recall installing any ie patches in the last month, nor does this problem exist on any site other than du.

[carolinalady]

56. I know when mine started-about two days after DU journals were

added. (If this helps).

[Radio_Lady]

59. I agree with this timing. I recall getting blank pages a few times then

but didn't think anything of it. However, when it became persistent -- after I created a journal -- and now I can't get to the journal AT ALL while logged in... it kinda blew my mind.

Thanks for the post.

[WillyT]

51. Everything Fine Here !!!

:yourock:

[carolinalady]

54. You know I am Elad-just saw this thread. Still having problems.

Thanks for pursuing it. :)

[Radio_Lady]

57. Is your subject line garbled? YOU are Elad? What?

I'm confused by your post, carolina lady. Please repost and explain what you meant.

Thanks...

[carolinalady]

92. sorry Radio_Lady- I have been exchanging e-mails with Elad

about this problem for over a week. That is why I said that. I hope this clears it up and sorry I did not post earlier. Hubby and I play the stocks and when he gets home from work he dominates the computer looking at charts and such.

[Jersey Devil]

61. Never happened to me ever (nt)

nt

[Radio_Lady]

63. Thanks for the "DON'T HAVE IT" posts... appreciate it, but --

perhaps we should leave this thread for the few or several people who ARE experiencing the problem.

If you have something POSITIVE or A SUGGESTION to try, that would be helpful.

Thank you for your cooperation.

[Jersey Devil]

73. Are you the Thread Monitor?

Knowing how many are not having a problem seems to me to be just as important as how many are having a problem, but then again I am not blessed with your divine wisdom.

Pardon me for trying to be helpful. Next time I reply to a post I will of course ask your permission in advance.

[carolinalady]

93. A funny thing -when I was trying to open the resonse to your post

above this one it was BLANK! Guess that poster does not understand the frustration..... :)

[Radio_Lady]

62. Here is a former link on this subject of blank pages --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=833576&mesg_id=833576

[Catchawave]

67. I'm fine, from AOL too ! n/t

[Radio_Lady]

72. See above. Looking for YES respondents. please.

Don't respond if you're NOT having the problem, only if you ARE or have something POSITIVE to contribute.

Thank you for your cooperation.

[Catchawave]

88. Sorry, then consider me a kick !?!

Just thought reporting in from a cranky ISP would help. D'oh me :hi:

[Radio_Lady]

90. No problem. Cranky ISPs are par for the course. Although I must

admit, Comcast cable has been delightful, although expensive. Way better than AT&T.

[Janice325]

71. kick

I'm still having the problem.
I'm on BellSouth DSL

[Radio_Lady]

74. Janice 325 and others with the problem: I'm adding you to a master

list I have open in MS Word.

I should be able to post a comprehensive list of those with the problem within a couple of hours. It is now 2:45 PM Pacific Time.

Stay tuned.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[Janice325]

76. Cool!!!

Thanks a bunch.:yourock:

[Radio_Lady]

85. 4/05/06 These are SCREEN NAMES of people experiencing blank pages.

PM me if you want to be on or off this list.

I will keep it updated the best I can in an MS word document, as well on on this thread.

I have asked for the thread to be pinned until we resolve this issue.

Thanks everybody.


Anita Garcia
AuntiBush
carolinalady
hopeisaplace
Janice325
KoKo01
ms liberty
OurVotesCount-Ohio
philosophie_en_rose
realFedUp
Unblock
w8liftinglady
Zen Democrat

[Radio_Lady]

87. Kick for this evening.

[Kerrytravelers]

89. I keep getting the page about a "bug".

I hit the back button, copy my post, click back to the topic list and then go back to the OP. When I paste my copied post into the reply page, it seems to work.

I don't know why I keep getting a bug.


Maybe I"m "buggin'" someone? :blush: Sorry. I know. That wasn't just bad, it was :spank: bad.

[seito]

91. Yes

I've been having a problem with random blank pages for several weeks.

[Radio_Lady]

97. Thanks, seito. I've added you to the list I am keeping. Elad is

working on this.

Have you tried refreshing the page? Some people report that that works. (It didn't for me.)

Does the page start to load, then stall, or does it just go immediately to the blank page? My experience is that the "hourglass" showing that the computer is working/thinking -- never appears.

I did find that going to the PARENT THREAD of the ORIGINAL POSTER, then choosing VIEW ALL, and then SCROLLING DOWN to the selected page -- seemed to allow me to at least see the page normally.

Good luck!

List as of 04/06/06

Anita Garcia
AuntiBush
carolinalady
Cleita
hopeisaplace
Janice325
KoKo01
ms liberty
OurVotesCount-Ohio
philosophie_en_rose
realFedUp
seito
Unblock
w8liftinglady
Zen Democrat

[carolinalady]

94. kick for night shift

[0007]

95. No!

[carolinalady]

96. kick n/t

[realFedUp]

99. can't read this one today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x870963