Can’t Access Forums April 29, 2023, 03:13:31 pm Has anyone other than me had problems this past week accessing the Technical and/or the General Info forums from the home page? I’m using an iPad, just like I’ve been doing for years. However, when I click to open either of these two forums, I get a grey page with a couple of tiny boxes. Tapping anywhere on the pages gets nothing. An example is attached. The other forums’ buttons work just fine. I get the list of unread posts and click on each to read. So, what’s happening with the Tech and General? Thx, Jon
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #1 – April 29, 2023, 05:49:17 pm Jon, no problem here using an iPad also.
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #2 – April 29, 2023, 07:23:05 pm I have the same problem. On iPad. It was fine yesterday.
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #3 – April 29, 2023, 08:06:38 pm Hi, Well nothing has changed at the Forum (that I know of), but I had a windows update two days ago, and since then, I've had my laptop lock up 3 times in the last two days requiring me to exit, and re-enter. Not just the Forum. It has never happened before. Other than that, I can't help from here. No Apple devices here. Just ancient Windows, or Android stuff. RonB
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #4 – April 30, 2023, 12:20:09 pm All good here too using Macbook Pro and iPhone.Matt
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #5 – April 30, 2023, 08:06:51 pm I'm on my MacBook Air now but I tried it on my iPad and Technical was ok but General showed up blank like your pic. I did a little experiment and found that taping on any of the page-number blocks (i.e. [1] [2] [3] etc.) in the grey area brought up the full page contents. From there I could click another page-number block to navigate further. However if I used the Safari Back button, it would take me back eventually to the blank grey page. Weird... I'm assuming it has something to do with the way iPad's Safari browser does page cache.- JohnUpdate: For probably over a year now I've had trouble logging on with my iPad but not the MacBook or Windows laptop. About 50% of the time when I first login using the iPad, that is to say the first time of the day, it fails. It appears that I've typed the wrong password. It doesn't matter how deliberate I am typing my password, making sure I don't make a mistake, it will fail anyway. Going back and trying again will always log me in. This only happens the first time of the day and only on the iPad. Subsequent logins are always successful. So.. I've compensated by not typing any password on the first attempt of the day and just let it fail, then hit the back button and use my correct password... bingo, I'm logged in. Just an oddity of owning an Apple
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #6 – May 01, 2023, 01:50:55 am Hey John,I exclusively use an iPad to read the forums for years, with Safari. No issues.Suspect there is something configured differently with your Safari, like extensions, or maybe one of the experimental features was enabled.Try going to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Experimental features > Reset to defaultsDo you have any other browsers installed like Chrome?
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #8 – May 01, 2023, 09:57:39 am Quote from: Dave Katleman - May 01, 2023, 01:50:55 amHey John,I exclusively use an iPad to read the forums for years, with Safari. No issues.Suspect there is something configured differently with your Safari, like extensions, or maybe one of the experimental features was enabled.Try going to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Experimental features > Reset to defaultsDo you have any other browsers installed like Chrome?Hi Dave,My iPad is a 6th generation so it’s about 5 years old and I’m running the latest iOS 16.4.1. I looked at Safari experimental features and there were a lot of them, some turned on and some turned off. I don’t believe I’ve ever enabled/disabled any of them but I did a reset to defaults to make sure. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have to see if it makes any difference.- John
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #9 – May 01, 2023, 03:36:40 pm Thanks for the tips. I did reset Safari back to defaults, then rebooted, then opened the forum. No joy. Technical and General open to the gray pages with the tiny numbered boxes. Clicking on the tiny box labeled “1” took me to the beginning of a thread from three weeks back. Not helpful to say the least. Again, the other forum categories open just fine just like always. Baffled. — Jon
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #10 – May 19, 2023, 07:53:13 pm I just discovered a workaround on my iPad: rotate the display 90 degrees, and then back. Happiness!
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #11 – May 22, 2023, 04:25:59 pm Keith, I just saw your post and immediately tried the rotation ploy. Sigh. No joy. Still can’t understand why it only happens on the technical and general forums but not the others, which all work fine. ☹️ — Jon
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #12 – May 22, 2023, 11:53:04 pm I access the forum with a Chrome Book and all my access appears good. Jon
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #13 – May 23, 2023, 10:06:00 am Hello Jon & Loni. We have an iPad that is updated with the current iOS. In order to try to help you or at least give you feedback, I tried to open those pages you mentioned above with our iPad. I experienced the exact same issue. So it’s clearly not something you’re doing. I’m going to try to find a solution and I’ll follow up with any results.
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #14 – May 23, 2023, 10:29:49 am A quick follow up. I experienced the same issue with the iPad Edge browser, Firefox and Safari so the issue is not related to a browser setting. I disabled our Ad Blocker and some other security features which did not resolve the problem. It’s not an issue with our computer using Edge or Firefox with strong security features. It’s not an issue with Safari on my iPhone 13. My conclusion is it’s an inherent problem with iPad’s recent iOS. I wish I could help more.
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #15 – May 25, 2023, 06:04:43 pm Thanks, Ed. I think you’re right that it’s an iOS update glitch. I’m having some new problems with my iPhone 13pro where it will not open some web pages from a link embedded in a text message or email. Very maddening. I googled that issue and found others complaining of the same thing, but no fixes. All Apple help says is to make sure you’re on the latest version and to reboot. No help at all, and it seems they’re stonewalling that an OS problem exists. I used to despise Microsoft, but Apple seems to be no better these days. — Jon 1 Likes
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #16 – May 25, 2023, 09:20:13 pm Can’t buy into the latest iOS being the culprit, both my iPad and iPhone are kept up to date, both currently at 16.5No problems encountered.Is there a specific link someone can post that reproduces the issue? Would be helpful for debugging (yes my former life bleeding in here)
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #17 – May 26, 2023, 02:22:50 am The “link” is just clicking on the Technical Folder of the Forum on iPad. It first showed up for me on my iPad after the 16.4.1(a) update - I never experienced it previously. It doesn’t occur on iPhone or Mac.
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #18 – May 26, 2023, 02:42:09 am Quote from: Keith S - May 26, 2023, 02:22:50 amThe “link” is just clicking on the Technical Folder of the Forum on iPad. It first showed up for me on my iPad after the 16.4.1(a) update - I never experienced it previously. It doesn’t occur on iPhone or Mac.So this LINK Which is “https://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?board=2.0”
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #19 – May 26, 2023, 03:26:19 pm Yes, Dave. On my iPad, when I clicked on the link in your post I got the gray page with the little numbered boxes. Nothing else. — Jon 1 Likes
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #20 – May 26, 2023, 10:02:20 pm That's odd... I still have the problem when clicking on LAZY DAZE FORUMS / Lazy Daze General Info & Discussions but not when clicking on LAZY DAZE FORUMS / Lazy Daze Technical or when clicking on Dave's link. Dave's link is for Technical so that's why I don't see the problem with his link. I’m using Safari on my gen 6 iPad with IOS 16.5 installed.- John
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #21 – May 27, 2023, 09:38:51 am What happens when you use the "New Posts" button rather than trying to access the individual forums? Do the Technical and General posts show up?
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #22 – May 27, 2023, 01:33:54 pm New Posts does show all new posts. That was my workaround before I discovered the rotation hack.
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #23 – May 27, 2023, 03:56:38 pm Our workaround for both the technical and general forums is to use the “recent topics” buttons from the home page. But that’s a slow process. Again, the other forums work just fine. Weird. This is a problem only on the iPad, not on my iPhone, so it’s gotta be some iPad update issue? — Jon
Re: Can’t Access Forums Reply #24 – July 04, 2023, 04:25:06 pm Update! Problem resolved itself. Without any action on our part, the forum tech and general messages started working just fine. I know there has been a recent iOS update, so maybe that was the cure. Is the problem solved for you others that had similar difficulties? Hope so. — Jon&Loni
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