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Offline Robert

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Shoutbox hangs when entering the forum
« on: October 17, 2018, 02:02:38 am »
Like it says. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Today I entered the forum and went to do other things. 2 hours later the shoutbox still has nothing and the little windows circle is going round and round.

Also, I when it *does* work, I noticed the entries are out of date order - it's impossible to follow a conversation.

Any chance of fixing it?

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Re: Shoutbox hangs when entering the forum
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2018, 04:39:14 am »
Hmm, it might be because you are using the non default skin, because for me the shoutbox seems to be working great.
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Re: Shoutbox hangs when entering the forum
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2018, 05:13:22 am »
It hangs a lot for me lately, but I figure it's more likely a function of my internet connection than the forum software. I just have to refresh whenever I see the circling icon stuck.

I've never seen the messages out of order, though.
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Re: Shoutbox hangs when entering the forum
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2018, 07:42:26 am »
I think the messages out of order might have been a mistake on my part. The date-time format has a pipe character which confused me until I just took a closer look. Now I can see it is in order.

[18|Oct 11:23 PM]

This time the shoutbox appeared straight away. I'll see how it goes in future.

Even though I use 24 hour time in my preferences, the shoutbox shows AM and PM, but I assume that's because the shoutbox is different software to the forum.
« Last Edit: October 17, 2018, 07:46:51 am by Robert »
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Re: Shoutbox hangs when entering the forum
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2018, 08:20:47 am »

I thought the messages-out-of-sequence problem was perhaps just an optical illusion, because the important topics (my undercrackers,  <Pigger> and butter, b***ball talk, did Barra say something was ok or not, etc. ) are always being interrupted and intercut with nonsense about 40-year-old video games -  creating the unfortunate impression to new users that Shouty is full of non-sequential, ill-informed gibberish. 
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Re: Shoutbox hangs when entering the forum
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2018, 10:25:42 am »
Oh, I see the circle thing too now.  Just press F4, and most likely it'll go away if you do it often enough. :)
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