Can someone explain the process to "reply" to posts?

Hi Swifter,

Have you tried clicking the Compatibility symbol in you address bar and clearing your Internet cache (I use CCleaner for this – it allows you to store cookies which you don’t want to delete which means you can remain permanently logged in to a site)
I haven’t had a problem with this forum but I have had other cases where the only answer was a different browser. I always keep a second one on board just in case of problems. Don’t know which browser you are using at the moment but, assuming IE,
Opera, Firefox or Safari are well worth a try.

Hope you get it sorted out.

Alternatively type “+1” and use Google as advised. It’s very effective.:eagerness:

And while we’re about it, where’s the ‘Like’ button?

Add a working search function to the list as well.

Time out

Hello:

Thank you to those who have replied to my thread in the historic aviation section yesterday. Although I am a registered user and I do “log in” before attempting to reply to posts, this site has rebuffed all attempts I’ve made at replying. The FAQs section is of no help. Every time I try to just reply by typing my message and clicking “reply”, I receive an error message stating…”You do not have permission to perform this action. Refresh your page and log in”. But I am logged in! The FAQs section is of no help. And the site has no “contact us” link to talk with the folks who run this site, to obtain assistance! So I’m hoping someone can share with me whatever black magic one must know to successfully “reply” to existing posts on this site.

Thank you in advance to anyone who responds with helpful hints to this inquiry. It’s not at all clear I’ll be able to convey thanks in reply to any information you provide.

Swifter

The computer servers hosting forums typically ‘time out’ at a predetermined period. Imagine if you are posting your reply then your kid comes up to you and complains that “all you do is sit in front of the computer on that bl*#dy forum”. So you get up to have a jump on the trampoline with your kid, then your foot goes through the springs and you go head over and snap your collarbone. The kid calls the ambulance and you go to hospital. Three days later you return to your place at the computer to complete your message. If the hosting server did not time out it would have kept a link open to your computer for three days, denying a link to other computers, or effectively slowing down the serving of information to other computers. The geek servicing the host computer reckons it takes three minutes to type a normal post, so allows three minutes of link before timing out your connection. The geek types at 234 words per minute while eating pizza, while the average forumite types 3 words a minute with their thumbs while being pecked on the back by kids or partners, so once you hit “post” you are typically no longer linked in and you get the prompt to log in again.

Because each post I do is like Michaelangelo painting the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, I copy the text before hitting “post”, understanding that I have probably timed out while I have been squinting at and re editing my creation, and, even if the hosting server is set up to save or cache my unposted text while I go through the re-logging procedure, SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T, particularly with high bandwith items like attached photos.

So, what works is :

Reply to post
Copy text using copy/paste function [highlight text with mouse then press Ctrl C (Copy)] before posting
Try and post, you may be lucky and not timed out.
If timed out, follow the prompt to log in again
You may be lucky and the server has cached (saved) your post, go for it !
If not Ctrl V (Paste) your text and post again.

Often I have timed out and been grateful as it has prevented me from posting mad, bad and dangerous replies, so it’s not always a bad thing !

Good luck and good posting !

Hi Swifter,
I can ‘reply’ with no problems from my home computer but the work computer seems to block it even when I am logged in, could it be the same for you?
Paul

And while we’re about it, where’s the ‘Like’ button?

I have had an issue with logging in when my ‘privacy’ settings were high. Seems there is an issue with cookies.

Regards

When you login there is a box that says remember me. Click on that before logging in and then you will be automatically logged in whenever you return to the forum.

Seems same as usual to me !

Log in, select thread, hit ‘reply’ write some cr@p, ‘post quick reply’ ………………….that’s it

hit reply button situated bottom left.

then when you want to post go to far right bottom of this pane and hit POST QUICK REPLY.

sometimes i get a leavr this page box come up.