***HOW TO AVOID DOUBLE-POSTS***

[_Imwashingmypirate]

Ooohhh It works. :P


Cheers, Shades.

[_krose]

The quickest way for me is to just go back a page right after clicking Submit (while it's waiting to load the confirmation page). Then I see that the post is there.

[_Who Knows]

What about when you click 'submit', and wait for ever, and ever, and then the page goes to some 'error' page (can't remember exactly what it says, but it's something like 'page cannot be found')? So i go back a page, then click 'submit' again. Sometimes there's a double post, sometimes not.

[_Dr. Shades]

What about when you click 'submit', and wait for ever, and ever, and then the page goes to some 'error' page (can't remember exactly what it says, but it's something like 'page cannot be found')?

That's the whole point of this thread. Don't bother waiting forever and ever. After about 15 seconds or so, if it still hasn't "taken," merely click on the "Mormon Discussions Forum Index" link and keep right on reading, surfing, etc. The system will work in the background.

So I go back a page, then click 'submit' again. Sometimes there's a double post, sometimes not.

Don't bother going back a page and clicking "Submit." Merely click on the "Mormon Discussions Forum Index" link and keep right on reading, surfing, etc. The system will work in the background.

[_Who Knows]

That's the whole point of this thread. Don't bother waiting forever and ever. After about 15 seconds or so, if it still hasn't "taken," merely click on the "Mormon Discussions Forum Index" link and keep right on reading, surfing, etc. The system will work in the background.

I'm skeptical of doing that. What if the post never shows up? Then you have to re-type everything.

Like i said, sometimes, my posts just never go through - when i get the 'page cannot be displayed' error. I'd rather wait and see if it goes through before starting to surf the site.

[_asbestosman]

My personal trick is to leave the page open, but then to open another tab in the browswer to continue surfing.

[_skippy the dead]

That's the whole point of this thread. Don't bother waiting forever and ever. After about 15 seconds or so, if it still hasn't "taken," merely click on the "Mormon Discussions Forum Index" link and keep right on reading, surfing, etc. The system will work in the background.

I'm skeptical of doing that. What if the post never shows up? Then you have to re-type everything.

Like I said, sometimes, my posts just never go through - when I get the 'page cannot be displayed' error. I'd rather wait and see if it goes through before starting to surf the site.

If the submission takes a while (and it usually does), I'll do a quick ctrl-c over the whole post, so that I can paste into a new reply if necessary. And it has been necessary before.

The whole site has been generally slow for me this week, for whatever reason.

[_Ren]

I'm skeptical of doing that. What if the post never shows up? Then you have to re-type everything.

Copy the text of your post into Notepad or something similar before clicking away. I've lost a couple of big posts here before, so if in doubt (with big posts) I always do that now...

Sometimes it can also depend on how much you have going on your PC. People often have many windows open, and that will slow the submitted post. If you want it to load faster, close other windows.

If your computer is getting bogged down trying to send a page of text characters to a website, you are probably trying to browse the web on an abacus. A rusty one...

[_Scottie]

Or maybe Keene could get off his ass and fix it!!!!

[_Ray A]

How about if you just fix the board taking a long time to post?

Sometimes it can also depend on how much you have going on your PC. People often have many windows open, and that will slow the submitted post. If you want it to load faster, close other windows.

Regards,

Computer Dummy.

This is false.

Works for me all the time. I just did it. It could, however, be a myth. I'm openminded.