In the last few days I am having issues with forum features not being available. When this happens, I am having the following issues: - No option to Like a post (three dot menu only has the Flag option). - No option to quote from a post (nothing appears when selecting text). - No option to Reply to a post (nothing where the option is usually displayed). - No option to add photos to a post (instead of a few options in the menu, only the option Add an image appears, but instead of working as normal, selecting it brings this code: ![](https://)). - No option to Preview a message in the bottom menu bar. - Notifications only showing the name of the thread, but no specific information that is usually there. - Possibly other things that I forgot. Then, after a while, everything is back to normal. And then it happens again. I assume the problems are on the forum side, but maybe it's just me?

I was having some as well and I noticed they restarted the hosting servers a few times yesterday. At the same time I was experimenting with some extensions and found one that was causing a problem. I removed them, but the changes can take time to ripple through the database. I think because the Cron jobs (unix) have quite a low resource allocation. This is why, pms have to be done with a good long gap in between, because they use a real time push command…but with low resource allocation, if you try and do another when the first isn't finished (error error..X). if I change, add or remove and extension, this can often make things weird for a bit until that change has rippled through…**especially with the likes system**. Yesterday I disabled it and then re-enabled it and it was strange for a while until it had gone through the database. I am actually removing some unnecessary modules and ones that don;t work as they should…this flipping approval of posts. Nightmare, because I don't know why it's flagging so for approval incorrectly, so I just disabled it and will deal with the spammers manually as we did on CFUK. I think of people have not added us as an exception to their ad blockers and pop up blockers, that may not be helpful. Lastly, when I make a change, if you are logged on, sometimes you might need to close the tab/refresh the window, for it to work properly….The good news is, I'm pretty much finished making changes by adding/removing extensions/functions. It's been a complex environment to learn in a short time, made harder by some extensions with small bugs which show themselves when pushing them to the limit of what they are supposed to do.

Thanks for your efforts, Dave. This might explain why I got an email at 21.27 last night telling me that a post I had made had been removed for having something in it that we might not want to see, or words to that effect. However having checked the very small number of posts I have made they are all still there!

@"Dumnorix"#p1187 I just disabled all the anti spam, were small enough they won't bother us much and if they do…I will take measures then. I have a few simple measures that I can perhaps take. So hopefully you won't see those messages again. My thoughts to reduce spam might be to allow users to register and until a mod elevates them to full user, their posts have to be approved. in this way a spammer usually discloses their intentions on the first post…not knowing it's going to go to approval. We shall see.

Occasionally I need to log out and log back in to restore the ‘like’ and ‘reply’ buttons. I thought it was just my phone acting up.

I disabled the big purple people eater header as well, I was suspicious of it, and achieved the same thing through dropdown menu items on Flarums own top bar. I didn't know I could do dropdowns. so one more possibly troublesome and to be honest, unattractive extension gone.

Currently having the problems again. Yesterday I thought it was because I had another tab opened with an active message box opened, but today it's happening without that. Behaviour is the same: No Like/Quote/Reply to and the bottom menu has less options. Can't add a photo as there is only one button, and pressing it brings up this code: ![](https://). I also don't see Likes on any messages, though I know they are there. Surely it will sort itself out later, but it has been happening quite often on my side. (ah, no option for emoji either).

There is a way I can almost always induce that error. If when looking at the lists of new posts and **I right-click a post to open it in a new tab**, the "like" option is not there. If I then close that tab and click to go to the post, or use the left-hand menu to go to the post…the like option reappears. As you can see I pin the pop out side menu, which you can make appear when viewing a thread by moving the cursor to the left. I can then go from new post to new post just by clicking on the list and not needed to open new tabs. Hope it helps. The pop out side menu is just the list of posts that appear on the home page…and speeds things up, rather than going backwards and forwards from the home page. [URL=https://i.imgur.com/XkZ0WOX.png][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/XkZ0WOX.png[/IMG]

@"DavecUK"#p1231 Yep, I can confirm I have also noticed the issue is usually (not always - sometimes it doesn't happen, I think) is induced when opening messages in new tabs. This is how I am used to browse forums: I go over the main list, open all the threads I want to read, each in a new tab, then go over them. I will try to avoid that here, because it doesn't work well. However, if that can be fixed it would be good, because I am not the only one who uses the browser like this. I saw another message from a person who said they got a code instead of a photo (can't say in which thread, because it's not opened in another tab, :)) - I bet it's the same issue. When you have the issue - you can't drag and drop a photo to the post - it doesn't work.

If you can use the pop out menu, it's really good and much better than CFUK

@"DavecUK"#p1281 how do you use a pop-out menu?

Random issues on forum (no Like/Quote/Reply/photos) - is it just me?

dndrich

Nope. I can’t tell completely, but if I get an email notifying me of a post, and click there to bring it up in the browser, no quote reply buttons. I will check and see if they appear when I just go straight to the post.

dndrich

DavecUK OK, notice on this post your reply handle shows up. I went into the post from a fresh browser window and navigated to the post. I think it doesn’t work either when I go to the notification bell at the top of the browser window and find the post that way. So it requires a fresh browser window and navigation to the post that way I think. Well, waddya want for free?? The thing works really well frankly. I like it!

LMSC

I always use my iPhone and do not open a tab or a new window. I open a thread and when done, prefer hitting the home button. A lot of times, this home button won’t be there. When the home button disappears, the back button or a refresh won’t take me to the home page. I will have to kill the browser and start all over again.

Because of the above issues — mainly disappearing home page or the menu at the bottom of my iPhone screen— the like, reply and hence @user name would have also disappeared.

Another strange thing is it would also time out (logged out) and we end up losing what we type. This just happened as I type.

Lol. It is now saying I am typing too fast for it to cope. 🤣

Killing the browser, clearing the cache and starting all over again helps. It is not convenient but that’s a work around at least for me.

These are not a one-off but occurs regularly. I do think they need to investigate this. Thx

Pompeyexile

I did have quite a few issues especially with the dreaded red ‘Oops’ banner popping up every page refresh but all seems stable now, and yes it does seem faster too.

DavecUK

I am wondering if there is a rogue extension causing it?

I have made the forum quite feature rich.

Doram

DavecUK I am wondering if there is a rogue extension causing it?

I have made the forum quite feature rich.

I can’t say where the issue is coming from, but I have now learned how to use the forum so it doesn’t bother me anymore. As @dndrich mentioned, if pressing a link in an email notification, or opening a new tab, or sometimes without doing anything naughty - the standard features (reply to, quote, like, uploading photos etc.) would not be there, or the “ooops” message would appear. But now I know not to mess about - all I need to do to sort things out is close the tab where the forum is opened and open it again - and the issues are gone (for me, at least).

The problem, I think, is for new people. Until you figure out how it works here, know you can’t open a message in a new tab, and understand that whenever you see a problem you just leave the forum and come back - you might struggle and think the forum is broken. Not a problem once you know, but can be off putting until then.

Pompeyexile

Just noticed in the past couple of days the press or paste to upload doesn’t work any more for me. When I click on the tab which automatically opens up Pictures file on my laptop then I go to a photo and double click on it, instead of appearing as it always has done in my text box, all that happens is a red cross pops up and the word ‘error’ in the picture tab for a second.

DavecUK

Pompeyexile Are you uploading some odd format?

Try drag and drop

drdre89

It doesn’t allow me to change my Signature. I go to “Save changes” and it just reverts back to the old Signature. On Android - Samsung browser.

DavecUK

drdre89 very odd…the mobile interface is slightly different though….,but you are right….massive bug, I will report it.

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam Would it be better to have the avatar of the member who last replied rather than the OP? I tend to focus highly on the avatar, and this confuses me a bit when I read the reply and then realise it was not from the member I thought it was. So, on that thread with the arrows, personally, it would be better if it had my avatar (because I replied last) and mention “started by Doram X days ago, MediumRoastSteam replied one hour ago” or something like that.

I had not forgotten this and loaded a new extension, now you can clearly see the Avatar of the last person who replied more clearly and I hope, a clearer post layout/demarcation.

MediumRoastSteam

DavecUK - It’s looking a little weird :-)

Same behaviour on Chrome, Safari (MacOS) and Safari on iOS.

DavecUK

I’ve also tweaked the main page synopsis, you can see some images in there as well now, if they form the initial/only part of the post….This will also help any classifieds listing be more prominent as they usually start with a photo!

dndrich

Hmm. The older interface was better on Mac Safari. Now the avatar covers the post title to some degree. Also, now there is some news feed at the top!

HVL87

Mobile Safari:

DavecUK

I was playing with RSS feeds, I’ve disabled them again. I like the theme but the last avatar extension puts a big avatar there, inbstead of a littole one on the std theme…which is a real shame. Reverting back to the old theme and small last poster avatar.

dndrich

DavecUK Oh so much better now. I really like it the way it is. But you’re the boss!! Thanks for keeping this board so vibrant!

HVL87

DavecUK once you enter a thread the theme looks/looked good.

DavecUK

It did, but the rest of the issues made it unusable, unless I disable the last posted avatar display.

I have been busy trying out an extension which I believe can help a few tag areas…classifieds is one. …and there is one other area where it might be useful. I’m just hoping the slow performance is maintenance based and not because of the extension I loaded!

DavecUK

Sadly every time I enable the discussion card extension, it causes real forum problems. A pity because it brought the classifieds to life with images and text in the post listings….without having to go into each post….real shame, I would have also used it in the what was delivered today thread 😢

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