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?

DavecUK

It was an innocuous little extension I forgot I added until I checked my records….I added 4 extensions, not 3.

Just this, I disabled and it’s all fine. I put the other 3 extensions back… I will have to report this extension, although it might be clashing with some other core extension….who knows.

Eiffel

Kudos for finding the root cause

DavecUK

Having so many extensions is a bugger…good job I keep a record of when I add new ones or make changes. Theres all these loaded in addition to all the base functions. I don’t know if that extension was Rogue, or simply interacted with one of the other 66?

Meldrew

Seems all ok now.

JHCCoffee

Trying to upload a video. Haven’t done that before on this forum, using my iPhone. Do I do this by using the add files or add photos button ? Or? Tried to upload using the upload a photo button. It started but did not complete that. Received an error message. Do I need to save it as a file and then upload? Right now, the video is sitting in my IPhone photo album.

Cuprajake

for vids use youtube and post the link, you can choose public or unlisted on yt

DavecUK

4 photos you can just drag them and drop them, but try not to use the iPhone heic format.

One of the photo upload buttons even allows you to directly connect to your camera take a picture and press to upload it

JHCCoffee

Thanks!!!

MediumRoastSteam

Is it only me who is unable to see any images uploaded from a few days ago what so ever?

Test image:

MediumRoastSteam

Two images here - that I can’t see, but maybe you can:

The post above with an image embedded (if I hit the edit button) and what I actually see…

MediumRoastSteam

Update: Looks like it’s related to Chrome on iOS. Just tried Chrome on MacOS and all is good…

Update 2: same problem with Chrome and iPadOS

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam probably a setting on Chrome for those platforms that can be changed.

MediumRoastSteam

DavecUK - I tried. Cleared cache/cookies etc. no luck. The issue might be with img guru or whatever that’s called .

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam I tried. Cleared cache/cookies etc. no luck. The issue might be with img guru or whatever that’s called

If you mean imgur, then possibly chrome on mack doesn’t like the fact the image is being served from another site. it might see it as an exploit or something, hence why I wondered about a security setting preventing this.

MediumRoastSteam

iOS / Chrome: doesn’t work.
iOS / Safari: works.
MacOS / Chrome: Works
Android / Chrome: Works.

MediumRoastSteam

Update: this has magically fixed itself across my affected devices.

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