Saturday, 8 October 2011

CALLING FELLOW BLOGGERS...



I've noticed recently that when I try and submit comments to various people's blogs, they disappear into oblivion.  (My comments that is, not the people or their blogs.)  What's more, there seems to be a random factor involved; sometimes I can leave a comment where it had been denied previously, sometimes it's vice versa.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Update: I think I've got the problem sussed.  Thanks to those who responded.
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12 comments:

  1. Steve Does Comics8 October 2011 at 18:49

    I was reading about this being a problem, the other day.

    It seems to happen on blogs that have the comments form embedded in the page and are using Captcha to stop spam. If the person trying to make the comment has their browser set to disable cookies, the comment can just vanish into the ether.

    So, if you have cookies disabled, you need to enable them by whatever means it is that your browser enables you to do so.

    Because of it I was thinking of switching to using the full-page comments form on my blogs from now on, in case people are struggling to get comments published.

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  2. Kid8 October 2011 at 23:34

    Thanks Steve,

    I'll look into that, but I haven't changed anything on my computer recently and I never used to have this problem until about a fortnight ago.

    Cheers.

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  3. Anonymous8 October 2011 at 23:55

    Your blog has gotten jumpy since you changed design.

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  4. Kid9 October 2011 at 01:17

    'Jumpy'? Pray tell - in what way exactly?

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  5. Simon B 9 October 2011 at 01:26

    I've noticed that too: as soon as I click on the "Kiddin' Around" title in the Reading List I'm immediately bounced to the bottom of your blog page and have to scroll back up. Not a major problem, admittedly...

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  6. Kid9 October 2011 at 02:41

    Funnily enough, I was having the same problem a few months ago when I signed in (to my own blog), but it cleared up of its own accord after a few weeks.

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  7. Steve Does Comics9 October 2011 at 11:18

    I've noticed it always jumps down to where the video bar and the calendar are. Therefore one of them may have a script in it that makes browsers jump down the page to it.

    As the calendar has an advert in it, it may be that whoever designed it, designed it to makes sure it and its advert are the first thing people see when they visit your blog. So it might be a good idea to remove it and see if the jumping stops.

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  8. Kid9 October 2011 at 15:32

    I'll give it a try - let me know if it works.

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  9. Anonymous9 October 2011 at 16:44

    That's it. Good now.

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  10. Kid9 October 2011 at 16:47

    I'll assume it was the calendar and restore the puppies. If it starts doing it again, let me know. Thanks.

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  11. Steve Does Comics9 October 2011 at 18:57

    Hooray! The mad jumping's stopped for me too!

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  12. Kid9 October 2011 at 20:13

    Hooray! The Milky Bars are on - er, STEVE!

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