Problem editing Posts

[Zeb_Carter]

Anyone else getting this message when you try to edit your posts???

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

 

[sr71plt]

Anyone else getting this message when you try to edit your posts???

It seems someone else reported that the other day. I'm having to punch "edit" a couple of times to get the block to come up--and the forum was going really haywire (more than Freddie) for a while late this evening--but I haven't had the issue you mention.

 

[_Lynn_]

Anyone else getting this message when you try to edit your posts???

Yeah, I have.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I sent Manu a PM on this.

 

[_Lynn_]

I sent Manu a PM on this.

Here's something . . .

 

[DeeZire]

Anyone else getting this message when you try to edit your posts???

Zeb, old buddy! We've finally found some common ground.

Of course, I blame the problem on that evil capitalist, Bill Gates, and his two-bit operating system. If there was ever an example of the Free Market going off the rails, Microsoft would be it. If only the government had stepped in and regulated that dysfunctional monopoly before it was too late... (I knew I could turn this into a political thread if I tried hard enough.)

 

[LaRocha]

I blame the Islamic ban on rock n roll.

 

[midwestyankee]

Zeb, if you need to edit a post, try this workaround:

Click the post number of the post you wish to edit. This brings up the individual post.

Then click the "Edit" button. It should bring up the edit window.

At least this has worked for me and several others.

 

[driphoney]

Zeb, old buddy! We've finally found some common ground.

Of course, I blame the problem on that evil capitalist, Bill Gates, and his two-bit operating system. If there was ever an example of the Free Market going off the rails, Microsoft would be it. If only the government had stepped in and regulated that dysfunctional monopoly before it was too late... (I knew I could turn this into a political thread if I tried hard enough.)

Come on! I'm sure you can do better than that! How about the influence of IMB, Cray, and the military-industrial complex? Without them, would there be a Gates?

Thanks for making me smile this morning!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Originally Posted by DeeZire
Zeb, old buddy! We've finally found some common ground.

Of course, I blame the problem on that evil capitalist, Bill Gates, and his two-bit operating system. If there was ever an example of the Free Market going off the rails, Microsoft would be it. If only the government had stepped in and regulated that dysfunctional monopoly before it was too late... (I knew I could turn this into a political thread if I tried hard enough.)

Of course you have gotten it wrong again buddy. Gates had no hand in the development of the software that IS this forum. If he did, the name Microsoft would be plastered all over the place.

Come on! I'm sure you can do better than that! How about the influence of IMB, Cray, and the military-industrial complex? Without them, would there be a Gates?

Thanks for making me smile this morning!

As a matter of fact yes. The history of Microsoft...Ah...I see now...typo IMB when you meant IBM.

True, IBM would be needed but Cray is questionable. Xerox is the real culprit. And Apple. Without Xerox and Apple, Microsoft would still be selling DOS, there would be no such thing as Windows.

Without Xerox there would be no Apple.

It all started a long time ago in a nondescript building somewhere in California/or was it Florida. A group of nerds was gathered around designing and thinking sitting in beanbag chairs. Then one day they invited Steve Jobs to visit and showed him several things that they had done. Networking, Object Oriented Programming, and a visual graphical operating system that displayed information in windows.

Thus the Macintosh was invented(stolen). Steve being a trusting guy showed his friend Bill his new operating system which Bill immediately stole. And thus Windows was invented(stolen).

So if it wasn't for Xerox, which didn't patent any of their works, there would be no Microsoft Windows.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Zeb, if you need to edit a post, try this workaround:

Click the post number of the post you wish to edit. This brings up the individual post.

Then click the "Edit" button. It should bring up the edit window.

At least this has worked for me and several others.

Thanks, works like a dream...fuzzy logic it a good thing.

 

[midwestyankee]

Thanks, works like a dream...fuzzy logic it a good thing.

No fuzzy logic at all; just some standard yankee ingenuity and experimentation.

And you're welcome.

 

[driphoney]

Of course you have gotten it wrong again buddy. Gates had no hand in the development of the software that IS this forum. If he did, the name Microsoft would be plastered all over the place.



As a matter of fact yes. The history of Microsoft...Ah...I see now...typo IMB when you meant IBM.

True, IBM would be needed but Cray is questionable. Xerox is the real culprit. And Apple. Without Xerox and Apple, Microsoft would still be selling DOS, there would be no such thing as Windows.

Without Xerox there would be no Apple.

It all started a long time ago in a nondescript building somewhere in California. A group of nerds was gathered around designing and thinking sitting in beanbag chairs. Then one day they invited Steve Jobs to visit and showed several things that they had done. Networking, Object Oriented Programming, and a visual graphical operating system that displayed information in windows.

Thus the Macintosh was invented(stolen). Steve being a trusting guy showed his friend Bill his new operating system which Bill immediately stole. And thus Windows was invented(stolen).

So if it wasn't for Xerox, which didn't patent any of their works, there would be no Microsoft Windows.

And thus we come full-circle. I couldn't edit my typo! I've given up even looking for my frequent mistakes.

All that might be truthful, but it doesn't make it political enough. You need Cray to bring in the military-industrial complex. Besides, those pieces of furniture (Cray machines) looked just as a good as beanbag chairs, don't you think? Actually, it all probably had more to do with the burnt orange and olive colors tying it all together.

I have to more on to my other expert topic, car talk, now, because I've exhausted my computer disinformational knowledge.

 

[3113]

Bug still there!

Can't edit my posts. I don't mind leaving behind the little mistakes, but bigger ones drive me nuts. The editor in me gets all outraged

Edited to add: Thanks MWY! That trick saved the day, saved one post with a glaring error, and saved my sanity

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Can't edit my posts. I don't mind leaving behind the little mistakes, but bigger ones drive me nuts. The editor in me gets all outraged

You can following Yankees method.

 

[Darkniciad]

After a little testing:

Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari display the "invalid link" when you try to edit a post.

IE 8 fails to bring up the quick edit window ( your post changes to an editable version while still viewing the thread ) upon clicking the edit button, but if you click the edit button a second time, it will bring up the full edit window.

Anybody else have odd browsers or older versions of IE to report? Every little bit of information could be useful to Manu in diagnosing the problem.

 

[sr71plt]

All I've had to do is click on the edit button a second time. Others can't make it work this way?

 

[driphoney]

All I've had to do is click on the edit button a second time. Others can't make it work this way?

Nope.

 

[Darkniciad]

All I've had to do is click on the edit button a second time. Others can't make it work this way?

What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 8 is working that way for me, but nothing else is.

Note to self: Multi-quote seems to be "sticking" as well. I left the site, went to a couple of other pages, then returned to the forums by clicking to my submissions page, going to the forum link at the bottom, and two posts that I'd clicked for "multi-quote" were still clicked. Perhaps another symptom?

 

[sr71plt]

Nope.

I have IE if that helps explain anything.

I think this is all a Scouries plot, though. He has voiced disasatisfaction with use of the edit feature.

 

[driphoney]

I have IE if that helps explain anything.

I think this is all a Scouries plot, though. He has voiced disasatisfaction with use of the edit feature.

And we all know he has the ear of "the Queen."

Safari here.

 

[Darkniciad]

I have IE if that helps explain anything.

I think this is all a Scouries plot, though. He has voiced disasatisfaction with use of the edit feature.

No comment *laugh*

I'm playing around with some other features now. After seeing that multi-quote quirk, and a couple of other things, I may have something useful to pass on to Manu in a bit.

 

[DeeZire]

Of course you have gotten it wrong again buddy. Gates had no hand in the development of the software that IS this forum. If he did, the name Microsoft would be plastered all over the place.

The servers for this forum don't run on Windows computers? I'll need a source for that Zeb, old buddy.

Just the fact that they have to program this forum so it will be accessible to Windows computers means it's all Bill Gate's fault. In fact, the Bush Crash should actually be called the Gates crash, since without his crappy OS running the software to facilitate those credit default swaps, there would have been no crash at all. (Hey, it's the same logic conservatives use when they blame the Community Reinvestment Act.)

Yes, I think Obama should slap a windfall tax on Bill Gates - and all the Wall Street crooks who profited from the Bush/Gates crash. I'll bet that would turn around the big O's meager poll numbers, and put a sizable dent in the deficit too. Of course he's still going to have to raise taxes on the rich folks, although I think he should lower the threshold from whatever it's going to be ($500K ?) to... let's see... how much did you say you make per year?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Yep IE 7 works if you click the edit button twice.

Safari, Opera and Chrome kaput.

 

[Darkniciad]

Yep IE 7 works if you click the edit button twice.

Safari, Opera and Chrome kaput.

Okay, so far we have IE 7 & 8 working with a second click on the edit button.

Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari fail with an "invalid link" error.