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Dartanbeck
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OMG!!!! Three posts... three log-out, log-ins!!! The login screen you get led to doesn't even work - well it doesn't for me anyways...
Why am I torturing myself so much? Wow!
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I hit the back arrow when I get THAT screen and try again
This issue is really frosting my shorts.
Ever since we got the new forums, it has logged me out every 24 hours. And worse, it's 24 hours from the initial login, NOT from my last activity. So I have to log in Every! Single! Day! unless I decide not to post anything.
I'm using an older version of Firefox on a PPC Mac running OS X 10.4.11 and have had no issues. What browser are you all using?
Is this the suspiciously plain forum login page that looks as if the style sheet didn't load? I've been getting that at random intervals over the last week or so (only very occasionally before then). I use the backarrow like Wendy said, and that always brings me back to the reply page with my text still in it. I sometimes have to retry the "post" button a couple of times, but so far (touch wood) it's always eventually worked. Although I think at least once I ended up with a double post. I'm using the current version of FireFox; anyone else?
Even the Mods are getting hit with this, so you are not alone. Richard and I seemed to start having problems before some on the other side of the pond (We are both UK) so we di surmise at first that this was somehow connected to the DDoS attacks against Spamhaus, as Cloudflare (which DAZ 3D uses as a caching service) was helping Spamhaus (which is based in Europe) to get through these attacks. That is just a possibility not a definite though.
The Spamhaus thing is a very interesting theory. Since it appears to be more widespread (which doesn't invalidate the theory), I'd be asking first if DAZ made any changes to the systems involved in the forums -- heck, even OS patches. If not, then go to the external causes.
A while back the site had a DDoS attack against it and many of the same problems happened but the forum problems got fixed quickly and they majority of the problems occurred in the middle of the night so most people didn't notice them, but the store problems were very bad and people were complaining about them and trying to figure out what was going on.
It was after that that DAZ 3D decided to use the CloudFlare back up caching service, which until now has been ok.
With this latest one it may have just been coincidental that the European side of the pond seemed to be getting the problems before the US side, but it did seem to be at least part of the problem was with the DDoS, which was a European based attack against a EUropean based company, and was rather a large attack.
Just got burned by this forum issue again. Garstor is displeased...
I wonder if it is worth opening an issue over? Surely Daz knows about the problem already...
I think that is a safe bet. Daz3D being aware I mean. My back button is going to wear out soon I am sure of it, but your back button is your friend. Back button and try, try, try again.
Android never logs me out
been logged in for months!
even if I crash my tablet!
Chrome on my PC does but my email and password is saved so just a click away
Just today I've been hit by this problem. I guess I should consider myself fortunate... :blank:
Alas, the back button does not work for me!
If I write a lengthy post...maybe upload a few images...then I click "Submit Post" only to get the weird login screen...I have nothing to do except curse at the screen. My post is gone. "Annoyed" doesn't even begin to approach what I feel.
Just for kicks, I clicked on the "Help" menu above. The page greeted me in Italian...or some other Romance language. Clearly there are serious code-based problems with the forums.
Alas, the back button does not work for me!
If I write a lengthy post...maybe upload a few images...then I click "Submit Post" only to get the weird login screen...I have nothing to do except curse at the screen. My post is gone. "Annoyed" doesn't even begin to approach what I feel.
Just for kicks, I clicked on the "Help" menu above. The page greeted me in Italian...or some other Romance language. Clearly there are serious code-based problems with the forums.
Try copying the text in your post first, then hit Preview Post and see if it works. If it does, try submitting. If you still lose your post, you can at least paste the text into a new field and see if that helps!
Brilliant! Two steps ahead of you though buddy -- this is my new modus operandi for the Daz forums. ;-)
That's what I've been doing all F... um... all week.
I can't take it any more. I'll check back in a few days.