General Chat

I don't know what's wrong with this site, for a few weeks now I have had a red banner the full length of screen saying "ERROR this thread does not exist". Obviously all the threads exist, GR wants to get the site sorted out.

You have a valid point there because quite truthfully I did not think to look to see if my name was at the top of the screen.

Grrrrrrrr!!! I'll look next time something like this happens. And now I want it to it probably never will. Oh well, never satisfied.

Looks to me like GR might have automatically logged you out during an issue, it does it to me now and then, as does facebook and a few other sites. I also sometimes unintentionally log myself out of all sites that 'remember me' when I clear my cookies, very annoying! :-(

It's quite easy to then go into GR and not notice you're not actually logged in until you go to add to a thread or do something that a member would do on the site.

GR is viewable by non-members, free or otherwise, so being logged out will not stop you being able to view threads.

And I didn't know where to post. It is a very different bug. Have never had it happen before.

After it occurred I had a recurring error message about IE wanting to load a .dll file. I kept telling it no, it kept persisting. I shut down the machine, restarted and accessed GR with no problems. The error message appears to have gone.

I really think my IE might have had a hot flush or two.

Mmmmmm
Not sure what to say ?

I did not have to sign in to access GR.
I can surf around the boards and read what I like.
However,
in order to access My Threads or to add a reply I had to sign on.

The Add Topic button actually says, "Sign on to Add Topic".

First time ever. I am now signed on and can access My Threads and add a reply.