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Author Topic: Fetching Preview never loads?  (Read 12391 times)

MilesAhead

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Fetching Preview never loads?
« on: October 06, 2014, 01:48 PM »
Fetching Preview never loads?  I'm just wondering if it's only me seeing this.  No big deal.  I nearly always have to edit to fix typos so preview isn't central to my posting strategy anymore.  :)

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2014, 01:57 PM »
I assume you mean the "Preview" button when posting...if so, it works on my end for whatever that is worth.

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2014, 02:07 PM »
Works with quick reply, but not from full reply screen for me.

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2014, 02:55 PM »
Thanks for the replies.  :)

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2014, 06:18 PM »
Oh, yeah, doesn't work in full screen reply here either.  Just shows:

"Preview post
Fetching preview..."

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2014, 04:05 AM »
Oh, yeah, doesn't work in full screen reply here either.  Just shows:

"Preview post
Fetching preview..."

odd - works perfectly here - could it be browser based, or just chance?
FF 32.03 here

Screenshot - 2014-10-07 , 11_02_13.pngFetching Preview never loads?

hah - I added the attachment and tried again - now it's doing the 'fetching preview' thing - unsuccessfully.
Will try clicking post...
Tom

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2014, 05:14 AM »
FF 32.03 here

I.m running Cyberfox 64 bit.  Same version.

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2014, 07:16 AM »
Google Chrome: Version 37.0.2062.124 m (64-bit)

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2014, 09:12 AM »
Plain text will preview here - as soon as there's any BB code it stalls


EDIT// but if I go to edit it will no longer preview at all
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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2014, 10:31 AM »
"Fetching Preview never loads" - started happening a LOT for me, a couple of weeks back. A real PITA. Firefox - latest ß version.
My workaround is to copy all the comment text I have written, then Ctrl-R to reload the page then reply again, pasting the copied text. It usually (not always) works. I thought it was probably a cache/buffer problem.

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2014, 11:33 AM »
I don't know what you guys are talking about, it works fine!

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2014, 12:49 PM »
"Fetching Preview never loads" - started happening a LOT for me, a couple of weeks back. A real PITA. Firefox - latest ß version.
My workaround is to copy all the comment text I have written, then Ctrl-R to reload the page then reply again, pasting the copied text. It usually (not always) works. I thought it was probably a cache/buffer problem.

Are you using Lazarus?  I haven't had an issue with losing text with it.  I've only run into this a few times.  I forget what steps I took when it happened.  Back button or whatnot I don't remember.  I just remember I didn't lose what I typed.

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2014, 12:59 PM »
I should come clean.  There was a problem introduced by latest smf forum update a few days ago; i just fixed it 5 minutes ago and was teasing you guys :Thmbsup:
So it should be working now.
« Last Edit: October 08, 2014, 01:33 PM by mouser »

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2014, 01:23 PM »
Working now xD

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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2014, 01:57 PM »
I should come clean.  There was a problem introduced by latest smf forum update a few days ago; i just fixed it 5 minutes ago and was teasing you guys :Thmbsup:
So it should be working now.

Let's try it out.




Yup.  It does work.  Mouser I wonder if it would be possible to simply paste images from clipboard instead of using img tag or uploading a file.  It's way more fun.  :)  (Since you seem to be in the mood for fixing stuff today.)   :)


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Re: Fetching Preview never loads?
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2014, 02:53 PM »
I should come clean.  There was a problem introduced by latest smf forum update a few days ago; i just fixed it 5 minutes ago and was teasing you guys :Thmbsup:
So it should be working now.

hah, I was just going to report that it works fine in Win 8.1 (as opposed to 7 earlier)
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