If you get an error message (Internal Server Error is the most common) while commenting, here’s what to do:
Do not close the window with the message. Place your mouse cursor anywhere inside of the window that gave you the error. Right click your mouse and then click on “Refresh” or “Reload” depending on what browser you’re using. That should bring you back to what you had typed. Press “Post” again. That usually works.
I’m working on a solution to this problem and I'm hoping what I did this morning renders this entry unnecessary. It only happens sometimes and its hard to pin down. Please don’t let it defeat you.
On another issue: Email addresses are no longer associated with your name in the comments. Before this latest upgrade, a person could click on your name and it would bring up an email program. The software company, Movable Type, decided to remove that feature because it is one way that spammers get legitimate email addresses. I already had some defense in for that purpose but another line of defense doesn’t hurt. I can put that feature back in with some modifications but is it worth the effort?
I've added a link to the side just below the "Login" button to address some of the problems we may be experiencing here from time to time. It links back to this post which will be updated as needed.
Testing one two. Testing ONE TWO.
I left a comment in my snake-bite post, so whatever you did worked, Robbie.
I had commented last week to wish Patsy a happy birthday and it took me a few times. I thought it finally went through, but when I checked later, it was gone. Tell Patsy, I didn't forget her birthday!