Unable to Post

[digitaldog]

The recent bug does have to do with certain characters. But it SHOULD BE FIXED.

[KLaban]

I've just received an update about the future of the Luminous Landscape website and an invitation to take a related survey.

Unfortunately on clicking the link to the survey I got the following message.

Prevented visiting a website that presents a data leakage threat

Prevented visiting a phishing or fake website designed to trick you into giving away your passwords, credit card details and other private data.

You really couldn't make this stuff up!

[francois]

Not received that message here, FWIW.

[digitaldog]

I've just received an update about the future of the Luminous Landscape website and an invitation to take a related survey.

Unfortunately on clicking the link to the survey I got the following message.

Prevented visiting a website that presents a data leakage threat

Prevented visiting a phishing or fake website designed to trick you into giving away your passwords, credit card details and other private data.

You really couldn't make this stuff up!

I got the same silly email but on Mac Safari, I get a message the page can't be opened. In any case indeed, hard to belive the incompetence on top of the spam.

[Jonathan Cross]

Had no problem opening it from the Lula email.  Running iMac M1 with Ventura 13.6.1 and Safari v17.1

Jonathan

[Jeff Magidson]

I had no problem opening up the link in the eMail for the survey (I filled it out) regarding changes to LuLa.

Opened up fine in both Opera and Safari on a MAC 12.7.2

[kers]

cannot post; but this seems to work?

fixed it!  the    euro    mark was the problem!   alt+ 2 in my computer

i had to convert euro to dollar and it worked

[francois]

cannot post; but this seems to work?

fixed it!  the    euro    mark was the problem!   alt+ 2 in my computer

i had to convert euro to dollar and it worked

FWIW, if I have a problem for one of my post and the solution is not obvious then I copy the text, paste in in a new window of BBEdit (the free edition is fine) and then choose Text > "Zap Gremlins...". Once cleaned, I put the text back here.

[digitaldog]

You should not have to do any of these gyrations. It's a bug that needs fixing! This was never an issue in years (decades) past.
LuLa; FIX THE BUG!

[francois]

You should not have to do any of these gyrations. It's a bug that needs fixing! This was never an issue in years (decades) past.
LuLa; FIX THE BUG!

I agree 100% but since the changes aren't done on the server side, we have to do it on our side, unfortunately.
It's incredible that, as you wrote, we never had any issue with the previous forum software and now, without any advantage(s), we only see problems.

[digitaldog]

I agree 100% but since the changes aren't done on the server side, we have to do it on our side, unfortunately.

Indeed, I'm using TextSoap to do it quickly. I shouldn't have to, and the people running the forums should fix this mess, which has been ongoing for like a year now.

[Jeff Magidson]

Perhaps "Swindy" will take a look at the problem. It would also be nice if he started a dialog with us on the forums. 

[francois]

Perhaps "Swindy" will take a look at the problem. It would also be nice if he started a dialog with us on the forums. 

It would be nice. I guess that fixing the mess will take some time but being able to exchange views/problems is important.

[armand]

I keep getting error messages for seemingly benign messages

[francois]

I keep getting error messages for seemingly benign messages

This is exactly the kind of error messages I get when I'm using some "special" characters (like ellipsis or hyphen) or some invisible ones. You could try to clean up you text with TextSoap (like Andrew suggested above) or equivalent.

It drives me crazy, especially with long messages or posts.

[Jonathan Cross]

Have just tried to post a reply and got the attached message.  I am now very fed up.  I am also tired of trying to read posts that have funny characters inserted, as others have already pointed out.  These issues have been going on too long.

I am on the verge of giving up this forum up and going to another run by someone who was in charge of this site some years ago after Michael.  I use the other forum and it and its site have no problems. 

[plugsnpixels]

Two days ago I renewed my LL subscription for some reason ;-)

And I still see this error, TODAY! No special characters in use.

[digitaldog]

Two days ago I renewed my LL subscription for some reason ;-)

And I still see this error, TODAY! No special characters in use.

It's still buggy indeed.
I'd be shocked after all this time if the bug ever gets fixed.
I'll spend my money elsewhere.

[plugsnpixels]

It's still buggy indeed.
I'd be shocked after all this time if the bug ever gets fixed.
I'll spend my money elsewhere.

Thanks Andrew, keep their feet to the fire!

[Jonathan Cross]

Have just spent time on my iPhone (latest OS) typing a reply to a post, and got the attached error message on trying to post it.

Why do I bother?

Jonathan