having trouble with the forum permissions...

[Preston]

Chris, lately when I try to post or edit there is a message that says I do not have the permission to post and to try logging in again. Then when I logout my username still appears to be logged in. So, I log back in and still get the same messages. It is quite bothersome. Just wondering if there is anything you can do about it? Thanks.

[Chris]

I've never heard of this happening. It could be a problem with security settings or cookies on your end.

Is anyone else here having these problems?

[Preston]

I deleted my cookies, but it is still doing it? I will check my security settings now. Here is the message I just got:

1. You do not have permission to perform this action. Please refresh the page and login before trying again.

[Chris]

If anyone else is reading this, please respond with either yes or no: have you experienced the problem Preston is describing, or any other problem with permissions/logging in and out?

[Megan]

If anyone else is reading this, please respond with either yes or no: have you experienced the problem Preston is describing, or any other problem with permissions/logging in and out?

I have never experienced any glitches logging in on this site. May I also take this moment to mention that it is a pleasure to be a member of such a professionally run Beethoven site.

I seem to remember Terry mentioning a while back that he was also experiencing diffiiculty logging in.

Wish my life was as problem free !

[Preston]

May I also take this moment to mention that it is a pleasure to be a member of such a professionally run Beethoven site.

I, too, would like to take a moment to second that. Completely.

Chris, my IE security settings are on Medium-High. I have not made any customizations to the security settings, so they are default.

I will try right after this post to take my settings to medium and see if that helps. If it does not I will download and install Firefox, and see what that does.

Thanks Chris.

[Preston]

I changed them to Medium with no luck. To be more clear, incase it helps, here the few problems:

1) I am getting restrictions when I try to save an edited post - so I have to go advanced to edit the post which requires logging in again.

2) When I login and make a post I have to log in again to post it.

3) When I logout it still says (sometimes) in the whose online section of the homepage of the forum that I am still logged in?

4) When I try to post a quick reply I am denied with a permissions message and have to go to advanced, which requires logging in again, and then post.

Those are pretty much the key problems.

[Preston]

OK. Everything seems to be working with Firefox. I have no idea what the problem could be with IE? IE is up-to-date. Perhaps one of the last updates Microsoft sent out happened to cause some problems?

[Michael]

May I also take this moment to mention that it is a pleasure to be a member of such a professionally run Beethoven site.

May I second that? Any time I have had minor problems Chris has been able to sort them out very quickly. He seems to keep a 24/7 lookout!

[Chris]

OK. Everything seems to be working with Firefox. I have no idea what the problem could be with IE? IE is up-to-date. Perhaps one of the last updates Microsoft sent out happened to cause some problems?

That's entirely possible. IE isn't very good, and often fails to conform to standards. I imagine it's a bug they accidentally introduced and will fix in a future update. Though I would use Firefox or Chrome. Chrome is particularly nice, and it's my current browser of choice.

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words about the forum.

[Sorrano]

With Firefox I have not had any problems, whatsoever. That would be a definitive "no", Chris.

[Quijote]

If anyone else is reading this, please respond with either yes or no: have you experienced the problem Preston is describing, or any other problem with permissions/logging in and out?

Yes.

[Quijote]

I also seem to have lost the automatic spell function.

[Peter]

I also seem to have lost the automatic spell function.

I've noticed!!

No problems and thanks to Chris for his excellent technical whizardry!

[Sorrano]

I also seem to have lost the automatic spell function.

Now that is ironic!