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Tropers - As you are probably well aware by now, we've made a ton of changes to TV Tropes. Although most of the changes you see are primarily cosmetic, we are also part way through a complete overhaul of the backend code. With so many changes under the hood, it is entirely possible we broke a few things. If you find something that does not appear to be working correctly, this is the place to report it.

Please note, this thread is for BUGS only! If you have an idea, wish, or anything to say that is not related to a bug, please do not post it here. Those things can all be posted and discussed on other threads in Wiki Talk or the Tech Wishlist.

The more information you can provide about the bug (e.g., browser, operating system, etc.) and how to re-create it, the more likely we will be able to squash it.

Happy Troping!


EDIT: Here are some things that have been reported:

  • Login issues
    • Logins not sticking between devices
    • Some people are still having issues with dropped logins.
    • You can't log in if your username contains a space. Remove the space.
  • Javascript: Your device must be able to run Javascript from tvtropes.org, static.tvtropes.org, ajax.googleapis.com, and netdna.bootstrapcdn.com. If you are blocking any of these, lots of things won't work, like editing pages.

edited 3rd Apr '15 7:03:53 AM by SeptimusHeap

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#1626: Sep 20th 2015 at 10:13:38 AM

Images are hidden in notes to avoid spoilers here but they're not loading when you click them.

AAAA Nd it's working now. That complaining about things not working on the Internet does wonders...

edited 20th Sep '15 10:15:49 AM by blkwhtrbbt

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Xlsfd (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1627: Sep 20th 2015 at 12:35:08 PM

I don't know if this is really a bug, but I'll report this here regardless. I'm using Firefox 40.0.3 and my OS is Windows 10. Now on to the bug... In the spaces normally occupied by advertisements, it only shows HTML coding. I'll copy some of it into this post and put it in spoiler tags. [[spoiler: !doctype html> html> head> /head> body leftMargin "0" topMargin "0" marginwidth "0" marginheight "0"> script> function ){var g this,l function a,b){var c a.split "."),d g;c[0]in d||!d.execScript||d.execScript "var "+c[0]);for var e;c.length&& e c.shift ));)c.length||void 0 b?d d[e]?d[e]:d[e] {}:d[e] b},m function a,b,c){return a.call.apply a.bind,arguments)},n function a,b,c){if !a)throw Error );if 2 arguments.length){var d Array.prototype.slice.call arguments,2);return function ){var c Array.prototype.slice.call ]]

AsherTye Since: Nov, 2013
#1628: Sep 21st 2015 at 1:19:58 PM

Know this might not fall under the topic of bugs, but ever since the redesign I've been unable to do any editing using my android mobile device. I tap the edit page option, go down to where I wish to add a new example, but nothing I type shows up. If I wish I can create an empty line, but that's about it.

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#1629: Sep 21st 2015 at 6:38:09 PM

Still coming across the occasional character page with the character's actor name covering the character image. Can't recall which ones now though...

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
DeisTheAlcano Bored Witch Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Bored Witch
#1630: Sep 21st 2015 at 6:47:13 PM

[up]It was stablished that the !!! markup does that now. Does anybody have news about that?

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#1631: Sep 24th 2015 at 9:26:30 AM

So I posted about this before but since it's still happening, posting again.

Ever since the site "upgraded" I'm getting terrible connectivity issues. Across multiple devices and across multiple network (That i've all tested for packet loss). Basically whenever I click something there's a 30% chance I'll get a "Connection was reset" error page. This most prevalent in forum. Especially in posting-related actions (Either editing a post, or being redirected to my post after hitting the send button) where during especially bad periods it'll happen up to 90% of the time and pages need to be loaded 4 to 5 times before I stop getting an error page. Sometimes I can go a few hours without this happening but never a full 24 hours. It seems to get worse the more one is active in the forum too. Like if I just check on a few threads nothing will happen but if I get active it'll become progressively worse until the site is basically unusable.

TV Tropes is the only domain that's doing this too.

edited 24th Sep '15 9:26:44 AM by Ghilz

drewski Since: Jul, 2013
#1632: Sep 24th 2015 at 12:51:45 PM

[up] This is a really strange bug and I have no idea what would be causing it. We will look into it, but if there is anymore information you could provide, that would be helpful.

Sixthhokage1 Since: Feb, 2013
#1633: Sep 24th 2015 at 9:19:17 PM

I just noticed that since the redesign, there's been a discussion page button on pages in the Tropers/ namespace again. As discussion pages for Tropers/ were disabled due to issues with trolls, the button should probably be removed for that namespace.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1634: Sep 25th 2015 at 1:04:09 AM

The discussion pages still aren't accessible, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Sixthhokage1 Since: Feb, 2013
#1635: Sep 25th 2015 at 8:20:54 AM

Yeah, hence why the buttons probably shouldn't be there

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1636: Sep 25th 2015 at 8:29:56 AM

I've filed a report over on DRAGON. Also that indented reply thing on the wiki-discussions is still confusing me a bit.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#1637: Sep 25th 2015 at 9:24:15 PM

On the beta, Shout-Out needs to be added to the list of options in the "Create New" function on work pages.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1638: Sep 26th 2015 at 3:47:51 AM

I'd actually contest that. Shout-Out is a widely misused trope and we should not unduly facilitate creating pages for it.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
homogenized Since: Oct, 2009
#1639: Sep 27th 2015 at 6:48:47 PM

It seems the No Real Life Examples warning isn't working. When I went to the Ungrateful Bastard page, said warning did not show up even though [[noreallife]] is in the source. I went to Entitled Bastard to check if the code was correct, and the warning didn't show up there either.

edited 27th Sep '15 6:53:59 PM by homogenized

DeisTheAlcano Bored Witch Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Bored Witch
#1640: Sep 27th 2015 at 7:23:32 PM

Works fine for me.

Edit: Google Chrome here

edited 28th Sep '15 3:18:29 AM by DeisTheAlcano

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
New account is voidify
#1641: Sep 27th 2015 at 8:22:10 PM

Not showing up for me.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#1642: Sep 27th 2015 at 10:27:00 PM

I'm seeing it, no problems. (Latest version of Firefox, as usual.) What browsers are you all using?

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1643: Sep 27th 2015 at 11:43:46 PM

Seeing it on both pages, Firefox 40.0.3.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
New account is voidify
#1644: Sep 28th 2015 at 2:17:18 AM

Latest version of Chrome. I'll see if it works in Firefox.

Edit: Nope, doesn't.

edited 28th Sep '15 2:18:09 AM by SmartGirl333

TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy Casual
#1645: Sep 28th 2015 at 9:04:32 AM

Interesting. I've just updated to the latest Firefox (41.0) and it works all right for me.

(Annoyed grunt)
homogenized Since: Oct, 2009
#1646: Sep 28th 2015 at 10:07:43 AM

I just realized I haven't updated Firefox in the longest time. I better get on that.

TheNewPlague Hitori from Limbo Since: Feb, 2012
Hitori
#1647: Oct 5th 2015 at 6:53:06 AM

Editing pages is nigh-impossible, as any inputs provide lag, and inputs won't show up until 10-20 seconds later. Using Chrome, although I don't see why Tvtropes would have input-lag in a page editor, of all things.

We're all equal, but differ in thought and logic.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#1648: Oct 5th 2015 at 6:56:32 AM

Current site or new site? Nothing wrong here. If you're running Chrome, you can install a profiler extension that will tell you where the lag is happening.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
GM_3826 Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#1649: Oct 6th 2015 at 2:31:51 PM

Spoilers tags aren't working. I have multiple computers, so I can't narrow down exactly what, but generally I'll be using the latest version of Firefox or Chrome and Windows 7.

Just a test so you can see what I'm on about. I'm pretty sure the spoiler tags are the same, so what's going on?

Edit: This seems to be specific to the Trope Pantheons thread. Is this a general problem?

edited 6th Oct '15 2:32:36 PM by GM_3826

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#1650: Oct 8th 2015 at 6:16:40 PM

Well the thing I reported earlier in this page is still happening.

This is a really strange bug and I have no idea what would be causing it. We will look into it, but if there is anymore information you could provide, that would be helpful.

I'd love to. What other information could you use?

edited 8th Oct '15 6:18:51 PM by Ghilz


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