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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

SemiDag from Greece Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#176: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:18:15 PM

is it just me or do the fanfiction recs sections don't show at all? there's nothing displayed there when you click at them

banjo2E :D from Spiral Mountain Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
:D
#177: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:20:19 PM

[up]I just posted about that a little bit ago. It seems to be happening mostly to subpages, but not all of them (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - General works, for one). I don't currently know if it's happening to any of the recs pages that aren't subpages.

edited 9th Jan '15 3:20:46 PM by banjo2E

Always think outside the box. Because the box is full of scorpions.
mlsmithca (Edited uphill both ways)
#178: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:22:22 PM

@165 - Septimus, how do you mean you can edit redirects using the address bar? I tried entering the URL for editing a redirect manually into the address bar and it still sent me straight to the page to which the redirect is pointing. Again, not even to an edit window for that page, but to the page itself. (For the record, I'm using Firefox 34.0.5.)

It's been said before, it's now being said again, this has killed wick namespace migration stone dead until it can be resolved.

Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Meet The New Boss
#179: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:22:41 PM

Just randomly logged me out on my laptop browser; was able to log back in, though.

edited 9th Jan '15 3:23:37 PM by Umbramatic

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#180: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:27:50 PM

Can't change the password manualy, the captcha will only show the image but not where I'm supposed to enter the word

Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
#181: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:31:39 PM

Could it be the cookies? I think you have to wait for them to expire, then get back in.

Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#182: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:31:48 PM

Finally was able to log in again just now. Was prevented from doing so all day, on any device, on any browser.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#183: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:49:45 PM

Having the same log in issues as everyone else, regardless of what device, operating system or browser I've been using.

There's no log-in option on my Android (Galaxy S3) phone. I have to trigger a 'log in or register' request (by trying to edit a page or add something to the Watchlist) before I can get hold of a log in link to attempt to log in.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
StarTropes The Tropes Are With Me. from The Final Frontier Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
The Tropes Are With Me.
#184: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:58:16 PM

I can't search for anything. Every time I try, I get a blank screen.

Antwan Ramblin' Mushroom from Washington Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
Ramblin' Mushroom
#185: Jan 9th 2015 at 3:59:46 PM

The new setup for quotes pages has a pretty bad issue: if you decide to use \\ to break up a quote from being a block of text, it'll treat the second part as a separate quote. As an example, check out Quotes.Beware The Nice Ones and look down to a quote from Manchester Lost.

Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#186: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:00:18 PM

I don't know, but it looks like Remember Me is finally remembering me.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
ElegantVamp Since: Aug, 2010
#187: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:05:54 PM

Every time I try to login or open a page, it redirects me to an ad. No matter how many times I refresh the page, the same thing happens.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#188: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:06:13 PM

Can a Mod remove Giant Flyer, Are These Wires Important? and the related discussion pages from my watchlist. I'd do it myself, but apparently despite the fact that I need to log in to even view my watchlist in the first place, It wants me to log in again to drop pages off it.

edited 9th Jan '15 4:07:11 PM by MorningStar1337

justanotherrandomlurker Since: May, 2012
#189: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:10:03 PM

As somebody else pointed out, searching for something on the Wiki only turns up a blank page, which is why I've been having to Google search instead.

Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#190: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:13:00 PM

Hey, the Stalk-O-Matic (AKA Find Post By Troper searchbar) is back!

And it's actually just a redundant Forum Title searchbar that searches for the word "blank" like it thinks it's clever if the Forum Title bar is left empty.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#191: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:24:19 PM

On iPhone: Clicking the 'log in' button simply refreshes the page without actually logging in. (Which is weird, because yesterday I was able to post from it, and I didn't have to log-in because it accepted my cookie from before the site change.)

On computer: I'm getting an advertising redirect I haven't seen before. It's pretty infrequent, but it's enough for me to notice it's the same site. (http://consumernews247.com/sc/gm722-2310/special-report.html?voluumdata=vid..00000003-e92c-4f66-8000-000000000000__vpid..9eb40000-985b-11e4-8c62-ec4ef2168412__caid..ac94a34b-c0d9-47a8-b3b6-5e60883b640f__lid..dc63c1f0-1ae7-4119-bddb-b378eaf238f9__rt..R__oid1..5cb0a8d0-df5b-41cf-a42e-ebadde0525e8__oid2..36af88d0-f29a-4e5a-b385-11eccf7225d1&it=1420848270341&refurl=http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6610802604051523&format=728x90&output=html&h=90&slotname=6630729251&adk=2146628551&w=728&lmt=1420848269&flash=15.0.0&url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14207434880A23303400&page=5&dt=1420848269834&bpp=16&bdt=135&shv=r20150106&cbv=r20141212&saldr=aa&prev_fmts=728x90&correlator=4219446041593&frm=20&ga_vid=1480384014.1420846755&ga_sid=1420848270&ga_hid=483735587&ga_fc=0&u_tz=-480&u_his=7&u_java=1&u_h=1080&u_w=1920&u_ah=1040&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_nplug=25&u_nmime=118&dff=sans-serif&dfs=16&adx=198&ady=6413&biw=1903&bih=919&eid=317150304&oid=3&ref=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14207434880A23303400&page=4&rx=0&eae=0&fc=8&brdim=,,-8,-8,1920,0,1936,1056,1920,919&vis=1&abl=CS&ppjl=f&fu=0&bc=1&ifi=2&xpc=kvGGgOUtSp&p=https://tvtropes.org&dtd=162)

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
Outsyder0486 Since: Jan, 2001
#192: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:24:57 PM

Whenever I search for something - anything - the screen whites out. Refreshing doesn't do anything.

RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#193: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:27:18 PM

I think this is related, so I apologise if it's not.

Right now I only see the search functions for the forums for thread titles and by tropers' handles when I post a comment, and trying either results in seemingly random results.

Say I search for a troper's posts, it doesn't result in their posts there, and seemingly comes up with a whole load of random results unrelated to their posts.

EDIT: Wait, it seems to be that if I look up a Troper's name (Let's say I want to look up Septimus), it won't go by the fact that I types in Septimus, it goes by the first box. So whatever I put in the first box it will search for, no matter what I type in the second, and the fact I click on the second's search button.

edited 9th Jan '15 4:33:39 PM by RatherRandomRachel

"Did you expect somebody else?"
nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#194: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:29:10 PM

@178 I am having the same problems - I've been trying to work out how to get to Main/ redirects since yesterday night but have been persistently rerouted to the work page itself.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#195: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:30:42 PM

Yeah, that redirect thing has been reported for fixing.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#196: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:31:43 PM

Firefox keeps crashing on me, so if you could possibly fix whatever keeps the site from working right on the Samsung Galaxy SII's default webapp, I'd appreciate it.

On the default browser, everything south of the top blue bar is crammed into an impossibly thin column on the right side of the page. Messing with the webapp's settings doesn't seem to fix it; I think the stuff suddenly broke out of the column and went where it was supposed to be for a half second at one point, but it didn't last.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
CrazedGamer98 <insert humorous caption here> from Noneofyourbusiness, CA Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
<insert humorous caption here>
#197: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:36:20 PM

Besides frequently getting logged out at random, whenever I try to create a page that doesn't exist, when I click the Edit button it takes me to the home page.

You want the best? I'll show you the best - the best of the worst, that is.
konekootome the cat who wanders from In the middle of something for once Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
the cat who wanders
#198: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:37:17 PM

I'm on Google Chrome, but when I'm on tvtropes I keep getting directed to lemode-mgz.com/, it keeps trying to send me back when I go back a page. My virus scan keeps saying that lemode-mgz.com/ is phishing site and it's very disruptive to my browsing.

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#199: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:39:22 PM

I seem to keep being logged off after I finish browsing the site. It happens whether it's on Chrome or on my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
MsAnarchy Prima's Pondering from shoujo-ai city Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Prima's Pondering
#200: Jan 9th 2015 at 4:42:33 PM

I'm not sure if this is just some sort of plugin I have on my computer I'm unaware of or the site itself, but almost every time I want to look something up in the search bar and often when I click on articles, I'm automatically linked to lemonade.mgz (or something like that) on some random article about weight loss or IQ. It's getting very irksome for doing simple things.

"i guess you could say my life's a mess. but i'm still looking pretty in this dress."

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