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openCan’t access site on desktop
Every time I try to access the site on my laptop, I get a page that says “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it”.
closed Page Gaps From Commented-Out Examples Disappear After Edit
The gaps between examples caused by commented-out Zero-Context Examples are useful in finding them before editing the page. Now they all disappear after the page is edited once. I hope this is just a bug and not a "feature" to make the page look cleaner.
workingCan't upload thumbnail for a video example
I uploaded a lot of videos and I was able to upload fitting thumbnails for a lot of them but I seem to have trouble trying to upload a thumbnail for my latest one. Usually, I would see the words "Place Thumbnail Here" (or something along the lines) after clicking the button "Upload New Thumbnail", but the words are missing and I can't upload anything either tapping it or using my cursor. Neither work when I try using my cellphone or my computer even as I try refreshing it. I thought it was just my latest video in particular that was acting weird, but it's actually a general problem for all my other videos that have new thumbnails or not. I hope to see this issue gets resolved, thanks for your help.
closed Uploading thumbnail image issue
I'm trying to upload an image for a video but I can't seem to do so. It's the same issue as this post.
Edited by RuckusHeartsopenMissing YKTTW
The YKTTW archive for The Inverse Law of Fandom Levity isn't showing up on its discussion page, and isn't in the Launches list. I know this happens a lot with older tropes, and it happened to a few tropes very sparsely over the course of 2023, but this is the first time it's happened since, I believe. I know there isn't a known cause for this bug, but does it affect tropes that were drafted in the 2010s more?
workingThe "Have you tried rebooting" bug is back
Once again, "random trope" is only sending me to Have You Tried Rebooting?. I believe it started at midnight Pacific time.
openVideo uploader progress is bugged
I went to upload a video to a trope (Love Confessor if it matters) and the progress bar ran up and then got stuck at 26%. I thought the whole uploader was broken but then I came back later to find a notification that transcoding had completed. Video seems to be fine, so looks like this is a straight-up display bug.
Windows 10, latest version of Firefox if that matters.
closed Random Trope leading to the same page
Whenever I click the "Random Trope" button, it sends me only to "Have You Tried Rebooting?" trope page. I have tried clearing the cache, trying it on a different browser etc and it still doesn't work properly.
Edited by Eeler12345openRandomly logged out and UI settings reset
I was going through the forums when I found that I was randomly logged out and all my UI settings were reset: spoilers hidden, night vision off, sticky header off, right-aligned sidebar, etc. I was able to log right back in and reset things to normal, but was weird and kinda scary.
closed Video Thumbnail problem
Add me to the list of folks who have been unable to upload a new thumbnail for a video submission. In addition to what The Sponge Boy has tried I will add that I'm not using an ad-blocker.
Edited by Kalliclosed Can't upload video thumbnails for video examples
I need your help. I'm trying to upload thumbnails for my videos in the Edit Videos section and I noticed that the box is empty, even it was meant to say "Click or drag the image to upload" in order to upload the image by either clicking or dragging it. I tried to clear my cache, reboot my computer and using different browsers to see if it works, but unfortunately, nothing worked as the box is still empty. It's weird as it was actually working days ago, but since yesterday, I started to have this issue. I hope to see this issue gets resolved soon.
Here is the photographic evidence relating to this problem.◊
Edited by TheSpongeBoyworkingIssues uploading images
Similarly to this post, I'm unable to upload images for an Image Pickin' thread. I'm getting the same thing. Oddly enough, I successfully submitted images for a separate thread literal moments prior.
Edited by PaperflyopenForum video playback issues
I’m having trouble with the videos I’m posting in the forums today. Everything I posted earlier seems to be working fine but the videos I’m posting in this thread and in this thread are not playing. I just get the error message.
closed Unable to use dropdown menus on PC
Even as I type this, it's from my phone. I logged in yesterday (March 13th) to discover that my user profile drop-down menu wasn't working. I'm also unable to add replies to TLP drafts, and couldn't even submit this bug report because the Submit bug button didn't respond.
The bug persisted after i closed the browser.
Edited by DRCEQclosed Can't upload image/blank image upload pop up.
When I was trying to upload an image, the image uploader popup is completely blank and I can't click on it at all. Sometimes it'll fix itself when I restart the page, but it's only briefly before it goes blank again.
Here's what the pop up looks like on my end.◊.
Edited by Tylerbear12closed Can't follow or unfollow threads
The "Following" and "Follow" buttons do nothing. On any devices. No JS errors. Articles are fine.
Edited by AmonimusopenDouble PM email
I now appear to get two emails at the same time from thestaff@tvtropes.org whenever someone PM's me.
Possibly a glitch since it happened twice today, but not for the third PM.
Edited by Amonimusclosed Clicking the avatar at the top right does nothing
You know how you can click your avatar at the top right to access the article watchlist, the thread watchlist, profile, message box, etc.? I'm clicking it and the menu doesn't show anymore.
workingNew discussion page triplicated in watchlist
After starting a new discussion page, it appeared three different times in my followed pages list. All three have the same revision number.
The duplication persists once the page is refreshed.
So some weeks ago it was reported here that some Magnificent Bastard pages like Comic Books and Western Animation were suffering of a problem where despite having been edited several times for months (as seen in their edit histories) the actual pages had stayed the same since around December. The report was then locked as the issue was said to be fixed, except… it hasn't? The pages are still looking the same to me as they have looked for months.
Something else to mention is that I have found that the pages for Literature K to Z and Live-Action TV: A to G are also suffering from these same problems.
Twiddler said that "to fix this issue, just do a null edit to the page type" but, uh, I'm sorry but I have no idea what that means? What is a "null edit"? What is "the page type"?