Monday, July 06, 2009

YET ANOTHER TECHIE PROBLEM

Steve Jones writes:

'By the way Jon, I have problems viewing photo's etc on your blog. Has anyone else reported problems? It started when java updated itself a few months back. I just get placeholders instead of pictures or videos. It only happens with the CFZ site. I wondered if one of the I.T. geeks had changed some settings?'

On another subject (that of shameless self congratulation), I want to pat ourselves on the back for having reached over 1500 blog posts now, and despite the fact that viewing numbers are down from the peak of a few weeks ago at the height of the Peruvian snake saga, we are still getting 20,000 a week (which is about what we got on the first three and a half years of the blog combined)....

At this rate we will be getting a hit-rate of over a million a year, which ain't too shabby. But we will have some more if people like Steve could see the pictures. C'mon techies....

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:10 AM

    What operating system are you using, what web browser and what version of Java plugin is your web browser using? Secondly, what antivirus are you using (if applicable; my Linux kit doesn't need antivirus) and what firewalling and advert-blocking plugins do you have (if any)?

    Any of these could be causing the problem.

    Try right-clicking on the area where the images should be to see if this reveals any information; that might give you a clue too.

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  2. If your using 'Internet Explorer 8' with vile 'Vista' that could be part if not all of the problem.
    Until a few months ago when my lap top died, I was using IE7 with XP and had no trouble with this site.
    Since getting a new computer running under 'Vista' and preloaded with IE8, I have had nothing but problems with the CFZ and a few other sites. I have been totally unable to comment on Blog articles here, some times pictures and videos have not displayed here or elsewhere. This and a few other web sites have crashed when I have switched from page to page.

    Now everything in the garden is looking rosy again and all I did was kick out IE8 and install Firefox.

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