Double Posts in the Forums

[+vwaldoguy]

For those that occasionally have double posts in the forums, typically, if you get a time-out error when trying to make a new post, or followup to an existing topic, the message usually does get saved on the first try, so there's no need to hit the refresh button to try and post again, which often results in a double post. Every time I get a timeout error after making a post, I just hit the back button on my browser, instead of refresh, and indeed, my message has always been posted the first time, despite the timeout error that I receive. I'm not sure where the appropriate place to post this is, but if people just check the topic message list to see if their post went through the first time, it would eliminate a lot of the double posts that always seem to show up.

Edited December 27, 2008 by vwaldoguy

[Keystone]

On behalf of the moderator team that deletes a lot of those double posts, I'd like to thank you for your informative and accurate advice.

[Keystone]

On behalf of the moderator team that deletes a lot of those double posts, I'd like to thank you for your informative and accurate advice.

[+vwaldoguy]

Ah, even the mods get the dreaded double post from time to time,

Edited December 27, 2008 by vwaldoguy

[+Cardinal Red]

On behalf of the moderator team that deletes a lot of those double posts, I'd like to thank you for your informative and accurate advice.

 

Good one Keystone. That's funny !!! Almost as funny as vwaldoguy thinking that the double or triple posters will ever learn.

[+vwaldoguy]

Hey CR, guess I was being optimistic, but how many times a day do you see those double posts, which usually go something like, "Site hiccuped, double post. Text deleted." Guess in the big scheme, it doesn't really matter a hill of beans if there are double posts, but just passing along something I've learned what not to do when you get that dreaded timeout error.

[Keystone]

I delete double posts whenever I see them.

 

If you see one, it's a sure sign that Keystone hasn't read that post. Yet.

 

So, for all the double posts you *do* see, imagine how many more there were which the moderators delete.

[+Cache O'Plenty]

Quick tip: if you write a long reply, copy it to the clipboard before hitting Add Reply. That way, if it does timeout and get lost, it's easy to redo.

[+ladyleo191]

I appreciate that advice. It has happened to me more than once and I had absolutely no idea how to prevent it, so I thank you.

[+kini_ont]

That was a good one Keystone luv'd it

[+sTeamTraen]

Alternatively, the good people at IPB could add three or four lines of PHP code which would prevent the board from accepting the exact same POST data a second time.