Anybody else having trouble getting DU to fully load?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

It's been giving me trouble since Friday. No problems with other pages except Facebook yesterday.

[Autumn]

1. Yes, since Thursday. It's been better since yesterday but only

because I am using posts that I google to get in. I saw someone post that so I tried it and it works. When I try to go to different groups or forums it freezes up and takes forever to load.

[Shrike47]

2. Yes, yes, yes!

It's driving me crazy ( a short trip).

[Ron Obvious]

3. I certainly did on Thursday night and Friday

But I was in a hotel with a somewhat dodgy connection. All the other web pages seemed to load OK, but DU behaved as though it had been DOS'ed or something. Went for a nice walk instead.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Several others noted loading problems Friday

Posting of the DUzy Awards was delayed for that reason. And though they were expected to be delayed only until Saturday, they still are not up.

Thanks, FCC... The DUzy Awards are postponed
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4932867

[Cha]

35. Thanks for that news, pinboy.. my saga is at the end of this thread..

if you care?

[pinboy3niner]

55. The latest from admins (UPDATED):

Last edited Mon May 12, 2014, 06:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Skinner
Mon May 12, 2014, 08:10 AM

1. At this point we are not aware of any problem on our end.
But we'll look and see if we can find anything.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12595803#post1

UPDATE:

Elad
Mon May 12, 2014, 11:50 AM

3. One of our servers is having issues.
Our ISP is working on it. In the meantime, try this address:
http://upload.democraticunderground.com

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12595802#post3

Good luck, Cha!

[Cha]

67. That is really bad news! I was hoping they could fix it! It's a Major Problem.. my

computer is fine.. but I can't download DU except sitting here trying for an hour.

mahalo for the info! And thanks for the good luck, pinboy

[TexasTowelie]

5. Are you using any type of ad blocking plug-ins in your browser?

They should help your pages load faster.

[RobertEarl]

6. They are not throttling DU.

No one reads DU so why would they try and throttle DU?

And no, the nsa is not tapping your DU connection. An nsa person told me that, so it must be true.

But if they were tapping you, the problems you are having could be the signal that they are, right?

[antiquie]

7. Hmmm

Slowest action today was trash thread...what CS can you make with that?

[RobertEarl]

12. There is a lot of metadata in trash

Probably the best thing to trash are the liberal left wing threads. That way you are known as a non-threat. Reccing the bundy threads? Now that is tough to call. Would have to see your metadata to clear that up.

Like the chief enforcers told us: You are either with us or against us. Wait, no that was just a CS meme, eh?

[antiquie]

15. ~

[Faux pas]

8. Trouble with is loading at all

since Friday. Frustrating!!!!

[Go Vols]

9. If I click a link once

it takes forever,but click it again in a sec or two and it loads straight away.

:/

[RKP5637]

26. Yep, same here! n/t

[Cha]

36. Sometimes is takes me a couple of hours of doing that.. I've been a determined little

DU rat! I'm wondering if matters where we're posting from?

[pinboy3niner]

10. One fix that worked for me in the past...

I went to "My Account" and changed the preference setting for social media tabs on threads from 'Display' to 'Remove.'

That solved loading problems for me and some others, but not for everyone who tried it.

Good luck!

[Jesus Malverde]

39. Interesting, I haven't had any problems and have had those hidden forever.

Those and avatars and signatures.

[maddezmom]

11. No problems here at all.

[SixString]

13. Clear your cache and cookies.

That fixed it for me.

[napkinz]

56. re Clear your cache and cookies.

could you give me the steps how to do that, if it's not too involved

(I've been having a lot of trouble getting DU to come up the past couple of days)

thanks

[SixString]

58. What browser are you using?

In firefox go to preferences and click the privacy tab and there you will find the option to clear cache and cookies.
In Internet explorer click internet optiions and look for clear browsing history.

[napkinz]

59. firefox and chrome

thanks for the information!


edit: ummm ... where is the privacy tab? All I see at the top of the page is Most Visited, Getting Started, Adjuist Desktop, File Manager, Microsoft Media Center

[SixString]

62. It should be under tools.

Then options.

[napkinz]

64. i found something that says "open menu" and when I click on it I get these options ...

History, Options, Add-Ons

when I clicked on OPTIONS, I get GENERAL, TABS, CONTENT, APPLICATIONS, PRIVACY, SECURITY, SYNC, ADVANCED

any one of those I shoud try clicking on?

(I don't see TOOLS)


edit: I just had to restart my computer because AGAIN I couldn't get back to DU ... this is getting crazy

[SixString]

65. Privacy.

Clear recent history and remove cookies should be under privacy.

[napkinz]

74. OK ... I went to privacy and there is a link that reads ...

"You may want to clear your recent history, or remove individual cookies."

So I'm going to try that.

Thanks

[Autumn]

14. No trouble on any site but this one. Cleared everything several times on Fire Fox

it quit letting me in using post I Goggled. Found Internet Explorer and am able to log in on that but it's a little iffy switching between forums. But can't do anything to get into DU on Fire Fox.

Now this seems to be giving me trouble. I click on a link in the host forum or in MIRT and it just sits and spins and will not open. I have clicked on ask the admins but that just spins also.

[scarletwoman]

16. I've seen quite a few posts now from people having trouble. The weird thing is,

I'm on dial-up and haven't noticed any problems at all. Being on dial-up means that loading times are always pretty slow, but things haven't been any slower than usual and I haven't had any trouble going around DU.

This may be the one time I can be glad that I'm still stuck with dial-up.

[madokie]

17. Off and on

sometimes its quick as a cat other times its slower than smoke off you know what

[politicat]

18. Yes. Debugging notes in text.

I'm regularly getting this error message:

The error was: The operation couldn't be completed. (kCFErrorDomain CFNetwork error 303.)"

Primarily on iOS 7.1 Safari, but secondarily on OSX Safari and OSX Firefox. Provider is CenturyLink.

[2naSalit]

19. I have a similar setup

using WIN 7; Fire Fox and CenturyLink. I've found that several "tricks" help but problem not solved... been this way since early Friday. Logged in or not it's the same. I use Ghostery and have cookies either turned off or deleted when I close my browser along with history... I use disk clean-up often and that didn't change anything either. About half the links open quickly and the rest take several tries before they load... albeit most with the load wheel still spinning as this tab is doing right now.

Googling and then opening in new tab helps a lot in most cases. .. including the log in and posting comments. Any link I try to open I use the new tab option, otherwise it's the ugly-demon-nightmare-wait-in-limbo-from-hell. AKA, the eternal spin cycle.

All other web sites load really fast.

[jwirr]

20. I did a couple of days ago but not now.

[Ghost in the Machine]

21. None at all! GD is set as my home page, and I usually have the browser open 24/7. I just refresh

from time to time to see what new has been posted.

Peace,

Ghost

[bigwillq]

22. Seems to be working fine for me.

But this is the first time I have visited all weekend. (sunday, 5/11/14, 10 p.m.)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. Finally made it back on by opening a private window in Firefox

Thanks for all the replies, at least I know it's not just us.

VivaDad and I both upgraded Firefox in the past few days, I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

[politicat]

24. I don't think so. I'm thinking it may be regional.

I primarily go through iOS Safari with my secondary machine running OSX Safari.

I noticed that several others who posted that they were having problems mentioned or otherwise indicated that they had associations with either Colorado or CenturyLink. I'm currently thinking it might be somewhere in the provider network -- downstream of DU CentCom but upstream of users? Since ping responses seem to be okay and other traffic seems fine...?

It reminds me of the old days when AOL was the hot new thing and MAE-EAST would go down... Half of the intertubez would be hard to reach.

[Cha]

38. I think it's DU.. I'm out here in Hawai'i on IE. I feel like I'm posting on borrowed time right now

[csziggy]

25. LOTS of trouble for the last few days

For a while today couldn't get in at all. It's been nearly unusable - at the same time, no problems with any other forum or webpage.

I asked about it on ATA forum. Skinner thought it was fixed yesterday, but hasn't responded since, though I added two updates.

[Cha]

40. Your post in ATA was the first time I had hope that it wasn't just me.. when I was able to get

back on. And then after I get on.. it freezes up on me after a little while and the whole thing starts over again. It sure will be sweet when all this Over!

[csziggy]

41. It's annoying - sometimes I can get in fine, others not at all

And sometimes when I get in I can read a thread or two, then it freezes up. It seems better in the middle of the night - that's why I'm back on now - I needed my DU fix!

I was ready to call my ISP and ask if they were throttling DU.

[Cha]

44. I saw you had replied and went to respond and it locked me out. It's taken me almost

two hours to get back on.

I called Dell Tech Saturday morning to see if they could help but they wanted too much money and thankfully I didn't bite as much as I wanted to get on DU. I had no idea what was going on.. now according to this thread there are a lot of peeps having probs with getting on. And, then there are others who aren't having any problems at all. Makes me wonder why it doesn't affect those computers!?

Soon.. EarlG will see all of this.. and or Elad and we'll be back at business as usual. lol

[The Blue Flower]

27. Yes

For several days, like others here. It takes a long time to download. LONG time.

[betterdemsonly]

28. Yes, for 4 or 5 days now

The strange thing is downforeveryone but me says the site is fine.

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/democraticunderground.com

And I can access the site fine posting through a proxy page. I am using one now. So it appears just some ip addresses are being effected.

That makes me think it is hacking.

[idahoblue]

29. Yes

Using my ipad, would not load. Emptied cache, closed the app, finally rebooted the ipad. DU loaded fast then would partially load. I am now in using the tabs. All other sites load just fine. I have not tried my desktop this weekend. It seems to be a DU problem.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. Are you using FireFox? I discovered that FF was screwing up DU as an "attack site".

Go to "options" under "block attack sites" go to "exceptions" and copy the DU to it. Fixed.

[2naSalit]

33. I just did that...

I was having intermittent luck with pages loading so I will know after a few tries.

Thanks for that info, I wasn't sure where to look or what the problem was... I hope that was it!



ETA: Nope, that wasn't it. But I still will keep that setting change and am still glad you 'splained it. Maybe I'll try the restore point thingy next. Doesn't make sense, but I was having trouble with The Wildlife News site earlier today (hosted by WordPress), it was down for a spell, complete with a "Server Not Found" notice. That isn't the case for DU.

[Generic Other]

52. Thank you!

I have been trying to get on since Thursday! Your fix worked!

[StarryNite]

31. Yes!

I've been having trouble for several days. It went from bad to worse until just a few minutes ago when I did a system restore. I was finally able to get on here. As others have said, this was the only site I was having problems with. I'm hoping the restore did the trick. So far, so good.

[edgineered]

32. Using this work around has helped -

Changed my bookmark to 'democraticunderground.com' and the home page loads instantly. From there I go where ever without delay. Good luck. Disable automatic logon, too.

[Cha]

34. Thanks, VLR! I would have been on this OP sooner but it's taken me 2 hours to get back on DU.

The rest of my sites work great.. it's only DU since Friday. For awhile I thought I was the only one because those I talked to when I did get on had no problems.. then yesterday I saw two posts in ATA from czziggy and 2naSalit that gave me hope it wasn't just me.

I dodged a bullet yesterday morning because I had called Dell tech to see if they could help and it would have been $200.00 for a year service contract or $130.00 for a one shot deal. As much as I wanted to get on DU I said.. no thank I cannot afford that.

It takes me forever to get on with many tries and then when I do.. it lets me post for a little while and then it freezes up on me.. big time.

I'm wondering if it matters where we are.. why it affects some and not others?

So glad to see your thread.. I'm going to write a post myself in ATA tomorrow if DU lets me in.

[napkinz]

45. "I thought I was the only one"

Me too, Cha!

For the past two days I have had the same difficulties as others. I thought it was a problem at my end until I read this thread a few minutes ago.

So there is nothing we have to do to fix the problem? Just wait for the tech people at DU to take care of it?

(I'm not very computer literate, so when things go awry, I automatically think there is something I need to do, something beyond my ken. It can be very frustrating.)

[Cha]

46. Hi napkinz.. glad you saw this thread when you did! Friday when I finally got

got on I kept looking for OPs that wondered what the heck was up with DU.. but, nothing and as I said the people I talked to weren't having problems, either.. so not being that tech savvy myself I thought it was my new laptop!

I really feel I dodged a bullet by saying "No" to Dell.. 'cause I was thinking about it.

As far as doing anything ourselves about it.. there may be some suggestions for you in this thread.. like I told csziggy.. It's going to be so sweet when it's Over!

[napkinz]

47. after I posed my question to you, it happened again!

I couldn't get back to this forum. I had to to restart my computer!

Now I'm going to click on "post my reply" to you ... and I have no idea if it's going to take my back to this thread, and if it doesn't, I'll have to restart the computer again.

This is driving me crazy.

OK ... here goes ... clicking on "post my reply" (meaning THIS reply I am now typing).

[Cha]

49. I just discovered if I have no other tabs open it's easier to get on to DU.. not like

before when I could be watching something on Netflix and switch over to DU when the mood struck.

It shows me how addicted I am..

[napkinz]

57. ugh! I couldn't get back on to DU this morning

A few times I got just the top of the page, but no threads.

I finally got back on just now.

One member suggested "Clear your cache and cookies" to another member. I asked that person if he/she could give me the steps how to do that (I'm so darn computer illiterate).

In another reply to this thread, a member said Skinner wrote that there's no problem at DU's end, so I guess that means the problem is with my connection ... ???

Yet other members have said they too have had difficulty the past couple of days getting DU to load.

I'm soooo confused.

[Cha]

66. I couldn't get back on until just now.. after about 39 tries.. and what I said about

it being easier with no other tabs open was wrong!

It's too bad if Skinner said there's no problem at DU's end because my computer is fine but I can't download DU except occasionally when the mood strikes cyberspace. Lots of members said they've had problems not just us.

[napkinz]

73. I've had little luck all day ... that I'm typing this reply now is a miracle

I've restarted my computer about twenty times today. I think I've been able to load DU only four times. And a couple of those times, I typed something, hit reply, and "lost the page."

This has been going on three days now.

Well, here goes. I'm now going to hit "post my reply." And if this doesn't work, it's back to restarting my computer again and again and again. (I don't have this problem with any other websites.)

[Cha]

76. You sound like me! Some encouraging news.. Elad says a server is having "issues"..

I'll say! uppityperson says his problem is in the Pacific NW..and I'm in the Pacific Hawai'ian Islands so I'm wondering if it's regional?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12595802

Good Luck to all of us and it being Over Soon!

[napkinz]

79. another member suggested using this link

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10024943226

so far so good!

[Cha]

80. Thanks, napkinz... I have that in my collection of links saved in my

email drafts.. right now I'm still working on my regular ol link to DU in address bar.

So far so good is right!

[Cha]

83. This one works for me.. all day long! Out of a whole list it's the only one..

http://sync.democraticunderground.com From EarlG..

http://betterment.democraticunderground.com
http://election.democraticunderground.com
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com
http://sync.democraticunderground.com
http://upload.democraticunderground.com

Link to post in thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024943226#post15

[napkinz]

48. well that time it worked :)

PS I updated the collection from last week. Added dozens more graphics and categorized them:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024902613

[Cha]

50. Bookmarked.. I have a feeling we're going to need them.. something for every facit

of those poor victims of Benghazi.

Thank you, napkinz!

[Jesus Malverde]

37. Been working like a charm...nt

[alittlelark]

42. Definately.....

[MFM008]

43. yes

for 2 days at least. It would not load.

[shenmue]

51. I've seen that too

Happens when I click the Latest Threads tab.

[panader0]

53. Yes--lots of trouble

And it's only DU. Every other site on my computer loads right away. Sometimes DU won't load at all. I got on this morning for the first time in days. It occurred to me that someone could be sabotaging the site.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

54. Yes, DU only. No issues with FB or any other site. eom

[Tuesday Afternoon]

60. firefox will not load it. google will not load it. on IE right now. who knows for how long.

been this way for three days now. no issues for me anywhere else on the net. getting old.

[uppityperson]

61. I have had trouble with the www du loading, other ones load ok

doing a running commentary in ATA, but told skinner he doesn't have to reply since so many others have posted but yes. www.DU has been loading only rarely the last few days.

[Cha]

68. Thank you, uppity.. I read he said they weren't aware of problems on their end but there's too

many of us having the same problem only with DU for it to be our computers.

I just want it to be Over.

[uppityperson]

69. Pacific NW and www.du is not working for days, but others do.

upload.du for instance

[Cha]

71. I be out here in the Pacific Hawai'ian Islands.. I thought it might be regional. :(

[pinboy3niner]

70. Update: DU's ISP is working to fix a problem with one of the servers

Elad
Mon May 12, 2014, 11:50 AM

3. One of our servers is having issues.
Our ISP is working on it. In the meantime, try this address:
http://upload.democraticunderground.com

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12595802#post3

[Cha]

72. You're sweet. Thank you, pinboy. Unfortunately that link that Elad provided

doesn't even come up for me. but, it's encouraging to learn that he's recognized there is a problem with one of the servers!

[pinboy3niner]

75. EarlG provided some other server options to try...

http://betterment.democraticunderground.com
http://election.democraticunderground.com
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com
http://sync.democraticunderground.com
http://upload.democraticunderground.com

Link to post in thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024943226#post15

[Bonx]

77. DU was DOA for me until I switched to election.democraticunderground.com

So far, so good.

[Cha]

78. Mahalo, pinboy.. I already know metamorphosis doesn't work.. William gave one to me on

Saturday. At least they're aware of problems with one of the servers.. I think it's out West!

Thanks for the links!

[kairos12]

63. Yes...it is ongoing. NSA must plugins must be clunky.

[GentryDixon]

81. Yes. Since last week.

Is Century Link the culprit? It is annoying as hell. It is impacting my laptop & my tablet, with different browser's.

[azurnoir]

82. yes, yes and yes

it seems to come and go with no rhyme or reason to it no other problems for me period

but glad to hear it's not just me