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04-01-2007, 02:18 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USA,Florida
Posts: 2,417
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Is there a problem?
When I just came on the site, I got the message that the first page is no longer valid, etc. etc. I can get to the forum listings, but really like the convenience of seeing new postings right away.
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04-01-2007, 02:36 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 19,725
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I just checked and it worked for me. I take it you mean the Portal page - try clicking the link above left and see if it's working. If it still isn't working you might want to use the Contact Us link and report the problem to the Technical Department.
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04-01-2007, 03:00 PM
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Chief Eating Officer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: USA,Massachusetts
Posts: 25,518
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Try restarting your computer too if all else fails. Sometimes that helps.
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04-01-2007, 03:31 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 2,773
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I have seen it but it redirects me to the portal???? weird
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05-10-2007, 01:34 AM
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Senior Cook
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: USA, Nevada and California
Posts: 320
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Advertisements on DC
Quote:
Originally Posted by GB
Try restarting your computer too if all else fails. Sometimes that helps.
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GB= What's with the hyperlinks in postings? As, the word "COMPuTER" in the quoted mesage?
Most of them refer to items that are not cooking related.
As so I see quite few POP UPs now.
Tons of programs to eleminate POP UPs and now it appears that DC is encourging them.
Thanks,
Charlie
Edit==
Where did the hyperlinks go?
They were not there after I posted this mesage.
Tha same with the word PORTAL in ELFs post just before this one.
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Enjoy,
Charlie
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05-10-2007, 07:36 AM
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Chief Eating Officer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: USA,Massachusetts
Posts: 25,518
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Charlie, I have never seen that. That actually sounds more like something that would be specific to your computer. It is possibly you have some spyware or some other unwanted programs on your machine that is causing that.
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05-10-2007, 07:44 AM
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Certified Pretend Chef
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 48,953
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I see those underlined items when I'm visiting and not logged in. As soon as I log in, they disappear.
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05-10-2007, 02:03 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Boston, MA.
Posts: 2,881
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I kept getting "The page cannot be displayed." all day up untill just now when an e-mail notification came in that a thread in which I posted was answered.
Was the website down for a while?
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05-10-2007, 02:05 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: NH
Posts: 1,189
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Yes I had a problem too. DC was down all day until recently. I could go anywhere else other than DC. THere must of been some problems.
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05-11-2007, 01:25 AM
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Senior Cook
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: USA, Nevada and California
Posts: 320
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PoP Up's
Quote:
Originally Posted by GB
Charlie, I have never seen that. That actually sounds more like something that would be specific to your computer. It is possibly you have some spyware or some other unwanted programs on your machine that is causing that.
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GB==There is nothing wrong with my compuer.
I maker a concerted effort to do my maintance and scans reguarly.
May I suggest you read a few messages with out logging on.
(See Andy's post).
I tried to copy a few of the links to post in this mesage but clicking on them sent me to the link.
The POP Up's are another, I feel, unecessary thing we have to contend with. But I guess the site needs the revenue.
Thanks,
Charlie
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Enjoy,
Charlie
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05-11-2007, 07:22 AM
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Chief Eating Officer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: USA,Massachusetts
Posts: 25,518
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Charlie, I did what you suggested and logged out. I now see what you are talking about. I had never noticed it because i am always logged in when here as I have no reason to log out.
It looks like those links are Ads and are also a way of encouraging people to become members. Once you are a member then you log in and do not see those ads so it is a benefit of the free membership.
As for the pop ups being unnecessary, if it were not for those pop ups then you would need to pay a monthly fee to use this site. It is very expensive to keep a site like this running. Andy is kind enough to let us use this site without paying a penny. We are quite lucky in that regard.
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05-11-2007, 09:12 AM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Boston, MA.
Posts: 2,881
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This is not my computer.
It's a loner until mine is restored back to when it was first set up (new) two years ago. It has no protection against ads and pop-ups, which BTW , IS very annoying.
There IS help though. Norton Internet Security, which came with MY pc, can help stop those aggravating pop-ups and ads! I'd install it in this one, but it's at my friend's house. All the software that came with the pc must be reinstalled.
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05-11-2007, 01:52 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Illinois/USA
Posts: 1,343
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hungry
GB==There is nothing wrong with my compuer.
I maker a concerted effort to do my maintance and scans reguarly.
May I suggest you read a few messages with out logging on.
(See Andy's post).
I tried to copy a few of the links to post in this mesage but clicking on them sent me to the link.
The POP Up's are another, I feel, unecessary thing we have to contend with. But I guess the site needs the revenue.
Thanks,
Charlie
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SPAM!!! You see those advertisements a lot during the midnight hours. Someone has removed them now. I was surprised to see them during the day. (obviously not GB who removed them!)
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05-11-2007, 02:47 PM
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Chief Eating Officer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: USA,Massachusetts
Posts: 25,518
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These are not spam StriBlue. There is a difference between spam and legitimate advertising. This site is paid for my advertising. Unless you would like to start paying $30 a month and get everyone else to do the same then we need advertising to keep this site up and running. It is very expensive to run a site like this.
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05-11-2007, 04:20 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Illinois/USA
Posts: 1,343
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Sorry GB, I was referring to the computer sales that were on earlier. The problems that I have encountered are with some of the links posted that contain virus. The other source is people who send those "chain" e-mails to you. Never open the chain e-mails. And if the link is not related to a cooking site, you may want to leave it alone too. By the time you realize the problem, you do have to perform a PC Recovery....and that is no fun.
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