I'm having real problems on the site - getting into my group etc.

I keep getting an error message like this one -

Commercial Short Story Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e31' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Timeout expired /groups/group_home.asp, line 179

The error message is basically the same, but the last line differs depending where I'm trying to go - groups, lounge etc.

Anyone else having problems?

Kat x

I've been having a log-in problem recently - whenever I'm in the Lounge and click on the link to go to Private Members, or vice versa, it logs me out and I have to log back in and go round the houses again from the home page. Don't know if it's related...

Yes, i've had problems logging into our group lately, Kat.

Yeas, Sometimes. But When I go back n continuously click tik, tik, tik, tik, tik. Then it becomes okay.

Sometimes the site is running slow (when Admin's doing a backup) and your computer may time you out before the page is uploaded. That's something that would need to be changed on your computer settings, to give your pc more time to upload the psge.

A log in/out problem is again down to personal computer settings. It's commonly a problem when the computer is set to delete cookies rather than store them, or purges them at regular intervals, and then it'll forget you're logged in.

That's odd, because I'm pretty sure mine isn't set to delete cookies and I'm talking literally within a minute or so of logging in each time, so I think it's unlikely to be purging that regularly. It's only been happening for a month or so... not sure what would have changed since then.

Do you tick the 'Keep me logged in on this computer' when you sign back in?
It's unlikely to be a problem on admin's side but you could WWmail David Bruce and ask if it's a problem on your account.
More likely there's been an update on your computer that means you're pc isn't storing cookies, or the logged in cookie is corrupted so you have to log back in each time you refresh the page.


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Something I've had to do on other websites, but which may help you with yourl og in problems on WW, is to right click on your browser and select 'start in private browsing' since that ignores previously stored cookies and starts afresh.

I've been finding that any page on this site takes between 30 seconds and a minute to load. I don't have problems with any other sites, so I don't think it's a computer problem.

We are having intermittent problems with loading times, which I'm attempting to unravel. Please have patience!

I've alerted our webmaster to this so am sure he'll be popping in here soon.

'start in private browsing'

I thought that was intended to protect the guilty when viewing porn?
Manomi, not for the first time, I view you in a different light.