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12/12/2009 at 4:26 am #1729251
benny7210
Why are their times that when I post to the forums it will double post?
I only hit submit…once. I see it happening to other people as well. Does
any one know why? OR how to prevent it. Just curious. 😕
12/12/2009 at 4:53 am #1918288
Miata
Hard to say.
12/12/2009 at 4:54 am #1918289
Miata
Hard to say.
12/12/2009 at 4:54 am #1918290
Miata
Hard to say.
12/12/2009 at 3:56 pm #1918291
sandlanders
Sometimes the post doesn’t want to upload for me. Resist the urge to click “submit” again. If it seems stuck, go to some other spot, and it usually shows up as submitted.

I’ve had some “phantom” double posts, though. No reason why, but it’s a great way to pad your post count! 😉
12/12/2009 at 3:59 pm #1918292
-cheeto-
@Miata wrote:

Hard to say.

you’re such a triple poster…
12/12/2009 at 8:10 pm #1918293
Miata
@-cheeto- wrote:

@Miata wrote:

Hard to say.

you’re such a triple poster…

My bad. Sorry Benny. 😈
12/12/2009 at 8:38 pm #1918294
Frizz
I I hadn’t hadn’t noticed noticed that that happening happening..
12/12/2009 at 11:01 pm #1918295
One Paddle Short
When I’ve double posted it’s always been because I hit back on the browser after posting and it sent the message again. At least I think that’s what did it. I’ll try it right now…
12/12/2009 at 11:03 pm #1918296
One Paddle Short
Nope, I would have had to have hit submit again.
12/15/2009 at 11:39 pm #1918297
Northern Lightz
Ours will post a second time anytime we use the back button after a post.

We stop that from happening by clicking on whatever forum we’re on. Now it would be Help then it won’t post twice.

But we do forget every once in a while hence the double post
12/16/2009 at 5:01 am #1918298
Team Deejay
I suspect this is caused by a particular browser. Using Firefox, I have never gotten a double post (and I hit back a lot.) I believe this behavior is specific to IE 6. If you are using IE 6, try upgrading to the current version.
12/16/2009 at 6:35 pm #1918299
RSplash40
@Team Deejay wrote:

I suspect this is caused by a particular browser. Using Firefox, I have never gotten a double post (and I hit back a lot.) I believe this behavior is specific to IE 6. If you are using IE 6, try upgrading to the current version.

I have had it primarily with FF 3.5.? on windows and occasionally safari on a mac.
12/16/2009 at 9:07 pm #1918300
Team Deejay
Maybe you are hitting back and then forward. That would do it on any browser.
12/16/2009 at 10:49 pm #1918301
Jeremy
@Team Deejay wrote:

Maybe you are hitting back and then forward. That would do it on any browser.

If you do this (back then forward) in some browsers you get a warning message saying that you are about to “repost form data” or something similar. If you see such a message, STOP because it means you are going to redo some action (in this case, send your post again creating a double post).

We could increase the minimum time between posts, which right now is 30 seconds. If this were a minute, then you’d be more likely to get an error message saying that you posted another time too quickly instead of creating a double post. Though thread stealers going for a FTP may get annoyed by this restriction…
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