OT: BCB/SBN Freezing up Internet Explorer
Is anyone else having trouble with BCB occasionally locking up Internet Explorer entirely when trying to load the main page? I have experienced this at Work (WinXP) and at home both on my XP computer and my Vista computer. It only happens from time to time, and most of the time the main page loads fine, but other times, when it has happened, it locks up Internet Explorer to the point that I have to manuall kill the iexplore.exe process in Windows.
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Yes. It happens to me all the time.
I switched over to firefox for that reason.
"Fasten those seatbelts!"-Pat Hughes
I have been having the same problem also
on my work computer. usually, when that happens, I can still click on the “fan post” or “fan shot” link and go there and it clears up. ALso to Katie…at work, Firefox is not an option. IE is the standard that was set by our IT staff and we are not allowed to install any software on the work computer, so IE it is (and it’s IE 7 since they don’t trust IE 8 yet)
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just be happy you have IE 7
at Wells Fargo we are still stuck with 6…
Sipping the Kool-Aid since 1982 - Kinda
Currently 34,839 on the Season Ticket Wait List - Expected age of being #0: 119
Yeah, I'm on Vista and IE at work
and it’s freezing up like crazy. I wish I could switch to Chrome or Firefox.
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by Craig in South Bend on Jul 13, 2010 9:18 AM CDT reply actions
NOTE
I did notice that I often clear my internet history, cookies, cache, etc., and if I have done that and then try to go to bleedcubbieblue, that seems to be when it locks up. Is that the case for anyone else? I just thought that might be a helpful note for the SBN tech team.
Happens every time
First time through, I freeze up. Both home and work.
I blame Shanghai Badger.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Yeah it happens if I click on the home page.
Specially if I am in a window that has been sitting for awhile. Close the window and bring up the home page in a new one, or use a fanshot or fanpost, no problem. It’s irritating when I forget and have to close the darn thing down.
SBN ought to release a PR statement about it cause I don’t think they care.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
SBN ought to release a PR statement about it cause I don’t think they care.
Huh? They ought to release a statement about something they don’t know about unless you tell them, and maybe it affects you differently than anyone else?
FWIW, I often leave a Firefox tab with BCB open all day and never have a problem with it.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I was just teasin ya.
Looks like it was definitely a weak joke in reference to Ricketts.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I guess I was right.
"Fasten those seatbelts!"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Jul 13, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
very weak...
should have referenced having a q&a session along with needing to remove all sponsorship from the page to preserve the integrity of the site.
Sipping the Kool-Aid since 1982 - Kinda
Currently 34,839 on the Season Ticket Wait List - Expected age of being #0: 119
I think you just did.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I took it to be a sarcastic comment
in reference to the Tom Ricketts trip thing. Not sure.
"Fasten those seatbelts!"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Jul 13, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
We're all on scale here.
Can’t come up with good ones that often. Least that’s my excuse lol
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Email support (at) sbnation (dot) com
Let them know exactly what the issue is. Make sure you tell them what OS/version and browser/version you are using.
If you are using IE6, there are known issues with IE6 — and that’s a real old browser. There may be issues with IE7 as well.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
It didn't happen until about 3 days ago I think. Most people I know have been using IE8.
It is not happening because of the version being used or it would have happened before.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
exactly this is the same for me
worked fine on IE8 until about 3 days ago, now i cannot open it at all with IS8
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Bleed Castro Blue
SBN has different ads that display on the main page
on a rotating basis. I am just speculating that one of the ads has something corrupt in it that is crashing Internet Explorer. Seems to me that would explain why it happens only occasionally. I suppose I should see if there is a way to report this to SBN and point them to this thread so they know it isn’t an isolated issue and is apparently widespread with Internet Explorer users.
No. It happens with any ad up there.
It’s not one ad. It’s whatever app or software they instituted several days ago. And yes, it seems to be an Explorer problem only.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I use firefox and BCB is consistently a very slow loading page
"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella
I sent the following email to sbnation support
Hello, please see link:
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2010/7/13/1567205/ot-bcb-sbn-freezing-up-internet
for more information. For me for at least the past 5 days or so, The main page of Bleed Cubbie Blue locks up and crashes my entire internet explorer occasionally. It is only sometimes that this happens, other times the page loads fine, and yet other times the right sidebar never loads and at the bottom left corner of the page it tells me that the page is “Done, but with errors”. I have experienced this on 3 different computers. One is on a different network with a different internet provider entirely. One computer is Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7. Another is Windows XP with Internet Explorer 8, and the other is Windows Vista with Internet Explorer 8. This problem seems to happen only with Internet Explorer (the only browser I use). According to the thread I started regarding this problem, it seems that other browsers such as Firefox do not experience this issue. I also suggest, Could it be possible that one of the rotating ads on the main Bleed Cubbie Blue page is causing this problem?
Thanks,
Adam316
Someone will get back to you.
Anyone else who’s having problems with different browsers or OS, should also email support.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Al
of note, this doesn’t happen to me on the other SBN site I frequent (blogabull). I don’t really go to any other sbn sites, but this might be limited to bcb.
DEJESUS!!!
Possibly so.
Again, send an email to support with the specific problem(s) you are having.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
It took me a little while to find the support link.
Finally discovered you need to go to the SBN homepage and click contact us at the bottom after looking around in my profile and the top of the page. I sent them an email. Probably would have in time but it froze again 10 minutes ago when I clicked on the BCB homepage and lost all my open windows again…so it spurred me to do it now lol.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
You can email
support (at) sbnation (dot) com
any time.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Thanks.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
btw
you may want to email support and let them know what problems you are having…
Sipping the Kool-Aid since 1982 - Kinda
Currently 34,839 on the Season Ticket Wait List - Expected age of being #0: 119
If you look up a few replies you'll see I did just that.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
just wanted to make sure
that you emailed support…I was ragging – I guess poorly – on Al for repeating himself about 4 times with that…another joke fail
Sipping the Kool-Aid since 1982 - Kinda
Currently 34,839 on the Season Ticket Wait List - Expected age of being #0: 119
I've been
having the same problem as well.
DEJESUS!!!
YES...I thought it was just me, I have XP and IE 8
only BCB homepage freezes up on me and has been doing it since last Friday. I knew right away it had to be an ad. All the posts and fanshots come up fine. I will also send an e-mail, thanks adam316 for bringing this up, I was going crazy.
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Yeah thank you adam.
I’d love to hear what response people get besides me. I’ll try to post here what they send me.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
No Problem, I'm sure SBN will take care of it
They haven’t emailed me back yet, but lovitt from SBN has commented here, so one way or another we should know when the problem is resolved. Thanks lovitt, SBN, and windycitywarrior for the help. I haven’t tried wcw’s method yet, but it sounds good.
It was nice to hear from Lovitt.
I got a generic response from them saying they are working on the problem, though I suspect it was triggered automatically from sending an email to them.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 14, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Same here.
Did receive a generic email with a ticket number as well. lovitt did say he would report back to this thread when the problem is resolved. As of 12:54pm on 7-14 it is not yet resolved as I had the main page freeze up on me again before I was able to get here and comment.
Yep it's still freezing.
If it is the ad that is causing the problem with Explorer, I suspect it will take a little while. They aren’t going to want to give up the revenue that the ad brings and go back to the earlier format for the front page.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 14, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Still not working right...got a response tho....SB Nation said they were still working on it as of this posting
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
by cooliogirl47 on Jul 15, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
After a little fidgeting around, I found a temp solution
I found that IE seems to crash when it tries to load this picture file. (at least for me)
http://s0.2mdn.net/1715897/WBBM_160x600_LAN_20080602_v.jpg (possibly an ad?)
Turning off Protected mode (Go into Tools/internet options/security and uncheck protected mode) gets BCB to run without crashing, so if you’re willing to do that, go for it.
Or you could download the much better Firefox or Chrome. ;)
"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart."
by windycitywarrior on Jul 13, 2010 11:04 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Actually don't. lol, I made a mistake
Instead of going out of protected mode, go into security settings (same path as above) and set the security level to HIGH! Has the same effect, but keeps you protected. The content that is causing IE to crash is coming from Pulse360 (and ad site)
"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart."
by windycitywarrior on Jul 13, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
wow thanks WCW.
That makes more sense. I noticed it didn’t matter what ad was up there when it crashed, but perhaps the ads are all from the same place or I’m just unlucky.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
please help me...I'm not sure what the unprotected mode is that I'm supposed to uncheck.
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
by cooliogirl47 on Jul 13, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
In the top right corner click the "Tools" minitab
At the bottom of the list, there will be “Internet Options”. Click it.
In internet options, click the “Security” tab at the top of the new window.
Set your security level to High. Keep “Protected Mode” checked.
"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart."
by windycitywarrior on Jul 13, 2010 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
have...to....go....back...
when it was on high I could not use my Z key, set my page on Narrow and could not reply….had to set it back to med/high, thanks anyway wcw,
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
by cooliogirl47 on Jul 13, 2010 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep...
I actually get it on Firefox on Mac as well, and have for probably six months or so now. Pretty sure one of the widgets is spiking CPU, but can’t say with absolute certainty.
wow, I havent had a problem until last Friday...its so annoying, this better go away :(
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
by cooliogirl47 on Jul 13, 2010 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
with Safari it takes forever to load
IE6 often freezes, and yes I think it has to do with the particular ad trying to load at times because it will consistently choke on the same piece of javascript every time and I make a mental note to boycott whatever product ad is causing it. And no I can’t upgrade from IE6 at work.
The ads also give my WAP browser hell, and I would image make the site near useless on a smart phone as well.
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times, nobody cares about fancy layouts or animations on your webpage, they just make more people miserable by causing problems. A good webpage it the simplest one required to convey all the information because it will always be faster and available to more people. This is why Facebook destroyed Myspace and friendster etc. etc. and I could go on forever with examples.
by Jerry Mumphrey on Jul 13, 2010 12:48 PM CDT reply actions
In fact...
… there are very few layouts/animations on SBN sites. Yes, there are issues occasionally with ads. They are working on them.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Flashy layouts, I meant.
Of course we have layouts.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
WHO USES INTERNET EXPLORER??
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Some people have to on their work computers...
… because of offices that have XP/Vista and IE, and won’t let employees download other browsers.
Looks like IE gets about 45% of browser share here; Firefox 31%; Safari 23%, and the rest split among several others (mostly, likely Chrome).
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Fair enough...
…but they should learn how to get past those pesky firewalls.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
I do and I
haven’t had any problems.
A lovely story:
One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who didn't whine, nag or bitch. That would be me....
But that was a long time ago and it was just that one day.
The end
One thing I do not do is lie.
Nice try tho.
A lovely story:
One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who didn't whine, nag or bitch. That would be me....
But that was a long time ago and it was just that one day.
The end
I DO DAN. WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait I got a virus...
have to get back to this discussion later.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Folks, we are working on this
We’re aware of the problem and are working hard to figure out the cause. We’ll report back here when it’s resolved.
by lovitt on Jul 13, 2010 3:13 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
FYI...
… in case people don’t know, lovitt is one of the SBN tech team.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I hope so.
I don’t think they are gonna care about some light joke I made in this blog after the problem I had.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
lovitt
Please institute a rating system for comments a la Digg. My recommend button should be as valuable as my non-recommend button, which doesn’t actually exist.
And for the record, SBN kicks butt. Thanks dude, you guys have always listened to my questions or comments.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
You should send this to support as a feature request.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Yeah, I have either three or four different times.
I’ve always gotten a prompt reply, which is appreciated.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Thanks lovitt.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 13, 2010 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
No problems with IE
here. I’ve used it all the
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
It froze on me.
Just kidding. I use firefox and have never had a problem.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
You should have left it that way.
It was funnier before you replied.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I've had problems the last 3 days. BCB is my home page and it won't load.
If I stop the load and go to another site then come back it works.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
Yep, acts just like the offense this year with RISP.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 14, 2010 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Its WORSE then ever today!!!!
UGH… I cant get to the home page AT ALL!!! Yesterday I got it after a few tries, today nothing.
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
I have had no problems
at all. I wonder why I’m not and some are.
A lovely story:
One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who didn't whine, nag or bitch. That would be me....
But that was a long time ago and it was just that one day.
The end
And right after I replied
to you it did freeze up on me. First time that has happened. :-(
A lovely story:
One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who didn't whine, nag or bitch. That would be me....
But that was a long time ago and it was just that one day.
The end
Only thing that works for me is to bring it up with no windows that matter if any...
Then click off the red x closing it when it freezes. Then use the new tab option to open a window, and click on the button to reopen last session. Works for some reason. After that you have to repeat to get the main page however, I use the fan post and fan shot sections as well as the recent posts to navigate. Without using reopen last session, the main page always freezes and you lose every window of your browser.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 14, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
when you finally get on the homepage and into the posts, dont forget you can access them from your history
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
I had the only on BCB problem too
It would freeze my IE8 browser. Other SB sites, such as Halos Heaven, no problem. And when at work, using IE6, no problems at all. Today seems fixed, or I couldn’t be posting this.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
AL.....
you should give us a link on the fanshots or fanposts to your homepage posts….I cant get to the game thread
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
We should rec this post so we can go to it for info till its fixed
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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