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Old 06-04-19 | 12:42 PM
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Re: Randomly unable to post

Originally Posted by Dan
Never had this issue, despite using Firefox for a long time now... until yesterday.

In this case, it's one specific thread, and only if I'm looking at the last page of the thread:
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game...017-a-371.html
The quick reply box looks like this, and Firefox thinks the page is constantly loading, and there are no formatting buttons available.
This happens to me whenever I go to Advance reply. It always starts as the smaller text box then quickly updates to the wider one with options. Using Chrome.
Old 06-04-19 | 02:02 PM
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Re: Randomly unable to post

Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
I tried that page (and the few before it, since we have different post-per-page settings) in an old version of Firefox (since I hadn't upgraded in a while!) and in the latest version. Everything seems okay with the way I have things setup -- no showstopping errors, and all the WYSIWYG buttons are loading as expected. But it's easy enough to tell exactly what's going on.
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  • Right-click anywhere on the page in Firefox and select "Inspect Element".
  • A big box should come up with tabs reading Inspector, Console, Debugger, etc. Click on "Console".
  • Look for any nasty error messages. They'll be highlighted in red. If you have the latest and greatest version of Firefox, leave "Errors" as the only thing highlighted in blue (click on everything else that's blue to de-select them), and any non-critical messages will disappear.
So you should see something like this:

Just copy/paste those error messages here, and I'll try to make sense of them.
No red errors, just some warnings.
PHP Code:
Loading mixed (insecure) display content “http://forum.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/hippie.gif” on a secure page
615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html
Loading mixed (insecure) display content “http://images.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/rock.gif” on a secure page
615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html
Loading mixed (insecure) display content “http://images.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/lol.gif” on a secure page
615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html
This browser is AJAX compatible vbulletin_global.js:1:7781
Loading mixed (insecure) display content “https://forum.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/hippie.gif” on a secure page
615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html
Loading mixed (insecure) display content “https://images.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/rock.gif” on a secure page
615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html
Loading mixed (insecure) display content “https://images.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/lol.gif” on a secure page
615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html
Successfully set consent flags. 615457-xbox-one-s-$249-now-x-$499-november-7-2017-a-371.html line 1 > scriptElement:13:13 
For what it's worth, those GIFs appear fine on my browser, but it looks like some are http not https. Not sure if that's causing it.
Could also be this computer is, umm... not a personal computer... so some browser features may be tweaked by The Man.

Originally Posted by Noonan
This happens to me whenever I go to Advance reply. It always starts as the smaller text box then quickly updates to the wider one with options. Using Chrome.
That happens for me too. But on that one page (and that page only, for now), it doesn't, and Submit Reply doesn't work. Preview Post works, but then the reply box still doesn't have the formatting options, and submit doesn't seem to do anything.
Old 06-04-19 | 02:20 PM
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Re: Randomly unable to post

Yeah, I'm getting those same warnings about the images being served over http:// , but that's happening on basically every page with smilies, the premium 'hat' icon, etc.

My only other quick/easy test would be to open a Private Window in Firefox, login there, and then see if you're still running into that issue. Also, it'd be worth comparing the Private Window version of that page when you're not logged in to what you see when you are -- to see if any images are having trouble loading, if the YouTube embed is acting weird, etc.

I have other ideas, but they're all kind of tedious and annoying.
Old 06-04-19 | 10:17 PM
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Re: Randomly unable to post

You can refresh Firefox and see if that helps, however, it'll change every thing back to default settings and remove all add-ons.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...s-and-settings
Old 06-04-19 | 11:51 PM
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Re: Randomly unable to post

I don't think you were responding to me, but I'm jumpin' in anyway. Here's my error - spoilerized for size:

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