Author Topic: NASASpaceflight.com and NSF Forum Bug Reports (Read 263452 times)

eeergo · « **Reply #240 on:** 07/30/2025 08:23 am »

In my case it doesn't even render the ad -or the "username"- right, and frankly it's quite jarring to the thread...

Star One · « **Reply #241 on:** 07/30/2025 08:30 am »

I couldn’t even access the forum Saturday & Sunday via Tapatalk. I couldn’t tell if it was a forum or Tapatalk issue.

catdlr · « **Reply #242 on:** 07/30/2025 08:37 am »

Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 08:23 am

In my case it doesn't even render the ad -or the "username"- right, and frankly it's quite jarring to the thread...

That's because you're using an Ad blocker. For a test, disable your ad blocker and try again; the advertisement should appear.

Apollo22 · « **Reply #243 on:** 07/30/2025 08:48 am »

No thanks, I'm fine without the stupid ad. The empty thing is already annoying as fruck...

laszlo · « **Reply #244 on:** 07/30/2025 11:00 am »

Definitely annoying and debases the value of the forum, especially the L2 stuff which we've already paid to see.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #245 on:** 07/30/2025 11:31 am »

Trying to find out what is going on and we will resolve.

eeergo · « **Reply #246 on:** 07/30/2025 11:56 am »

Quote from: catdlr on 07/30/2025 08:37 am

Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 08:23 am
In my case it doesn't even render the ad -or the "username"- right, and frankly it's quite jarring to the thread...

That's because you're using an Ad blocker. For a test, disable your ad blocker and try again; the advertisement should appear.

I'm not. All other ads appear normally.

DaveS · « **Reply #247 on:** 07/30/2025 12:02 pm »

Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 11:56 am

Quote from: catdlr on 07/30/2025 08:37 am
Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 08:23 am
In my case it doesn't even render the ad -or the "username"- right, and frankly it's quite jarring to the thread...

That's because you're using an Ad blocker. For a test, disable your ad blocker and try again; the advertisement should appear.

I'm not. All other ads appear normally.

It's the same here, no ad blocker either, just a blank post with a weird username. FireFox 141.0.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #248 on:** 07/30/2025 01:57 pm »

SMF (the forum software) in play. It has a mind of its own as the backend software. Noticed we don't have this issue in L2 threads. We'll sort it out. Just bare with it for now if you can. More annoying than anything functionality.

Forums like this will always have ads, all sites do, but no way would I sanction this sort of quantity of ad thing going on right now.

Again, another step towards wanting to port the entire thing over to Xenforo's software.

ChrisC · « **Reply #249 on:** 07/30/2025 02:31 pm »

Thank you for that update! Now lets see how many other people post in here complaining about it, without scrolling up first ...

If anyone spots someone ranting elsewhere about this (e.g. in a thread where it's appearing), please gently let them know that it's a known problem that popped up overnight and NSF is working on it.

Tywin · « **Reply #250 on:** 07/30/2025 03:40 pm »

Since today I see this bug in the thread forum:

catdlr · « **Reply #251 on:** 07/30/2025 09:19 pm »

Quote from: Tywin on 07/30/2025 03:40 pm

Since today I see this bug in the thread forum:

Tywin, you're late to the party.

catdlr · « **Reply #252 on:** 07/30/2025 09:23 pm »

Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 11:56 am

Quote from: catdlr on 07/30/2025 08:37 am
Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 08:23 am
In my case it doesn't even render the ad -or the "username"- right, and frankly it's quite jarring to the thread...

That's because you're using an Ad blocker. For a test, disable your ad blocker and try again; the advertisement should appear.

I'm not. All other ads appear normally.

Quote from: DaveS on 07/30/2025 12:02 pm

Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 11:56 am
Quote from: catdlr on 07/30/2025 08:37 am
Quote from: eeergo on 07/30/2025 08:23 am
In my case it doesn't even render the ad -or the "username"- right, and frankly it's quite jarring to the thread...

That's because you're using an Ad blocker. For a test, disable your ad blocker and try again; the advertisement should appear.

I'm not. All other ads appear normally.
It's the same here, no ad blocker either, just a blank post with a weird username. FireFox 141.0.

Thanks so much for your responses, everyone! They help to narrow down the issue. Cheri B mentioned that it doesn't happen in L2, but please feel free to post here if it occurs there as well, and if another browser doesn't have this issue.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #253 on:** 07/30/2025 10:56 pm »

I think we might have fixed it. Not the full solution, that'll come via new software. But would like others to confirm current status.

ChrisC · « **Reply #254 on:** 07/31/2025 01:09 am »

Well I just came here to check on this, because I'm still seeing it, but in a different form. Instead of being "posts" within the thread, the ads are now showing up at the top of each forum page. Less onerous for sure, though! Thanks for the efforts. We all love NSF so much

catdlr · « **Reply #255 on:** 07/31/2025 02:56 am »

Quote from: ChrisC on 07/31/2025 01:09 am

Well I just came here to check on this, because I'm still seeing it, but in a different form. Instead of being "posts" within the thread, the ads are now showing up at the top of each forum page. Less onerous for sure, though! Thanks for the efforts. We all love NSF so much

Gee, Chris, how come you get the best ads? All I get are ads for toothbrush holders.

Seriously, I went to the same unread thread just now, and there were no ads presented, and I haven't seen any since Chris B's post. However, as a precaution, I performed a PC cleanup and cleared the cache before resuming work on NSF and reading your post, and then conducting the test. I also slept at a Holiday Inn.

woods170 · « **Reply #256 on:** 07/31/2025 07:21 am »

Quote from: catdlr on 07/31/2025 02:56 am

I went to the same unread thread just now, and there were no ads presented, and I haven't seen any since Chris B's post. However, as a precaution, I performed a PC cleanup and cleared the cache before resuming work on NSF and reading your post, and then conducting the test. I also slept at a Holiday Inn.

Yeah, I'm seeing the same. Ads are no longer shown in-thread. But, at the top of threads, ads still appear. The weird thing is that it doesn't happen always.
This only happens in the public part of the forum. I'm not seeing it happen in the L2 section.

mn · « **Reply #257 on:** 07/31/2025 01:44 pm »

I'm seeing this now several times on several different threads.

The last page of a thread, you can see the breadcrumbs, and ad (ads vary at random), a random number of likes and the footer navigation links.

AND NO CONTENT I have no idea if there are additional posts that are hidden or this ad is the last 'post' on the thread.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #258 on:** 07/31/2025 03:51 pm »

Thanks! Good info as we work to try and clean this up.

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #259 on:** 08/03/2025 12:06 am »

New glitch that I'm experiencing on Android 16 devices regardless of device type since the advertisement apocalypse fix(es) were implemented. The new glitch is unfortunately browser agnostic.