Anyone else having problems posting? Not sure what I'm doing wrong

[Anniemurph]

My blog appeared twice, and sometimes my replies to other peoples' comments just disappear into the ether. Is it just me, or are others struggling as well?

[Hidden]

YES!! Have more or less given up using the site - very frustrating because the content is great! But the site is slow and the forum software seems to be junk....

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to Hidden]

It used to be so much better than this - not sure what is happening, but thank you for the reassurance that it's not just me.

[swanscot Graduate]

Yesterday I had problems and gave up on some thoughts I was going to share.

I really wish we could have the usual forum layout, so we could easily see if/when posts we're interested in have had new replies.

[gdeann Graduate in reply to swanscot]

I agree! I like the idea of seeing responses from a blog I've responded to. I wish it was kinda setup like Facebook. Gayle

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to gdeann]

I agree, Gayle - that would be very helpful. Meanwhile, we'll all just have to keep trying

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to swanscot]

I'm never quite sure if I have answered a post or not, which is a bit of a nuisance. There must be so many good thoughts and ideas we're missing out on, like yours, Swanscot. Are you going to try again? (hint, hint )

[sfb350 Graduate in reply to Anniemurph]

I've had some problems posting but if I use the icon to go back a page on the browser, I usually get another attempt at posting.

I have in the past lost a long, wordy blog so I now try to remember to highlight and copy the text before I post, just in case in doesn't work and I have to sart from scratch. It is frustrating though - I wonder if it is just because the site is much more busy than was originally anticipated ? There are so many new posters since I embarked on the program in February 2012.

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to sfb350]

It could be that it's busier than expected - which is great! I try and remember to copy before i hit Reply, but sometimes I forget, and of course the times I do remember it posts without problems, and the times I don't...

[swanscot Graduate in reply to Anniemurph]

> Swanscot. Are you going to try again? (hint, hint )

I'm hopping around the blogs today adding my rambling thoughts

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to swanscot]

Yay - I'll look out for you

[DeliaItaly Graduate]

Me too - a whole bunch of replies disappeared into cyberspace!

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to DeliaItaly]

Frustrating, isn't it? I can never quite recapture the first flow of my response

[Rollertoaster Graduate]

I find this site is pretty variable, in terms of it not finding pages, things appearing twice/not at all and the dreaded spambot! The worst one for me is the "comment not saved, try again after some time" message. Pretty frustrating stuff at times!

I agree it would be more user friendly if it was set up like many other forums where active blogs would stay at the top of the list and also if there were more sub-areas, so you could focus in on the particular aspect you are interested in more - such as a particular week, or 5K+ podcasts or topics on gear, diet, injury etc.

But Health Unlocked is huge, there are so many communities, I can't imagine anything about the format, layout will be able to change unfortunately without a significant overhaul of all the communities.

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to Rollertoaster]

You're right, Rollertoaster, and we are very lucky to have this community. I can't imagine trying to keep running without it. We'll just have to make the best of it we can

[JR21]

Just to let you know I've made HealthUnlocked aware of this thread. I do know they're doing a lot of work to their sites in the background which may slow things down or cause other issues from time to time. This work is in preparation for major changes to the communities platform which will improve the functionality a great deal and make it easier to find content, follow people and generally interact with each other.

As Rollertoaster says, HealthUnlocked runs more than 100 communities for a range of charities so it can't overhaul one community in isolation from all the rest. I hope you'll bear with us!

All the best

John (admin)

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to JR21]

Thanks very much for the response, John. Whatever we have now is good, if occasionally frustrating so if HealthUnlocked can improve things, that will be brilliant!

[swanscot Graduate in reply to JR21]

Thanks for forwarding our concerns re the community. I realise that Health Unlocked is a huge set-up (and probably more of a sanity-saver for some folks from other communities with major health issues), and I appreciate any attempt to improve our experience here.