FanFiction.NET issues
- Thread starter PCHeintz72
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And it is stupidly frustrating when you put an author alert instead of following each single story because, it is so much easier, and this shit happens, because you put them in an author alert and there is no 'option' to see what author updated any story recently in the menu of ffn so if you have doubts then it becomes a task of checking manually all your usual and unusual suspects because it would be your fucking luck that after x time the author you ceased to expect an update... Decides to update when alerts are disabled/not working.
Hmmm... experiencing multiple FanFiction.NET issues...
The category direct links on the site are not currently working for me, none of them... they just sit.
Likewise, the author and category ATOM/RSS feeds seem to update, but 95%+ are not actually grabbing content. No error accessing, just not actually updating.
The category direct links on the site are not currently working for me, none of them... they just sit.
Likewise, the author and category ATOM/RSS feeds seem to update, but 95%+ are not actually grabbing content. No error accessing, just not actually updating.
FF.NET access now seems random... though it was not random earlier, as I tried multiple engeines on two browsers
I can now currently access the site using the Webkit engine mode in Lunascape browser, but it still does not work using the FireFox Gecko Engine mode in Lunascape browser.
In Avant browser, in FireFox Gecko engine mode, if I go to the main page, I actually am now being redirected to a generic page noting it cannot find the server. However, in Chrome mode, I can get to the main page.
In IE browser, I can get ot the main page.
RSSOwl, my current ATOM/RSS Feed reader, seems fine again, and is reading FanFiction.NET ATOM Feeds, though not a lot have updated.
It is possible in my case that I need to update the Lunascape and Avant Browsers... my Avant browser is my backup, and has not been update in a few months, but my Lunascape is only slightly out of date, as they released a new version last week, I was current up to then...
I can now currently access the site using the Webkit engine mode in Lunascape browser, but it still does not work using the FireFox Gecko Engine mode in Lunascape browser.
In Avant browser, in FireFox Gecko engine mode, if I go to the main page, I actually am now being redirected to a generic page noting it cannot find the server. However, in Chrome mode, I can get to the main page.
In IE browser, I can get ot the main page.
RSSOwl, my current ATOM/RSS Feed reader, seems fine again, and is reading FanFiction.NET ATOM Feeds, though not a lot have updated.
It is possible in my case that I need to update the Lunascape and Avant Browsers... my Avant browser is my backup, and has not been update in a few months, but my Lunascape is only slightly out of date, as they released a new version last week, I was current up to then...
My main computer has no access to FFN for either the normal mode or the mobile version with Chrome, but I do have access to it with IE (but I have other issues with IE, so not using it). I can get on the mobile version on my 3DS, though. The page that does show up just has "ERR_SPDY_INADEQUATE_TRANSPORT_SECURITY" at the bottom, but I'm using my main computer on Chrome right now.
Edit (11:57 PM EST) - And now everything seems to be back for me now. I just stayed away from it for a while and it's fixed(?). Weird.
Edit (11:57 PM EST) - And now everything seems to be back for me now. I just stayed away from it for a while and it's fixed(?). Weird.
I've noticed some oddities, but not that, mainly because I do not have any stories or authors flagged for email alert updates.
Instead, I've noticed occasionally upon a supposed update, instead, the story displays *less* chapters than it should.
As an example, there is a story in familiar of zero section, called King of Commoners... as I type this it is at 118... but I've seen it occasionally mysteriously losing 8 or 9 chapters... then a later check getting them back. I doubt indeed the author is removing and replacing them. And that is not the only story I've seen like that.
If that effect is really occurring, I can see that playing havoc with email alerts, since it might interpret such a 'change' as a update.
Instead, I've noticed occasionally upon a supposed update, instead, the story displays *less* chapters than it should.
As an example, there is a story in familiar of zero section, called King of Commoners... as I type this it is at 118... but I've seen it occasionally mysteriously losing 8 or 9 chapters... then a later check getting them back. I doubt indeed the author is removing and replacing them. And that is not the only story I've seen like that.
If that effect is really occurring, I can see that playing havoc with email alerts, since it might interpret such a 'change' as a update.
It looks like FFN is moving to a system where 'last updated' and the like is built as a batch and then pushed at regular intervals- I've noticed a few times now that an author won't have updates when I check, then maybe an hour later check again and they've supposedly updated 6 hours ago. The other option is that they're fiddling with cache settings/timeout/invalidation and fucking it up badly.
My guess is that these oddities are related.
My guess is that these oddities are related.
That could be... I've seen signs of something similar, though at least some of those could be a case of 'I missed it and did not realize'.
One I know I did not miss that I just now saw is A Horse for the Force,as I type this site says it supposedly updated 5 hours ago, but I checked it an hour or so ago and it was not there.
Part of the issue for me is there has always been something of a delay between feed updates and site updates... something may show in one before the other. Normally, I find the RSS/ATOM feeds can show a story within 10-15 minutes of actual update though that varies somewhat, the site I've seen take from that to 2 hours.
One I know I did not miss that I just now saw is A Horse for the Force,as I type this site says it supposedly updated 5 hours ago, but I checked it an hour or so ago and it was not there.
Part of the issue for me is there has always been something of a delay between feed updates and site updates... something may show in one before the other. Normally, I find the RSS/ATOM feeds can show a story within 10-15 minutes of actual update though that varies somewhat, the site I've seen take from that to 2 hours.
FYI: FanFiction.NET may be experiencing an upload issue... I only know about it due to fact my brother just attempted to upload a story, and while it posted, and I see it in the feeds, and can even get to the new chapter... the contents look like it is raw, as it is displaying font and formatting commands in the text... He attempted to re-upload, and same issue.