Beta testing bugs, please help us

Hi, a couple of people have contacted us with bugs which is great, this is really useful for us. The following outlines the problems we seem to have and how to help us by doing a test event, group and news post.

The common ones seem to be when adding a group or story you are asked to do a math question, it seems that the ones causing problems are multiplication ones. So we have disabled that and now it should only be adding or subtracting questions.

Calendar problem:

Also the calendar wasn’t accepting events, but we think we may have sorted that out.

Help us by testing the site.

It would be great if people could test the site by trying to add a story, event or group using the title “testing from outside” for whatever your adding.

Of course if you have a genuine story, group or event to add then try that out.

Important you need to clear your internet cache to test.

If you want to test to help us, then make sure you clear you cache if you have been visiting the site already, it will mean you will have to login back into websites that you use a password to access such as email etc. Here is how to do it.

Many browser related problems can be fixed by clearing your cache and/or cookies, but it’s important to know how each impacts your browser before you delete them.

Getting started

Your web browser’s “Cache” is a place where information is stored which helps webpages load faster. “Cookies” are small pieces of information stored on your computer which save website customization.

Clear your cookies to fix – Sign-in problems (not being able to sign-in, not being able to stay signed-in) and error messages about setting user cookies.
- Keep in mind – Clearing your cookies will delete all website information stored in your browser (passwords, sign-in information, site-specific preferences, etc).
Clear your cache to fix – Pages that hang, freeze, don’t finish loading, or contain old content, and online applications (like games) that don’t respond.

Internet Explorer

Version 7

Select Tools | Internet Options.
Click the General tab.
Under “Browsing history,” click Delete.
Click Delete files, then click Yes.
Click Delete cookies, then click Yes.
Click Close.
Click OK.
Close and restart your browser.

Version 8

Select Tools | Internet Options.
Under “Browsing history,” click Delete.
Select the following checkboxes:
- Temporary Internet files and website files
- Cookies and website data
Click Delete.
Click OK.
Close and restart your browser.

Firefox

Version 3 for PC: Select Tools | Clear Recent History.
Version 3 for Mac: Select Firefox | Clear Recent History.
Version 18 and above for all OS: Select Firefox | History | Clear Recent History.
Next to “Details,” click the down arrow .
Select the following checkboxes:
- Cookies
- Cache
- Active Logins
Using the “Time range to clear” drop-down menu, select Everything.
Click Clear Now.
Close and restart your browser.

Safari

Select the Safari/Edit icon | Reset Safari.
Select the following checkboxes:
- Clear history
- Remove all website data
Click Reset.
Close and restart your browser.

Chrome

Select the Tools icon | Settings.
Click Settings.
Click Show advance settings.
Under “Privacy,” click Clear browsing data.
Select the following checkboxes:
- Empty the cache
- Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data
Click Clear browsing data.
Close and restart your browser.

Add an event, story and group

In the title of all of these put “testing from outside” and just fill the forms in with random text.

Add an event here

Add a story here

Add a group here

Let us know any problems

If you have a problem with entering anything, can you email us here imc-bristol@lists.indymedia.org and let us know

The problem you had.

The browser you are using.

Are you still getting multiplication maths questions.

Thanks for your time,

Bristol Indymedia Collective