How do I use Discourse on the CodingHorror blog?
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When I click the "continue discussion" button on a CodingHorror blog article, all I see is a blank-ish page with the text "a companion discussion area for blog.codinghorror.com"
I'm using Firefox, Adblock Plus tells me it isn't blocking anything on that page*, cookies are allowed, and javascript is enabled.
Switching to IE gives me an actual page.
*It is however, blocking stuff on the blog post page itself.
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What version of Firefox? Though if you are posting here I suspect that is not the issue.
That site does use a CDN, whereas this one does not, perhaps the CDN is being blocked?
Don't know why it would be specific to Firefox, if it works in IE.
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I just downloaded Firefox latest on this Surface Pro 3 and had no issues getting to the blog or when clicking on "Continue Discussion".
I would say cdn issue but if it works in IE we can rule that out.
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Here I use Firefox 30.0 with classic theme restorer, without noscript, but with QuickJava to disable Java and Flash, as well as Adblock Plus and Cookie Monster.
I can confirm the problem is not from ABP, since the problem persists when I disable it.My workplace has a filtering proxy, but its effect shouldn't depend on the browser either...
Edit: Damn, trying to sign in on the browser that works, I'm told my username is already used, and apparently not by my address. I just wanted to signal dead links... :-(
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See
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Thank you.
Note: This link, too, works only on IE on my end. I tried clearing all my cookies on codinghorror.com, which didn't change anything.
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I edited your old 2008 account there to have the right email address, so if you confirm that email you should be able to get in.
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Thanks. I got the following error: "There was an error changing your email address. Perhaps the address is already in use?"
I guess I shouldn't have tried that while at the same time trying to remember my old password or reset it.
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You should get an email confirmation to your email address, since I already edited your email on your old CH account. Clicking that email confirmation should verify your email.
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The confirmation link is what gave me the "There was an error changing your email address. Perhaps the address is already in use?" error.
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Do you have another pending account with that email? I can find no record of it.
Anyway let's try something else.. I renamed that old account to medinoc1.
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Maybe it sees my password recovery attempt as this?
I think I'll try logging in from my home computer, where it may have my password in memory. Less headache than trying to log in while wondering if I tried the right password... avoiding password reuse is biting me in the rear again.
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Sure give it a shot. Your old account is renamed to "Medinoc1" so you should be able to create a new account with that name no problem. I can do other fixups after you get in.
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Did you ever get this to work? I don't see any accounts at http://discourse.codinghorror.com/ with your username.
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This post is deleted!
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I have now successfully re-created the account.
Thanks a lot for your help, it was invaluable.