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message 551: by Alex (new)

Alex Cantone | 982 comments On a lighter note, by manipulating the 'Aussie Readers' forum and 'My Books' (jimmying the shelves) I can largely circumvent the infernal new look page fiasco. Can't last though.


message 552: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Interesting Alex! Good for you :)


message 553: by Alex (new)

Alex Cantone | 982 comments Brenda wrote: "Interesting Alex! Good for you :)"

It's good to turn "fiasco" into "folly"


message 554: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Lol!


message 555: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1543 comments Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time to sit down and do some housekeeping of the booky variety. Grrrrrr...


message 556: by Catsalive (new)

Catsalive | 1467 comments Sarah wrote: "Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time to sit down and do some hous..."

I'm with you there! 😡


message 557: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
Sarah wrote: "Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time to sit down and do some hous..."

Not again! Really?


message 558: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Sarah wrote: "Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time to sit down and do some hous..."

It was doing it to me this morning, but I just kept clicking "search" and it worked. Each and every time it wouldn't, it then did!!


message 559: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1543 comments Brenda wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time to sit down an..."

The search function from "My Books" is still functional, even for books not yet on your lists, so I'm just using that instead.


message 560: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
That's good.


message 561: by Alex (new)

Alex Cantone | 982 comments Sarah wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time..."

That's the best way, Sarah. The new interface is ratsh*t so I move behind it to the pre-existing format and work from there. Saves time and feeding the swear box.


message 562: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
$1 per swear would add up quickly Alex!


message 563: by Alex (new)

Alex Cantone | 982 comments Brenda wrote: "$1 per swear would add up quickly Alex!"

With the council rates coming up it will come in handy, but I'd prefer to spend it on books.


message 564: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Haha!! Priorities Alex!!


message 565: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn | 9837 comments Sarah wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Argghghh... the search function being down is doing my head in! I know I should follow the advice and "use the time to go and read a book!", but I'd set aside this time..."

Useful to know Sarah - I used it find the book I've been waiting over 5h look up! It seems weird that the search function still works via that route....


message 566: by Catsalive (new)

Catsalive | 1467 comments Search is on the blink yet again.


message 567: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Yes the one at the top of the page is. But if you find one of these boxes, and do the 'add book/author' it works. Then click on the book's link instead of 'add' and you have what you're searching for! I've managed it like that all day :)


message 568: by Andrea (new)

Andrea | 2164 comments I'm going around in circles.

Has anyone worked out how to open your own (existing) review page on its own? (Like if you wanted to copy the URL to send to someone.) I don't want to edit it, just to isolate it from the rest of the book page.


message 569: by Angela (new)

Angela (angelaholmes) | 557 comments Andrea wrote: "I'm going around in circles.

Has anyone worked out how to open your own (existing) review page on its own? (Like if you wanted to copy the URL to send to someone.) I don't want to edit it, just to..."


Andrea, I've just tried it and it worked for me. If you are on the 'book' page and you can see your review (or start of) click on the 'date' and it will take you to your review on its own. Well, this worked for me anyway. Hope it will work for you. Another thing I have started doing is, when I finish and post a review I copy and past the link into my Word document so that I can always find it. Although this won't work if people don't keep copies.


message 570: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
Has anyone else noticed that the whole site is very slow moving at the moment? Some very long threads even time out before they can open.


message 571: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3411 comments Phrynne wrote: "Has anyone else noticed that the whole site is very slow moving at the moment? Some very long threads even time out before they can open."

Yes, it is happening to me as well :(


message 572: by Andrea (new)

Andrea | 2164 comments Angela wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I'm going around in circles.

Has anyone worked out how to open your own (existing) review page on its own? (Like if you wanted to copy the URL to send to someone.) I don't want to e..."


Thanks Angela, yes it worked for me. Not exactly intuitive, is it!? I’ll have to practice a few times so I don’t forget.


message 573: by Angela (new)

Angela (angelaholmes) | 557 comments I must confess that I only stumbled upon it back accident. This new format is taking a bit of getting used to.


message 574: by Andrea (new)

Andrea | 2164 comments Phrynne wrote: "Has anyone else noticed that the whole site is very slow moving at the moment? Some very long threads even time out before they can open."

Yes, very slow. I’ve also noticed the book page keeps ‘slipping’, like it’s continually refreshing so that if you’re trying to scroll down, it keeps taking you back to the top. That would use up a lot of processing power, which could be why the site it so slow.


message 575: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Andrea wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Has anyone else noticed that the whole site is very slow moving at the moment? Some very long threads even time out before they can open."

Yes, very slow. I’ve also noticed the boo..."


Yes and how annoying is that. I click on something and end up going somewhere else as the page has moved :(

Very slow - I thought it was just me! And thanks for the tip in finding the review Angela. That'll be hard to remember if we don't do it often.


message 576: by PattyMacDotComma (new)

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments Still slow and timing out - ARGH!


message 577: by Jonquil (last edited Feb 27, 2023 09:00PM) (new)

Jonquil | 240 comments On the My Books page:

First: Is anyone able to sort the My Books "date read' column? Mine has timed out every time for days now always defaulting to "Goodreads request took too long."

Second: I have my My Books page set to infinite scroll which displays 30 books when it populates. As you scroll past the 30th book it adds the next thirty, etc.
For the past week, it shows the thirty books and as I scroll past the 30th book it continues scrolling but books from the 1-30th position appear as the books 31-60 position. In other words the same 30 lines over and over.

I've tried on two browsers with the same results for both issues.

Am I alone in this insanity?


message 578: by PattyMacDotComma (new)

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments Jonquil wrote: "On the My Books page:

First: Is anyone able to sort the My Books "date read' column? Mine has timed out every time for days now always defaulting to "Goodreads request took too long."

Second: I h..."


Mine is working, but it does take a little while to move from the first 30 books to the next 30 on infinite scroll.

It sorted by Date Read ok. You might try logging out of Goodreads and logging back in, if only for something to do whle you wait for GR to sort itself out. 😂

I had to clear my cache a week or so ago to make something (not GR) work, so that might have helped me now. Good luck, Jonquil!


message 579: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Jonquil wrote: "On the My Books page:

First: Is anyone able to sort the My Books "date read' column? Mine has timed out every time for days now always defaulting to "Goodreads request took too long."

Second: I h..."


I haven't had any of these problems, so I wish you luck Jonquil :)


message 580: by Jonquil (last edited Feb 28, 2023 09:45AM) (new)

Jonquil | 240 comments Just venting and preaching to the choir since there is no Therapy expenditures line in my budget.

I contacted Help and they replied it's a known issue despite the fact that it is not listed on the known-issues page. They asked that I be patient. I believe I have been astoundingly patient for months now. It would not be this frustrating if things had not worked well before they started changing things OR if I could cite one change they made that I see as an improvement.

Thanks for the safe space, I'm going to blow off steam whipping my yard into shape for a quickly-approaching Tennessee spring.


message 581: by Jonquil (last edited Feb 28, 2023 09:46AM) (new)

Jonquil | 240 comments PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Jonquil wrote: "On the My Books page:

First: Is anyone able to sort the My Books "date read' column? Mine has timed out every time for days now always defaulting to "Goodreads request took too lon..."


Thanks, Miss Patty! I tried all those things you suggested on Opera and on Chrome, but of course nothing we do makes a difference if the issue is with goodreads as acknowledged in their response to my Help Desk issue report.

Thanks for taking the time to try to help! :)


message 582: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
And now when I click on my emails to the threads, "That page is not available". When I click on a review link "that page is not available". BUT when I go to AR (which IS available) and click on the red posts (here for example) it works! Good grief!!!


message 583: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn | 9837 comments I'm having the same issues Brenda. I've been trying to post a review this morning but keep getting the 'that page is not available' message. Very frustrating!


message 584: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
It's crazy! Half the time it's fine, the other time it makes us all very annoyed!!


message 585: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Once again, I'm receiving no notifications!


message 586: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3411 comments I am not getting any notifications as well, it drives me mad :(


message 587: by Janelle (new)

Janelle | 635 comments This site has been awful the past few days. No notifications, pages slow to load, etc. Very frustrating!


message 588: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Totally agree Janelle - I wish they'd fix it properly!


message 589: by Niamh (new)

Niamh | 497 comments Oh good, it's not just me. I know this group is very active, so was a surprise to see no new notifications this morning. I don't have time to trawl through each thread to see if there's updates, I just want to see the notifications and check the updates that might apply to me.


message 590: by Catsalive (new)

Catsalive | 1467 comments Yes, I was surprised to see no notifications overnight. The whole thing has been dodgy for a while - slow loading, pages not available. Irritating!


message 591: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Niamh wrote: "Oh good, it's not just me. I know this group is very active, so was a surprise to see no new notifications this morning. I don't have time to trawl through each thread to see if there's updates, I ..."

Use Discussions Niamh - that's the only way I can do it and you don't have to scroll through everything :) It's under Community...


message 592: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Catsalive wrote: "Yes, I was surprised to see no notifications overnight. The whole thing has been dodgy for a while - slow loading, pages not available. Irritating!"

Completely dodgy!!


message 593: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
The old notifications are starting to come through. Almost 24 hours ago, it's now down to just over 10. It might be caught up by tomorrow 😳


message 594: by Clare (new)

Clare Snow (claresnow) | 521 comments I can no longer see my review of a book from the book page. Did they remove that section?


message 595: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
Same Clare. It appears to have disappeared!!!


message 596: by Clare (new)

Clare Snow (claresnow) | 521 comments I just checked and it's back. I really hope when I next look its not gone again 😵‍💫


message 597: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
I didn't get notification for the last 3 comments - just part of the ongoing and continual issues. I had the same problem yesterday Clare, but it's back again now!!


message 598: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
My notifications appear to be random. I get some, I don't get others.


message 599: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
Clare wrote: "I just checked and it's back. I really hope when I next look its not gone again 😵‍💫"

Mine are back too. A temporary glitch apparently!


message 600: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
That's me too. And I found red "new" posts earlier today which went back to April and I'd responded to 😳🙄


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