Living overseas broken....

[dilbertina]

The living overseas section is broken. There I was trying to answer some desperate plea for help related to changing plugs and I can't! If I go to topic no threads come up - just an HSBC ad for expats. If I click on a living overseas thread in active nothing comes up either.

Me too - I think it is the HSBC banner ad. It was ok yesterday but now that's the only thing on the page.

Ooh you're right, so it has

Still broken - can't get into the Philip Island thread either.

I've just reported my post to bring it to their attention.

Hope it gets sorted out soon - I haven't been able to get into Living Overseas for almost 24 hours now, although I've noticed other people have been able to post on LO threads.

Hello. Sorry we're a bit late spotting this.

It all seems to be working from this end - are you folks still having trouble your end?

Yes, I still can't get on any Living Overseas thread. Just get a blank screen and the HSBC banner ad.

Other people are posting on Living Overseas though - the threads are in Active Convos. So obviously not affecting everyone.

yes, rather reflects the state of my mind, living overseas is indeed "broken" - home alone on mother's day, kids gone out with dh for a "mother's day brunch" w/o me! AIBU to rather be at home in the PEACE & QUIET without them all?! Sorry, wrong section..

I can't get on either (haven't been able to since last night) although I've noticed a couple of the threads in active convos...although when I click on them I can't access them either.

Argh!

And in my Threads I'm On, I can see the thread and the beginnings of the new posts but I can't get in to read them. Aaaargh!

Oh dear - that is most odd. We'll make sure the Techs know about this but we're afraid we can't promise a fix on a Sunday.

Those of you who can't access it, what browser are you using? (Safari, Firefox, IE etc etc)

internet explorer

I'm using IE

I'm using IE and getting the same (i.e. HSBC ad and blank as screen) as everyone else.

I'm using IE but have Firefox too - I'll check whether it works with that.

I just checked and it was fine - I'm using firefox.

Yup, Living Overseas working fine here in Germany with Firefox. Can't see the HSBC ad either as I have Adblocker Plus.

Oh, and it's Firefox for Mac, if that makes any difference.

Yes, it now works OK in Firefox.

Hello again. Ok, we can confirm that Living Overseas is broken if you're viewing the site using Internet Explorer.

We are on the case but, in the meantime, you can still access Living Overseas if you switch to another browser, such as Safari, Firefox or Chrome.

Hi everyone,

We've isolated the issue - it seems one of our adverts was causing issues with Internet Explorer, making the rest of the page appear blank. It has been disabled for now, and we'll make sure it gets sorted before being put back up again.

~D

LOL - in the past it was often the case IE would show pages with broken HTML while other browsers showed blank pages (or worse, crashed).

PS Hope you are careful with future changes on the MN site so you don't use any MSIE v9 'features' as those with Windows XP or Vista cannot upgrade to MS Internet Explorer v9 or later