No post mode specified: Let's fix the upload problems
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No post mode specified: Let's fix the upload problems
I have reports of this from at least three people now. I've never seen it personally, and I have a few questions for the people who are experiencing these problems.
1. What browser are you using?
2. How large is the file you're uploading?
3. How long does it take between hitting the submit button and getting the error page?
4. Are you able to upload smaller files (e.g. images) using the same browser/OS that gives you the error?
5. What is the URL in your address bar before and after you attempt to upload?
Thanks for your help, and hopefully we can get this resolved quickly.
1. What browser are you using?
2. How large is the file you're uploading?
3. How long does it take between hitting the submit button and getting the error page?
4. Are you able to upload smaller files (e.g. images) using the same browser/OS that gives you the error?
5. What is the URL in your address bar before and after you attempt to upload?
Thanks for your help, and hopefully we can get this resolved quickly.
Last edited by Mogri on Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Firefox1. What browser are you using?
zip file (87.1 MB)2. How large is the file you're uploading?
About eight minutes.3. How long does it take between hitting the submit button and getting the error page?
I've never had a problem uploading images. Still don't.4. Are you able to upload smaller files (e.g. images) using the same browser/OS that gives you the error?
Before: (I'll PM this since it has an editing tag in the address.)5. What is the URL in your address bar before and after you attempt to upload?
After: http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/posting.php
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Re: No post mode specified: Let's fix the upload problems
1) Firefox 27.0.1
2) 12MB
3) 10 minutes
4) Uploading images is fine.
5) I'll try again tomorrow and post the answer to this question.
2) 12MB
3) 10 minutes
4) Uploading images is fine.
5) I'll try again tomorrow and post the answer to this question.
Last edited by Willy Elektrix on Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
Wow, those times are even longer than I expected. That is very likely the cause of this problem. By default in phpBB, your session times out after five minutes. If you don't have "Remember Me" checked, then it would send you to a login screen instead of back to the Edit Post interface.
Try one more thing before I do any code changes: while you're uploading, open another tab in the same browser and fart around on the forum until your upload finishes. You don't have to actively do anything; just make sure you click on something every minute or so.
Try one more thing before I do any code changes: while you're uploading, open another tab in the same browser and fart around on the forum until your upload finishes. You don't have to actively do anything; just make sure you click on something every minute or so.
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Tried clicking around in a different tab, it still resulted in the "No post mode specified" message.Mogri wrote:Wow, those times are even longer than I expected. That is very likely the cause of this problem. By default in phpBB, your session times out after five minutes. If you don't have "Remember Me" checked, then it would send you to a login screen instead of back to the Edit Post interface.
Try one more thing before I do any code changes: while you're uploading, open another tab in the same browser and fart around on the forum until your upload finishes. You don't have to actively do anything; just make sure you click on something every minute or so.
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It pays to be careful about filesize on a shared host.
I also use dreamhost, and when I started uploading 3 gigabyte minecraft world backup files, they let it slide for a couple months and then they sent me a sternly worded letter telling me I had to remove them or risk getting my account cancelled.
I also use dreamhost, and when I started uploading 3 gigabyte minecraft world backup files, they let it slide for a couple months and then they sent me a sternly worded letter telling me I had to remove them or risk getting my account cancelled.
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They used to have a specific limit. It was gradually increased bit at a time. Then one day they e-mailed everybody and said "Hey! No more disk limites ever! Yay!" but hidden in the fine print was now a rule that you couldn't host certain kinds of data, particularly anything that looks like "personal backup data"TMC wrote:So shared hosts like dreamhost don't have an amount of disk space specified in the plan?
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