Forum:Uploading images and problem with navigating off wikia

Both of these problems started the same time


 * 1) Whenever I click upload image the source filename goes blank again
 * 2) Whenever I try to go off a wikia site the it just says won't (says its connecting to the other site, but it can be like this for ages. Then when I try to exit the window/tab it says This window is busy, closing it may cause some problems

-- Semaj draehs - any replies to my Talk page  08:49, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

An update on this, it isn't affecting other people as someone else has been uploading stuff today.

-- Semaj draehs - any replies to my Talk page  19:03, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * What browser are you using? Hvae you tried disabling all the extensions you added to it? If that doesn't fix it, try reinstalling your browser or trying different ones (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.)--Richardtalk 19:15, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm on IE (don't know which version), I havn't changed my browser in a year (and have uploaded hundreds of images over that time), I havn't added any extensions. Before I try a different browser is there anything else the problem could be (I don't fancy spending ages downloading firefox only to discover it was something else

-- Semaj draehs - any replies to my Talk page  19:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I've switched to firefox, problems solved.

-- Semaj draehs - any replies to my Talk page  19:38, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * With IE8, i mostly never have any problems. The only one i have is when trying to view bigs pages like the all messages or a real long talk page (happen also on others sites); i need to use Firefox for that.
 * I dont mind since my keyboard has a key that start IE and another that start Firefox. — TulipVorlax 23:31, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh and i forgot : try to empty IE's cache. — TulipVorlax 23:33, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm having the same problem over at Capcom Database Wiki. The message in red says: "The file you uploaded seems to be empty. This might be due to a typo in the file name. Please check whether you really want to upload this file." This is not the problem, I assure you. I've tried uploading nearly anything just for the hell of it, and I get the same thing, all different file types included. Help! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. icysugarspike 09:35, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Just tried deleting all cookies and history on the browser. Is that what you meant by "cache"? Still not working. icysugarspike 10:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

that is a different problem to mine and to clear the cache you hold ctrl and click refresh (For IE).

-- Semaj draehs - any replies to my Talk page  12:56, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sometimes Ctrl+F5 (or reload button) is not enough, but i was only suggesting this because when Wikia change things it can cause problem to people that the browser dont update the cache properly, like maybe it was for a friend after the JS framework change. He was saying that the sidebar wasn't loading. — TulipVorlax 18:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

a few of those problems might be related to some of the image server issues we had over the last day or so, but most of them sound like the larger javascript + IE issues we've been getting reports of. details such as OS, and browser and version are key when reporting problems like these. also, like volax said, try clearing your cache first. you may have a older version of our script code in your cache. We try to make sure this gets invalidated when it changes, but some browsers (*cough* ie6, doesnt always honor the change) --Uberfuzzy 19:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)