Anne's official site - A Meeting of Minds

Lily · May 22 2009, 05:55 PM

I cant get into what I think is Anne's official site

Anyone know anything, or have I something wrong?

**Cheryl** · May 22 2009, 06:02 PM

It comes up just fine for me. I typed in annemccaffrey.org to get there, which redirects to http://annemccaffrey.net/index.php

Lily · May 22 2009, 09:11 PM

I'm just getting a black screen on either of those refs.

I heard she was coming to USA as her ex husband was ill????

granath · May 23 2009, 02:03 AM

Try again, I got in just fine, although the most recent news item was from March this year.

Bagpuss · May 23 2009, 04:18 AM

Fine here too!
Time to change the hamster, Lilly!

StevenB · May 23 2009, 06:04 AM

I'm getting a black screen too. Perhaps an intermittent problem or a problem dependent on web browser (Internet explorer 7 for me)?

P'ter · May 23 2009, 06:18 AM

Blank for me too on Internet Explorer 8 AND Google

AnnMarie · May 23 2009, 09:23 AM

Same black screen here... and I am running the same as P'ter.

Sandi · May 23 2009, 10:31 AM

I haven't been able to open it in days.

mawra · May 23 2009, 11:59 AM

No problems for me.

Greenrider Tresa · May 23 2009, 02:22 PM

It's fine for me on IE8. And an occasionally slow wifi.
Maybe what you're seeing is just the background while the page is still loading?

Lily · May 23 2009, 04:59 PM

I am not alone!

Still black, clicking refresh does not help, and it's not just slowness to load.

Sandi · May 23 2009, 09:09 PM

Well, it does seem strange. I tried mis-typing dot org like Cheryl said but it just redirected to the same black page. And on the bottom it says "done" so, as Lily said, it isn't just a matter of slow loading. It may be my eyes playing tricks on me but it seems to me that when this started a week or so ago it was dark blue instead of black.

kevia · May 23 2009, 09:13 PM

Loads really fast for me, but I use firefox.

Sandi · May 23 2009, 09:18 PM

I just tried sliding in on links here and on Todd's site but the results were the same. I think it may be related to the age of my computer and the dial-up link it's connected to. I'm glad to know some people are still finding it there. I was beginning to worry that something was wrong.

P'ter · May 24 2009, 03:45 AM

Well I'm trying (unsuccessfully) on a newish lappy via broadband.

AnnMarie · May 24 2009, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandi

I just tried sliding in on links here and on Todd's site but the results were the same. I think it may be related to the age of my computer and the dial-up link it's connected to. I'm glad to know some people are still finding it there. I was beginning to worry that something was wrong.

Except I get the black screen and I am on a newish machine with cable.

**Cheryl** · May 24 2009, 10:23 AM

What browser (and version) do each of you having trouble use?

P'ter · May 24 2009, 10:31 AM

Explorer (version released 24 ‎November ‎2008)

Draco · May 24 2009, 10:50 AM

Funny thing: I get a solid blue screen on IE, and get right in with Firefox.

AnnMarie · May 24 2009, 08:59 PM

Internet Explorer

Sandi · May 24 2009, 09:34 PM

Explorer for me, too.

Kugai · May 25 2009, 02:15 AM

Opened ok for me in Firefox. Wonder if it's one of those intermittent things.

granath · May 25 2009, 02:38 AM

I always use firefox for surfing but keep a copy of IE updated for some online gaming sites that won't deal with anything else. IE 8.0.6001.xxx loads the site just fine.

Lady Maelin · May 25 2009, 02:55 AM

Well I can't seem to get anywhere either...only the screen for me is BLUE .

It must be one of those internet glitches that we all seem to run into occasionally...they are bothersome especially when your trying to find out something, but at some point they usually work out their problems and everything goes back to normal.

P'ter · May 25 2009, 03:05 AM

Can somebody like Hans contact Anne by telephone and get her to check her end?

Lara · May 25 2009, 03:07 AM

No problem for me, on Firefox, but still nothing new since March.

Greenrider Tresa · May 25 2009, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P'ter

Well I'm trying (unsuccessfully) on a newish lappy via broadband.

Hmm. ANd I got through on wifi that was getting a poor connection...

**Cheryl** · May 25 2009, 10:23 AM

What version of IE are those of you with issues running? (You should be able to find this on the About page under the Help menu)

P'ter · May 25 2009, 12:31 PM

7.0.6000.16830

StevenB · May 25 2009, 02:17 PM

Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000.

I still get the blank screen. The same thing happens if I use the "safe" version of Internet Explorer with all the add-ons disabled. I think Anne's site is loading but not displaying anything. The correct title appears at the top of the window, and the browser goes through the motion of loading the page. I wonder if the problem is caused by something that executes when the home page loads?

***Hans*** · May 25 2009, 02:31 PM

No use getting into contact with Anne, who knows zilch about her own website. If an inventory has been done, as Cheryl is doing, we should send the data to Megan Morris, who took over from me.

I also get the blue screen in IE 7.0.5730.11

Firefox, Flock, Opera and Safari are doing fine on Windows
as do Safara, Camino, Opera, Firefox and Internet Exporer 5.2. do on the Apple computers

granath · May 25 2009, 03:26 PM

Looks like IE 7 might be the problem.

P'ter · May 25 2009, 05:06 PM

There was a set of IE upgrade patches a few days ago. I wonder if the problem's in there.

Or has Megan tweaked Anne onto an incompatible version of something?

Lily · May 25 2009, 07:30 PM

I got in. I'm on a different computer but it's under the same roof and looked after by the same person. How is everyone else getting on?

Draco · May 25 2009, 08:45 PM

It's not just an IE7 problem, because I'm running IE6.0.2900.

Lady Maelin · May 25 2009, 09:35 PM

I have IE 6.0 and it still is showing me the *Blue* screen.

Perhaps someone *in the know* should send Megan an email, to let her know that Anne's site is having problems loading up on some computers systems...perhaps there's been a recent change to something and thats whats causing the problems !!!

granath · May 26 2009, 01:54 AM

Yet another reason to use firefox, safari or some other alternative to IE. If you absolutely can't or won't do without IE, at least do yourself the favor of upgrading to the most recent stable version, given that it's free.

If it's showing a dark blue screen, that means that the background is probably loading, but not the content for some reason.

P'ter · May 26 2009, 02:40 AM

And it's not blocked content or there'd be the warning banner.

***Hans*** · May 26 2009, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lily

I got in. I'm on a different computer but it's under the same roof and looked after by the same person. How is everyone else getting on?

You forgot to tell us which browser is running on that computer, Lily.

May 22 2009, 05:55 PM	#1
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Anne's official site I cant get into what I think is Anne's official site Anyone know anything, or have I something wrong? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

May 22 2009, 06:02 PM	#2
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Anne's official site It comes up just fine for me. I typed in annemccaffrey.org to get there, which redirects to http://annemccaffrey.net/index.php __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 22 2009, 09:11 PM	#3
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site I'm just getting a black screen on either of those refs. I heard she was coming to USA as her ex husband was ill???? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

May 23 2009, 02:03 AM	#4
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Hobb: City of Dragons	Re: Anne's official site Try again, I got in just fine, although the most recent news item was from March this year. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 23 2009, 04:18 AM	#5
Bagpuss Senior Member Linyaari Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gloucestershire Gender: M Fan of: Crystal Singer. Now Reading: Nothing at all.....!	Re: Anne's official site Fine here too! Time to change the hamster, Lilly! __________________ Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

May 23 2009, 06:04 AM	#6
StevenB Bitsmith/Starsmith, Master Sneak Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scotland Gender: M Fan of: Skies of Pern: what else? Now Reading: My computer screen	Re: Anne's official site I'm getting a black screen too. Perhaps an intermittent problem or a problem dependent on web browser (Internet explorer 7 for me)? __________________ Steven

May 23 2009, 06:18 AM	#7
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Anne's official site Blank for me too on Internet Explorer 8 AND Google __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

May 23 2009, 09:23 AM	#8
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Anne's official site Same black screen here... and I am running the same as P'ter.

May 23 2009, 10:31 AM	#9
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site I haven't been able to open it in days.

May 23 2009, 11:59 AM	#10
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Gender: F Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: Anne's official site No problems for me. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY AND GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

May 23 2009, 02:22 PM	#11
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy	Re: Anne's official site It's fine for me on IE8. And an occasionally slow wifi. Maybe what you're seeing is just the background while the page is still loading? __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

May 23 2009, 04:59 PM	#12
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site I am not alone! Still black, clicking refresh does not help, and it's not just slowness to load. __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

May 23 2009, 09:09 PM	#13
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site Well, it does seem strange. I tried mis-typing dot org like Cheryl said but it just redirected to the same black page. And on the bottom it says "done" so, as Lily said, it isn't just a matter of slow loading. It may be my eyes playing tricks on me but it seems to me that when this started a week or so ago it was dark blue instead of black.

May 23 2009, 09:13 PM	#14
kevia Ballybran Resident Tuner Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ohio Gender: F Fan of: Nimisha's Ship Now Reading: Crystal Line	Re: Anne's official site Loads really fast for me, but I use firefox. __________________ Kevia

May 23 2009, 09:18 PM	#15
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site I just tried sliding in on links here and on Todd's site but the results were the same. I think it may be related to the age of my computer and the dial-up link it's connected to. I'm glad to know some people are still finding it there. I was beginning to worry that something was wrong.

May 24 2009, 03:45 AM	#16
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Anne's official site Well I'm trying (unsuccessfully) on a newish lappy via broadband. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

May 24 2009, 10:23 AM	#18
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Anne's official site What browser (and version) do each of you having trouble use? __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 24 2009, 10:31 AM	#19
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Anne's official site Explorer (version released 24 ‎November ‎2008) __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

May 24 2009, 10:50 AM	#20
Draco Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Hidden Valley of the Dragon Gender: M Fan of: The Pern Series	Re: Anne's official site Funny thing: I get a solid blue screen on IE, and get right in with Firefox. __________________ *All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.*

May 24 2009, 08:59 PM	#21
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Anne's official site Internet Explorer

May 24 2009, 09:34 PM	#22
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site Explorer for me, too.

May 25 2009, 02:15 AM	#23
Kugai Crazy Kiwi Shoujo-Ai Fan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington NEW ZEALAND Gender: M Fan of: Tower and Hive Series Now Reading: Judge by Karen Traviss	Re: Anne's official site Opened ok for me in Firefox. Wonder if it's one of those intermittent things. __________________ JAMES THE You can never have too much Coffee FanFic Original http://babylon5fans.multiply.com http://kugaiavows.multiply.com/

May 25 2009, 02:38 AM	#24
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Hobb: City of Dragons	Re: Anne's official site I always use firefox for surfing but keep a copy of IE updated for some online gaming sites that won't deal with anything else. IE 8.0.6001.xxx loads the site just fine. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 25 2009, 02:55 AM	#25
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Anne's official site Well I can't seem to get anywhere either...only the screen for me is BLUE . It must be one of those internet glitches that we all seem to run into occasionally...they are bothersome especially when your trying to find out something, but at some point they usually work out their problems and everything goes back to normal. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

May 25 2009, 03:05 AM	#26
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Anne's official site Can somebody like Hans contact Anne by telephone and get her to check her end? __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

May 25 2009, 03:07 AM	#27
Lara Whacky Wordsmith Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Annecy, France Gender: F Fan of: Pern,Petaybee,Freedom Now Reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	Re: Anne's official site No problem for me, on Firefox, but still nothing new since March. __________________ People who fall in the river in Paris are in Seine

May 25 2009, 10:23 AM	#29
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Anne's official site What version of IE are those of you with issues running? (You should be able to find this on the About page under the Help menu) __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 25 2009, 12:31 PM	#30
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Anne's official site 7.0.6000.16830 __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

May 25 2009, 02:17 PM	#31
StevenB Bitsmith/Starsmith, Master Sneak Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scotland Gender: M Fan of: Skies of Pern: what else? Now Reading: My computer screen	Re: Anne's official site Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000. I still get the blank screen. The same thing happens if I use the "safe" version of Internet Explorer with all the add-ons disabled. I think Anne's site is loading but not displaying anything. The correct title appears at the top of the window, and the browser goes through the motion of loading the page. I wonder if the problem is caused by something that executes when the home page loads? __________________ Steven

May 25 2009, 02:31 PM	#32
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Anne's official site No use getting into contact with Anne, who knows zilch about her own website. If an inventory has been done, as Cheryl is doing, we should send the data to Megan Morris, who took over from me. I also get the blue screen in IE 7.0.5730.11 Firefox, Flock, Opera and Safari are doing fine on Windows as do Safara, Camino, Opera, Firefox and Internet Exporer 5.2. do on the Apple computers __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

May 25 2009, 03:26 PM	#33
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Hobb: City of Dragons	Re: Anne's official site Looks like IE 7 might be the problem. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 25 2009, 05:06 PM	#34
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Anne's official site There was a set of IE upgrade patches a few days ago. I wonder if the problem's in there. Or has Megan tweaked Anne onto an incompatible version of something? __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

May 25 2009, 07:30 PM	#35
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Anne's official site I got in. I'm on a different computer but it's under the same roof and looked after by the same person. How is everyone else getting on? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

May 25 2009, 08:45 PM	#36
Draco Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Hidden Valley of the Dragon Gender: M Fan of: The Pern Series	Re: Anne's official site It's not just an IE7 problem, because I'm running IE6.0.2900. __________________ *All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.*

May 25 2009, 09:35 PM	#37
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Anne's official site I have IE 6.0 and it still is showing me the Blue screen. Perhaps someone in the know should send Megan an email, to let her know that Anne's site is having problems loading up on some computers systems...perhaps there's been a recent change to something and thats whats causing the problems !!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle