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| Tech Note; Site Meter |
| 2008-08-02 |
| It appears Site Meter did an update on its flagship product last night that will will likely bring down every website to its knees for users using using ANY version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The problem resides with Site Meter and Internet Explorer. There are two workarounds: 1) Don't use Internet Explorer or 2) One temporary server centric fix we are considering. Please bear with us. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #13 IE 8 (still in beta) DOES NOT gag on the sitemeter code update. It is a known issue that MS never bothered with and sitemeter previously worked around. I'd say sitemeter is going to be the big loser in this when all's said and done... |
| Posted by: Gravins B. Hayes5697 2008-08-02 19:08 |
| #12 Working fine with IE. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-08-02 15:14 |
| #11 I use Firefox and no problems with the Burg. On comments, I have to copy or hand type the html formatting commands, as the buttons don't work. However that is a small price to pay for a stable browser. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul back home 2008-08-02 14:51 |
| #10 I've found that some browsers are better than others at handling certain sites, so I use them. I have Opera, Firefox, Netscape, and IE on my computer, and use them in that order. I very, very rarely use IE - maybe once every three months. I use Opera and Firefox daily. Fred, I have one problem with Opera and Rantburg: I frequently don't get the full article after I post a comment. Other than that, everything works great! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-08-02 14:45 |
| #9 That is why I use Firefox. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-08-02 12:36 |
| #8 Yep, I have site meter on my home page and intend to keep it. They'll fix it soon enough. |
| Posted by: rammer 2008-08-02 11:05 |
| #7 I generally block sitemeter. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-02 11:04 |
| #6 I have good luck with Firefox. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-02 10:23 |
| #5 must be the same guy that designed the Zonealarm update last month. Don't they test this shit before pushing it out the door? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-08-02 10:14 |
| #4 If it drives people away from the buggy, non-standard pile of crap that is IE, then I can only applaud Sitemeter. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-02 09:48 |
| #3 People having problems connecting to web sites. If you have sitemeter and us Internet Explorer, they are not working together and will not allow you to get into your blog. What it also means that I cannot read any blogs with sitemeters on them. THIS was a HUGE problem in blogspot land last night and right now. What you do is: go to blogspot.com log in get to your dashboard then layouts remove sitemeter…. THAT is the only reason my blog was working lst night hope this helps some of you 1. Open menu item: Tools…Options 2. Click “Security” tab 3. Select “Restricted Sites” 4. Click “Sites” button 5. Under “Add this website to this zone”, enter “*.sitemeter.com” without the quotes 6. Click “Add” button 7. Close windows using “Close” or “OK”, not “Cancel”. This is a wide spread problem that I have noted in comment sections of quite a few sites yesterday. |
| Posted by: Ulitle the Full Bosomed1072 2008-08-02 09:23 |
| #2 Don't use Internet Exploder? Not a problem for us Mac users ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-08-02 09:16 |
| #1 Yep. IE has the problem and Firefox doesn't. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-08-02 08:52 |