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I have having this issue this morning, tried refreshing to no avail, closed and re-opened browser.
Had to use a "Reply" button on the thread to force the log in screen to appear.
I have PM'd Cordovan, but there is no link to the Web Admin to report issues.
After days of reasonable speed, this morning the forum server is dog slow at loading the home screen, over 30 seconds for the initial load - I could see it responding to each TLS handshake, it was THAT slow.
I started having this problem last night (about 8 hours ago). Thanks for the tip about using Reply to get a login screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
No reply from Cordo, and still no log in button; this is not good; do you think anyone is paying attention??Quote:
Originally Posted by ingo2
Anyone still able to log in as normal, is this a geographic, server or general issue??
I'm in the UK and can see the Log In button at the top of the screen. Didn't use it. I just hit reply with quote, which is mostly how I log in anyway. Also, the forum is running smoothly for me at the mo'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
OK, I will log out and see if it has been fixed, or if the error is only affecting some of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altair6
No links for me to log in, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
The only way I could find to log in was to attempt to reply to your post.
I'm having the same problem. I've had to hit the "Reply with Quote" for the login to appear.
I'm having the same problem. I've had to hit the "Reply with Quote" for the login to appear. And I am in the UK.
The forums have acted all sorts of strange for a while. Sometimes that login button will be missing and it comes back when I refresh, or 50% of the time it will tell me that the page can't be found, then it loads anyway.
I use this as my link to the forum. That way, the login is there if needed and I can see right away if there are updates on posts for me to read:
https://www.lotro.com/forums/usercp.php
Nope, still missing; what OS are you using?? I am Win7.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
Win 10 with latest version of Firefox.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
Yeah, recurrent thing for me in the last months...Quote:
Originally Posted by Thornglen
Sergio :-)
Just had this issue for the first time today. Had to use reply before I could log-in
Quote:
Originally Posted by farmhand99
Same for me too.
Maybe it's to help the gold spammers go directly to the register new account page.
Shoddy Shambles Games
They're a laughing stock and don't know it.
Mac
Same here the login button is missing the only workaround to login was view someones profile or reply button takes you to login page.
So I was not alone with this problem.
Happened to me today for the first time. I blamed it on poor connection/usual forum hiccups but neither refreshing nor using a different network helped.
I tried PM'ing Cordo, but he hasnt logged in in over 24 hours, I have tried reporting it, but got nothing but an automated reply.
Last possibility is the SSG Server admin from the Whois page, but I doubt we would get much from that - assuming it works.
Omni-shambles is the politest way of saying it; perhaps if we all swear a lot, someone will notice the thread and respond......
Thanks very much for this thread, Yarbro, as I've just experienced this problem too, and am relieved to discover that it isn't just me! Also, thanks for the "Reply with Quote" tip. (For general info, I live in South Africa and use Firefox on Win 7.)
There's a CSS rule that's hiding it. But after looking at a couple other classes and their rules, that particular rule doesn't seem necessary since its parent class hides it when a user is logged in anyway.
But in the meantime, the login link is: https://www.lotro.com/en/auth/login
Thanks, I will try that link later. As for the CSS issue, could it be a new code addition? I havent had any software updates that could cause an issue (FireFox); when it started - and ever since, the Forums are taking a long time to load, after several days of being really fast to load.Quote:
Originally Posted by SvenNiscadae
I tried clicking where it should be, in case it was just invisible, but still nothing.
I have had a reply from the bug report saying they are aware of the issue, however I dont know if this was just a generic reply, or if they actually have a clue.
Same for me, the 'Log In' button on top of the page is gone and the only way to get into the forum is to reply to a thread.
If you want people to take past in the community and share surely you must fix this, otherwise it looks like you are trying to discourage people from coming to the forums.
Ok, logged out and cleared my browser, then tried Svens link and it works, so saved it to Bookmarks, to use until they fix the issue.
Thanks Sven!!
For me, the login is not a button, it's a link. (Pls forgive if you are just "calling" it a button). It has Login and Register in the top right hand corner, white on black per my view settings. It doesn't show up at all once I'm logged in. (not true after I refreshed page-see note below)Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
Basic questions, hope it doesn't sound snarky...
Are you sure you're not already logged in?
If you drag your mouse along the top of the page, does it highlight the two links?
What is your color scheme? (Maybe if the background is white, the links won't show)
Have you tried changing view settings? maybe the links are just invisible to your view
Good luck!
Note: after I posted, the two links "My Account" and "logout (name)" showed up at the right top of the page where the "log in" and "register" links were before I logged in.
Yes, it is a link, not an actual button, so prople are probably just calling it that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Starliteyes
It sounds like, when people hit the reply with quote, they have the chance to log in then, so I'd guess that is confirmation they were not already logged in.
When it happens, the top of the page only shows "Register" for me. Tryign to highlight a hidden link does nothing, so it would seem it is not just a matter of it blending in with the background.
I was able to recreate the issue in Firefox version 58.0.1 (64-bit). Since Firefox is the only browser I think was mentioned, is anyone having the problem and NOT on Firefox?
Normally I am on Chrome and it is not happening there. (When I mentioned it happening to me above, it is times when both the Log In and Register links are not showing and a refresh of the page usually fixed that, so it may be a different issue entirely with the page not fully loading.)
Indeed:Quote:
Originally Posted by SvenNiscadae
body > #userbar a.login-link {
display: none;}
I haven't dabbled in frontend in a long time so inheritance rules are a distant memory, could this specific rule override those of parent container class? Messy code or just a temporary hiccup? Link is missing for me both on Chrome and Firefox, clearing cache does nothing.
I tend to keep descriptions are jargon free as possible, people see it as a button, so that is what I call it.
I havent messed with web page functions since before FireFox existed, so I am not up on what does what these days; I think IE 6 was new the last time I created anything.
Anyway, Cordovan has posted an announcement, and web admin have a bug report, it is possible it was a browser update that didnt kick in until after a reboot, however generally speaking, FF updates work as soon as the browser has installed them and restarted itself.
The number of new posts over the last 48 hours seems to be down significantly, so it would appear a lot of people are having this issue, but havent seen the thread or figured out how to force the log in page to appear.
However, since the failure occurred at the same time the initial page load suddenly went from fairly fast to dog-slow, I am betting something has been done with the forum software that has buggered it up. It IS a fairly old and obsolete version, and probably has as much crud floating around in the coding as the game itself.
Somewhere in Irkutsk, a butterfly sneezed, and the "Log In" CSS link disappeared.
This issue still seems to be occurring.
I hope SSG is aware of it by now.
Happens to me a lot, I have to hit the "recycle" icon at the top of the screen.
Its the TLS handshake issue again; I only seem to get it on my one connection; but it is a PITA that ONLY seems to cause issues on LOTRO, every other website, anywhere in the world, responds quickly and reliably - except LOTROQuote:
Originally Posted by Nymphonic
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yarbro
Exact same scenario with me. It's gotta be a collaboration between Lex Luther and Sauron. There can be no other plausible explanation.
Cordo posted this link when everyone was having issues, I really must remember to forward it to the PC on the mobile connection; it does vastly speed up logging in, even if each and every page takes 2 minutes to TLS handshake before you can do anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nymphonic
https://www.lotro.com/en/auth/login
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Originally Posted by Yarbro
Yep, this has been happening for me as well, for many moons now. Crazy. I can't find the log in button it isn't appearing and it seems this forum and the website are being poorly maintained. Even issues that used to take no time to solve with the launcher are now chaos. Nobody knows what they are doing methinks. They are confused about my system stats to say the least of my problems logging into game itself. UGH. Good luck!! Thanks for the reply button idea, that worked at least. lol
Log In link is missing when you access forums as https://lotro.com/forums/forums.php. When you access as https://www.lotro.com/forums/forums.php, it works properly.
Log In link is also missing when you go to forums from lotro.com main page by clicking appropriate button on the menu, although the link includes www. In this scenario, Log In link appears after refresh.
Must be a routing problem.