[pct-l] signing in

[dsaufley]

I'm sorry to hear that so many have experienced frustration trying to sign
in. This is probably one reason for what seems like low numbers of comments
on the site. Wish I could offer up some technical support, but I am merely a
visitor to the site like everyone else, though I admit to being an advocate
for our voices getting heard.

In my experience, I remember a little frustration initially, which seemed to
resolve when I simply created my username and password, then went back to
the email message to access the link on the specific topics.  This took me
directly to the idea pages, and I recall that I was recognized and logged in
automatically without having to enter my ID or password again.  I went
straight to the comment section and had no problem from there. 

Not related to this specific site problem, another thing I do when I have
problems accessing a website or getting through is remove the "http://" from
the beginning of the address, and sometimes add "www." to the beginning of
it.  I will cut and paste the address from the source into the web browser,
making sure that letters in the address that somehow did not get included in
the underscored link.  A fresh start with the address like this sometimes
resolves issues, but I think The Duck is right and the problem is on their
end.  I hope they get back to everyone who tried to contact them.

Beyond that, I don't have any other assistance to offer.  Wish I did!

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of greg mushial
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:16 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] signing in

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:38:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] signing in
> To: Thelma Fredricksen <thelma.fredricksen at gmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> I have also been trying to sign in and vote.? My result was the same as 
> jomike
> describes.
> MendoRider
>
>

Just a heads-up - my guess is "the problem" is at their (usda.gov) end, ie, 
yesterday I had no problem signing in and demoting bikes on the PCT...  but 
this morning, from the same machine I can no longer, or at least am 
currently unable. Originally this morning this started as a test to see if 
the signing in problem might be a XP vs W7 question...  so I tried to log in

from W7 - no go. I thought I had learned something, and was going to post to

the list, asking if the people that can't login are on W7 or maybe Vista, or

at least not XP...  but to just make sure the data was what it appeared to 
be, I went back to the XP machine and tried logging in (this is the same 
machine that was successful before)...  and no joy. So...  my guess is: 
they've got a database problem at that end.

TheDuck 

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