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ARE YOU ALSO HAVING TECH ERRORS HERE?

Blog Posted:6/6/2016 11:45:00 AM

hello soupers!.. i am in the process of judging my contest and having a difficult time choosing the winners...

BUT more difficult or disappointing for me is the fact that 4-5 members could not enter my challenge due to TPS errors like error 500, application error, and other tech glitches, with due respect to soup.

i have sent a message to admin with the hope that a final solution would be implemented..

to those who wrote me and tried till the last minute to post their entries, i felt really helpless about this situation...please know you are winners in my heart, and i appreciate your support and talent!

as i score the winning points, kindly accept that non-winning members did not follow the requirements.. some wrote in rhyme form, others may not have kept in mind my criteria for judging... all in all, i had an awesome time savoring your poems...

meanwhile, what technical problems are you experiencing?.. i almost didn't make it to a contest as the site stopped temporarily for some reason... i waited for 2 hours and went back to the contest area...

let's share so we can be help each other...huggs

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Richard
Lamoureux

Date: 6/15/2016 10:22:00 AM

Congratulations to all your winners! Hugs Rick.

Paul
Callus

Date: 6/8/2016 3:45:00 PM

Just now I posted a new poem and entered it for another contest. Happily I can say that I had no problems this time!

Joanna
Daniel

Date: 6/8/2016 12:24:00 AM

Well! And I thought I was the only person with those error problems...Couldn't enter the contest till the end:( Waiting to enter your next contest, which God willing should be without errors:)

Paul
Callus

Date: 6/7/2016 9:45:00 AM

Hi Nette! I spent 2 days trying to enter my poem in your contest. Each time I ended in that dreaded yellow page with the words" Server Error....Request timed out"!! I contacted TPS and all I received was a link to your contest...not at all helpful! I hope next time I try entering a contest it will be less frustrating! Hugss ~ paul

Joanna Daniel
Date: 6/8/2016 12:25:00 AM

Had the same problem as you Paul:( hope it's solved soon:)

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/7/2016 10:55:00 AM

hi paul, you are not alone..i myself get these errors.. i hope TPS solves this fast... i haven's received a reply from them yet... please know you are a winner!.. huggs

Nandita
Das

Date: 6/6/2016 11:29:00 PM

Love your Bio. So awesome.

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/7/2016 10:51:00 AM

thank you, nandita

Constance
La France

Date: 6/6/2016 6:06:00 PM

nette, thanks so much for that awesome contest and for my wonderful win, I am so honored and congrats to all your winners ~~

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/7/2016 11:01:00 AM

well deserved, constance.. just glad you were able to enter...

Ashley
Conte

Date: 6/6/2016 5:28:00 PM

Just got in. I had trouble logging and it took me 1 1/2 days to sneak my work. I never used google chrome (?) and tried it out of frustration. Maybe that helped but I was just given a fraction of time to surf TPS. Thank you, Nette!

Paul Callus
Date: 6/7/2016 9:47:00 AM

Hi Ashley...thank you for looking out for me:) Unfortunately I did not manage it, although I kept trying right up to the end.

Ashley Conte
Date: 6/6/2016 5:30:00 PM

I saw the entry of Paul Callus. Did he make it?

Teddy
Kimathi

Date: 6/6/2016 4:29:00 PM

Hi Nette, Yes, I had the same predicament. I tried to enter your contest "REFRAIN FROM THE 6th", but couldn't raise an eMuscle to do it, lol. Well, I hope TPS will work on the TPS soonest!! *_^

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/7/2016 11:00:00 AM

i was hoping you could make it, teddy... dear TPS, are you there?

Teddy Kimathi
Date: 6/6/2016 4:30:00 PM

Sorry, I meant TPS working on the technical issues....

Franco
Gonza

Date: 6/6/2016 3:16:00 PM

I don't know how to call my "tragedy." When I tried to join 2 contests including yours, the site hangs! I took my works out and will try the others. It's not easy to write for days only to be " rejected," I wish this will be resolved.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/6/2016 3:37:00 PM

Franco, are either of the other contests still running. Try them now. I have nothing ready to enter into a new contest to test it out. Maybe the system is working again for people like you and me.

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 3:31:00 PM

it's been like this for a while, franco... maybe you are not alone!.. too bad you couldn't enter as well...ugh!

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/6/2016 3:09:00 PM

I have problems getting a contest started and getting it closed. Also I was not able at ALL to enter Nette's contest. Tried for half an hour and it simply would not go through.Strangely, I entered other contests and THOSE went through. It was as if her contest was jinxed!! Then I find out this morning that others had problems and yet others WERE able to get into her contest. It's very unfair, Poetry Soup. I wish things were like they used to be!

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 3:27:00 PM

can you beat this, andie?.. i was entering another contest and my piece was not on the contest page... i waited for hours, the site was so slow.. i looked at 'my poems' board and it was there... so sorry this is happening... migraine blues for me!

Carrie
Richards

Date: 6/6/2016 2:19:00 PM

One big problem I've had for several months is that if I see a misspell, or need to add, or edit my just posted poem, more often than not, it won't let me! The "connection time-out" factor will not let me in ! Good luck with your problem, Nette!

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 3:04:00 PM

carrie, that happens to me, so i have to re-start my computer but it doesn't help.. ouchie!

Manny
Paras

Date: 6/6/2016 1:54:00 PM

Hi, gorgeous ( hah!). I'm just keeping light of things but I sent a hopeless entry. While doing so, I got this alien inscription in red, right smack in the middle of sending on the "enter" page.Tried twice; if it's not with you, it won't win anyway. Actually, not funny; just need to vent.

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 3:08:00 PM

thank god for the comic relief... not happy that really good poems couldn't get in... sometimes, i experience that too.. i had a poem that was not listed while i was entering... ohhh

Constance
La France

Date: 6/6/2016 1:45:00 PM

Nette, oh I hope you got my poem for your contest

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 3:37:00 PM

thanks, franco..are you an engineer?.. constance, i got your poem; had to look at your dashboard and saw your entry..it's with me. not nice for the rest, about 5 or so.. :(

Franco Gonza
Date: 6/6/2016 3:19:00 PM

hello, constance.. will check as there are no names...i am now realizng there are certain hours when the site is good and when it's not working well...

Lenny Gazbowski
Date: 6/6/2016 1:45:00 PM

It is frustrating Nette. Thankfully I did find a way around it, not sure if its a computer or site problem.

Lenny
Gazbowski

Date: 6/6/2016 12:18:00 PM

The problem I am having Nette is wiith the Validate letters/numbers: I write the capital letters in the correct manner but they come out in lower case ! So I then write the Validate letters in the comment box, then copy and paste them and that does the trick. Anyone else experience the same ?!?!

Lenny Gazbowski
Date: 6/7/2016 9:12:00 AM

It happened again today, and then all returned to normal !

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 1:41:00 PM

one of my problems is 'connection time-out' but your problem is unusual, lenny...good you found a way to straighten this but it can be kind of stressful!..

Jan
Allison

Date: 6/6/2016 12:01:00 PM

I managed to post my poem in time but I couldn't post the picture with it until later on today - hope they sort out the glitches soon:-) hugs Jan xx

Nette Onclaud
Date: 6/6/2016 1:43:00 PM

jan, what a delay... could the audio app or feature slow the process?..hmm

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