Interesting anomaly or glitch...

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I tried posting here on VLZ with an android device, no go. This field where you type your text opens up, and I can type text, even hit the preview button. However it won't go to the next step of "save".

Maybe it is just my version of android OS. I was able to post on PZ from same device.

I forwarded your query to lava, I hope he can answer you. What OS is it?

Stu, what browser are you using? I couldn't function using the native Internet browser on android based Samsung S5, but I could use Chrome on the same device.

I had the same problem, download chrome to resolve  it...

i was promised something interesting.

 

 

hmmmph...

If you look in Troubleshooting
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You'll see there may be some browser issues connecting to vivalazone.org. Take a look.

android is a widely distributed mobile os; in older versions, google allowed vendors to install their own default web browser. (crazy)

all google android phones have chrome as their default browser, which good, and starting in 2015 the android distros started imposing chrome as the default, replacing non-standard web browsers on the vendor phones.

if you're still running an older version of android, one that doesn't have chrome as the default browser, you may want to consider upgrading your os, if you can, for security purposes.

we won't support non-standard web browsers.

Thanks for the responses. I did try both Chrome and the generic browser on a LG phone running Android 5.1.1 but no luck. Perhaps Marshmallow or later version (Nougat) of Android will improve that condition. However, I don't know if my LGL52VL model is capable of running these modern OS.

 

What happens is I can hit 'Preview' button multiple times, but 'Post Message' icon does not show. Maybe it is as simple as updating Chrome. I suppose this version running under 5.1.1 is a year + old.

Stu, you can't zone on a flip phone...wink

ack! apologies for the continued troubles, stu. we want viva to work for everyone, which is why we tested the site on an array of mobile devices, tablets, and desktop machines, all throughout development, but i guess we cannot test them all. please know that the info you shared is helpful, and i will certainly look into your specs.

one more thing: on viva, just like the pz, we must preview a post before submitting it, and that's why we only see one button, the preview button, below the editor, by default. additionally, this preview button is inactive, and it's appearance is ghosted, until you enter something into the editor. once you start typing, the button changes color and becomes active. 

happy zoning!

My guess is that it would work fine if I updated Chrome to the latest version... seems others are not having this particular issue. They probably have a more modern Chrome.

On my phone and iPad, pictures and posts that use the full width of the screen are cut off on the right.

I tried another browser and the same occurred