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The browser back button is not working correctly when using the search funtion in ProBoards forums. Is there a known issue with ProBoards & FF?

Earlene
Earlene
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I have submitted a bug report to ProBoards, but they cannot duplicate the problem I am having, so I am submitting this here in hopes you can find a solution.

At ProBoards Support and another PB forum while doing searches I found this problem, which continues with repeated testing over the past week or so:

url: http://support.proboards.com/search

1. enter perameters for the search (posts only by staff for the last 2 days) 2. choose one of those post results & click on it (choose a post on page 14 and not on page 1 of the results) 3. using the browser back button, attempt to return to the previous page of search results 4. rather than being taken back to the search results with my parameters, the search parameters have been removed and the page show 1000 results of posts by everybody.

I have tested this over and over again, disabling plugins, and nothing seems to alter the malfunctioning of the back button when I am doing this search function at ProBoards.

I have tested it in Internet Explorer and find that in IE the browser back button works properly with ProBoards searches. I always get the result I expect, so it's a problem with how FF interfaces with ProBoards, I think.

I have submitted a bug report to ProBoards, but they cannot duplicate the problem I am having, so I am submitting this here in hopes you can find a solution. At ProBoards Support and another PB forum while doing searches I found this problem, which continues with repeated testing over the past week or so: url: http://support.proboards.com/search 1. enter perameters for the search (posts only by staff for the last 2 days) 2. choose one of those post results & click on it (choose a post on page 14 and not on page 1 of the results) 3. using the browser back button, attempt to return to the previous page of search results 4. rather than being taken back to the search results with my parameters, the search parameters have been removed and the page show 1000 results of posts by everybody. I have tested this over and over again, disabling plugins, and nothing seems to alter the malfunctioning of the back button when I am doing this search function at ProBoards. I have tested it in Internet Explorer and find that in IE the browser back button works properly with ProBoards searches. I always get the result I expect, so it's a problem with how FF interfaces with ProBoards, I think.

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iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars
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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Further information can be found in the Clear your cache, history and other personal information in Firefox article.

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