beta Create Entries page having JavaScript load problems for adblock users

[denise]

The name of one of the JavaScript modules we use on the beta Create Entries page is being flagged by some adblock software and blocked, due to a recent filter update. If your adblock extension uses the EasyList filter subscription, you may notice that the select tags and select filters modules aren't working.

While we figure out the best way to handle this, you can temporarily work around the problem by whitelisting Dreamwidth in your adblock software. (Dreamwidth does not have ads and you will not see ads if you whitelist us -- it's purely to work around the overbroad matching.)

EDIT: The Adblock filter ruleset has been updated to no longer block the thing it was blocking. You now can update your filters and then remove the exception for Dreamwidth if you want!

Comments

[darjeeling]

Thank you for letting us know! That explains why entry tags were being weird on the Create Entry page.

[denise]

Yeah, it took some troubleshooting! Fortunately hope figured it out and opened a support request about it. :)

[ratcreature]

Thanks for the tip, I was wondering why things stopped working, but hadn't tried disabling my extensions yet. I didn't just have trouble with tags and filters, but also with icons and the updating time. And the preview button didn't work either.

[alexseanchai]

Ah, that explains the problem. *googles how to whitelist things in Adblock Plus*

[dickgrayson]

Thank you so much for all your work!

[jessie_c]

Would that also be why the login page goes 404 when you try to log in from your journal?

[denise]

Hm. Probably not -- I have ABP enabled and I don't have any trouble logging on from the navstrip in my journal. (And I haven't whitelisted DW yet.)

Can you try it with all your extensions disabled and see if you still have the problem? If you don't, add the extensions back in one by one and see which one is causing the problem.

Caught in the middle of a war.

[babysprite]

Thanks for everything you and the team do. We appreciate you.

Seems like we're caught in the middle of a war between advertising-supported websites with their obnoxious and intrusive advertising, and third-party ad-blocking software.