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Goob Broke HIF!

Updated: Oct 1, 2018 · Posted on Sep 30, 2009 at 1:21 am

This is kind of important, so thanks for reading it.

The allusion to site updates wasn't a farce, but I figured this piece of news deserved it's own post to start with. Long story short, I broke the site last Friday and didn't find out about it until yesterday. Apparently a ton of Hiffers haven't been seeing any new posts since September 24. My bad!

To make matters worse, those of us who saw the new updates were still experiencing discrepancies across the site (comment counts were inaccurate, new posts would show up and then vanish, and I think my room's haunted with a ghost…well, that last one really only applies to me).

I've fixed the code on my end, but it could take up to 72 hours to filter down to everyone. However, there are some quick and easy steps you can take to make sure you get the correct fix much sooner:

  1. Clear your browser's cache. It takes 15 seconds and instructions for most browsers can be found at that link.
  2. Close your browser.
  3. Finally, reopen your browser, go to HIF, and press CTRL+R (for Windows) or CMND+R (for Mac).

Those steps should take care of the problem. Again, apologizes for the trouble! I'm heading to bed, but feel free to leave any comments or questions and I'll get to them in the morning.

EDIT: Just to be clear, this wasn't a virus or anything malicious. I simply inadvertently put in code that told people's browsers not to check for a new version of HIF until April 2010. πŸ˜€ For better or worse, I intend to make new posts between now and then, so I deleted that code!

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25 Comments, join the conversation

  1. Jay says

    October 8, 2009 at 04:23 pm

    lol oops

    Reply
  2. SL says

    October 8, 2009 at 11:34 am

    I don’t have any new updates since 9/30 either. Do I still need to clear my cache?

    Reply
  3. Taxi says

    October 2, 2009 at 06:01 pm

    This is the only New post is there something wrong again?? nothing new showing up since 9/30….

    Reply
  4. Mitchina says

    October 1, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    lol I got your web addy from a friend and honestly… I think I will come in here just to read your funny way of expressing yourself. That is worth more than the coupons!

    Thanks Goob… you made me smile tonight and you don’t even know me. Feeling a bit dirty now, aren’t you? lol

    ~M~

    Reply
  5. Laura says

    October 1, 2009 at 08:27 pm

    I’ve been trying to see the new freebies for a few days. I was worried that something happenend to you…and I don’t even know you personally…. I started looking around the site and saw that you posted today so I hit refresh on the home page and it showed up.

    Thanks Goob

    Reply
  6. Free Freebies says

    September 30, 2009 at 03:37 pm

    not sure if this is related, but I applied for a banner spot, it said it would be ready for sept 30th, but I haven’t heard if I’ve been approved or not yet.

    Reply
  7. Goob says

    September 30, 2009 at 01:37 pm

    @Stacy – That’s yet another one of the advantages of being able to get HIF wherever you want!

    @Tracy – It certainly was πŸ™‚

    If anybody notices that they’re still having to refresh the page to get our new posts come Friday or Saturday, please do let me know. The glitch should be worked out by then, but your never know.

    Reply
  8. Tracy says

    September 30, 2009 at 01:03 pm

    It was only a matter of time before ya broke it! awww Goob!

    Reply
  9. Jeni says

    September 30, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    I thought I was losing my mind… Phew! I’m in the clear for now anyway…

    Reply
  10. ex says

    September 30, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Thanks Goob! Thanks for all u do.

    Reply
  11. ex says

    September 30, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Thanks Goob! You’re doing a great job.

    Reply
  12. Gabrielle says

    September 30, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Thanks Goob! You are my homepage and everytime I logged on I had to “refresh” the page. I would keep the “refreshed” version the next time I booted up, but never did update. I thought it was something on my end. Thanks for ALL you do!!!!!

    Reply
  13. Sandy says

    September 30, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Yep, I was worried about ya for a day or two, then I hit refresh and that brought up the new stuff so I knew you were OK ! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  14. Serena says

    September 30, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Strange to say, but I still was getting all the updates! Weird.
    Thanks for all your hard work!!

    Reply
  15. Melinda says

    September 30, 2009 at 10:23 am

    I wondered why you e-mail newsletter showed postings that the site didn’t show — now I know. We love you Goob!

    Reply
  16. Gladlerfox says

    September 30, 2009 at 09:04 am

    I don’t think I experienced any problems, if that’s possible.

    Reply
  17. sharon says

    September 30, 2009 at 08:28 am

    i didnt have any issues either goob but thanks for fixing

    Reply
  18. micee says

    September 30, 2009 at 08:20 am

    Thx for the updates…No worries, you have giving us a lot more. So I am sure that we didn’t mind a little minor inconvenience. You still rock!!!!!

    Reply
  19. KFM says

    September 30, 2009 at 08:09 am

    I had a feeling something was up when I kept having to refresh to get the new posts, even this morning.

    Hooray!

    Reply
  20. michelle says

    September 30, 2009 at 05:03 am

    yea I was wondering how come I saw new freebies on facebook but they weren’t on HIF site……….. got my answer!

    Reply
  21. melissa says

    September 30, 2009 at 04:34 am

    Hey glad to hear all is working again I live for my HIF emails.

    Reply
  22. Stacy says

    September 30, 2009 at 01:47 am

    On the positive side, all the offers still showed up on my Google home page and on Facebook. Clicking links has its advantages!

    Reply
  23. julia says

    September 30, 2009 at 01:40 am

    So glad it’s fixed! I was going through withdrawals!

    Reply
  24. Ms. Rubio says

    September 30, 2009 at 01:31 am

    Glad you fixed it. Keep up the good work!

    Reply

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