links given on threads don't work

Every time I click on a DG reference link, nothing happens. Can this be fixed? It is very frustrating.

Gloria

Are you sure your popup blocker isn't stopping them? When I click on links, my browser always opens them in a separate window, and some nights the popup blocker is feeling a little feisty and blocks things more zealously than other nights. Try right clicking on the link, then choose "open in new window" and see if that works. If that still doesn't help, I'd suggest closing your browser then start it again, and if that doesn't work either then reboot your computer and see if that helps. I've had no trouble with links at all so I think it's something with your computer rather than DG.

Thanks. I will try those.

Gloria

Are you using Mozilla? I had the same problem, but I figured it out. Up at the top, there were tabs and that's where the link was. It would open unless I clicked on the tab up top.
I hope that's clear.

Thanks, weegy, that's great to know!

You are welcome. Do you see the tabs up top when you try to open a link?

Gollee weegy - that may be MY problem. I'll watch for it!!

ecrane - Too many other people seem to be having the same problem. I don't think it's our computers...I've been having this problem for some time now, and it hasn't resolved itself.

I hope the others that are having problems would post here--as of now it's just you and Gloria, but if more people post that they're having issues then maybe someone can figure out what's going on, or Dave can look into it further. I still suspect it might be related to popup blockers, something like that would persist through rebooting, etc and will continue until you turn off the popup blocker or change the settings on it (and it could have got set or changed in the first place by you doing something accidentally, or by updates to your browser or anti-virus, anti-spyware programs, etc). Have you paid attention to what happens on other sites when you click on links that are supposed to open in a new window? (links that open in the same window you're already in won't trigger the popup blocker so those don't count, you need to find ones that automatically open in a new window) If you find other sites that have popup links and those work fine, then that says it's something with DG rather than your computer. But if the popup links on those sites don't work either, then it's the popup blocker.

I've seen this problem mentioned elsewhere - not just on this thread. I don't know if I can backtrack and find them, but I remember thinking aha! it's not just me....

I had trouble this morning with DG links not working for me. But, now they're working fine - both with and without the pop-up blocker on.

hmmm

Mine hasn't worked in ages.

Hi Dave and staff,

In the next paragraph, I'm posting the beginning of an alphabetized index for a sticky for the Morning Glory forum, and I've found that the blue links below don't work, while the green ones do. Is there anything that can be done to make the blue links as workable as the green ones? Thank you in advance for any help.

BREEDING

Crosses between Cultivars within the same Species

Genetic Modification (example: increasing polyploidy by soaking seeds in a solution/extract of Colchicine)

Hybrids between Different Species (Interspecific Hybrids)
-- Post #4577339 Cross-Fertilization between Different Species: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4577339
-- Known Interspecific Hybrids Number about 25: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3197741

Natural Selection

DESIGN & ASSOCIATIONS with MORNING GLORIES

Contrasts & Echoes of Color & Texture: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/editpost.php?pid=3393092

Thread (Cottage Garden Forum, 2/29/08): http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/818820/

With respect to disease & partial shade: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/editpost.php?pid=4623384

EVOLUTION

Iron Biomagnetism - see iron biomagnetism under Seed/Seedcoat below

Pollen, oldest: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3313116, paragraph 3

Stigma in older species: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4041857

FERTILIZATION: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3082414

FOES

Critters

Insects

-- Weevils: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/667996/#post_2997690 (Post #2997690)

Molds

-- Damp-Off Fungus (pre-emergent type) and other seed and seedling diseases; contributing factors; remedies, including a bleach soak recipe for mildewed & other dubious seeds; lists, sources & comparative commentary - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3058590 Post# 3058590


GERMINATION

Baggy Methods

-- Step-by-Step method for Commonly Grown JMGs (demystifies when to nick or not to nick MG seeds): http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3303432

Non-Baggy Methods

-- Heat Mat, Lights, Domes, Hydrogen Peroxide, Superthrive (some cross-over between baggy/nonbaggy methods): http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4605339

-- Comparison of different methods & factors affecting germination; inhibitors; microrrhizal organisms: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=1971075 (Post #1971075)

A Beginner's Questions about Starting MG Seeds - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/817873/

Delayed Sprouting
-- for old seeds, or species not long in cultivation: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=2274253 (Post #2274253)
-- that a species' survival benefits from seeds sprouting at different times: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3224242 (Post #3224242)

Old Seed - classic thread about a 1949 packet of mg seeds - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/677301/

A seed's ability to germinate is affected by many factors, so you might also want to read these related topics: Seed / Harvest, Storage, Viability, Molds, Seedcoat

IDENTIFICATION

By Sepal - Identifying and ascertaining differences between I. nil, I. purpurea, I. tricolor and hederacea: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3504567

By Seed - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/484188/

INVASIVE SPECIES

Cold-Hardy Reseeders (not intended to be complete): http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3338509

Introduction to Relative Invasiveness of Some Species: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4355198

Discussion: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/704134/

Explication in Depth on Invasive Species: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3311001

LANGUAGE

Japanese/English Flower Names, Botanic Terms, Linguistic and Cultural References: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/555920/

MOONFLOWERS

Ipomoea alba, black-seeded: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/136688/index.html

Ipomoea alba, Quest for the Blue Variation: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/448913/ (start with post http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=1035735) - also check out a Horseshoe story in there, inspired by quote of the day from Mark Twain

Ipomoea calantha: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/81863/

Ipomoea macrorhiza: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53206/index.html

Ipomoea saintronanensis
-- thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/774445/
-- PlantFiles: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/107611/

Ipomoea santilliani (Quebre Plata)
-- 1st discussion thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/556666
-- 2nd discussion thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/636084/
-- PlantFiles: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/120918/ (includes discussion on spelling)

Ipomoea turbinata: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/69456/

Do night lights affect moonflowers? - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/714147/

MORPHOLOGY

Flowers - Color Patterns: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/species/flower_pattern.html

Flowers: Structures of Parts:

-- Diagram of an MG Flower: http://www.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Monte/Plant/Conv/conv-part.html

-- Photographed Longitudinal MG Cross-Section, Labeled with Respect to Parts: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=4110886

Seed Pod, Almost Ripe - Photograph of Lateral Cross-Section: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/782584/

POLLINATION

Hand Pollination, Comprehensive, Indepth How-To: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=1661670

Hand Pollination How-To by Dr.Yoneda: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/menu.html (Click on Introduction and follow links to Table of Contents and Pollination)

Hand Pollination, Non-Technical Step-by-Step Guide: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/732341/

Tagging with Bread-Bag Ties: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3527842

Tagging with Foil: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/703648/

SEED

Germination (see germination above)

Harvest

-- Seeds should be brown and crispy: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3560541
-- But some seeds may be viable even if only "nearly ready": http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4090680 (However, see Seedcoat)
-- What to do when frost is coming, your MGs are not in pots, but you want to save seed: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/editpost.php?pid=4312974 (paragraphs 4 - 7)
-- Drying seeds in precarious and/or humid conditions: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/editpost.php?pid=4312974 (section titled "Drying")

Seedcoat

Nicking Seeds
-- tools: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3132693
-- when and how to nick: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3303432 (Step 2b)

-- Seedcoat Color

----- Comparison of plants from light and dark seeds from same cultivar; e.g., chlorophyll, sunlight and germination: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=2274378

---- Photo of black and beige seeds from the same pod of a I. nil 'Blue Silk' vine (ours had both colors of seed, too): http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4217526

Shattering of Ripe Seedpods

-- Photo/instructions for porous bags to catch shattering pods: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4017486 (Post #4017486)
-- Photo of seedpod inside bag: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4017492 (Post #4017492)
-- Photo of overall bagged plant: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4017498 (4017498)

Storage
-- After proper drying, "a baggie within a baggie [or]...extra-large freezer ziplock bags [or]...large plastic tupperware containers" can prevent any possible weevils from chewing through. See the links above under Foes/Insects/Weevils for more information about weevils.

The following link includes the following Seedcoat/Germination topics (and much more): http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=2997627 (post #2997627)

-- Controlling substances, such as a main inhibitor known as abscisic acid (ABA)

-- the debate between whether to germinate in a sterile environment or in one with naturallyoccurring beneficial microorganisms

-- Environmental factors such as cold, light, radiant energy, the electromagnetic spectrum (This link touches on iron biomagnetism, in relation to which life on earth as evolved. This writer once came across an article about what happened when a plant was grown in a space satellite/station far away from its normal gravity. Those growth hormones that relate to iron biomagnetism can cause some monstrous physical anomalies in the absence of gravity)

-- Microorganisms and their roles in the germination process. For example, a metabolic path is described that begins with water dissolving fibers in the seedcoat into gooey substances, upon which fungi feast, producing antibiotics as they munch which help the young sprout along. Ron calls this relationship between the fungi and young sprout "symbiotic campatability".

-- Related unsolved mysteries

Viability - usually between 5 & 10 years, but here's a fascinating experiment in seed longevity: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/677301/


SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

TRELLISING and/or PRUNING MG VINES

Directions on how to find the ultimate sage's opinion: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3959705

Japanese method for growing in a pot: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/Introduction/htmls/36.html - When each section of vine comes to the top-most or side-most limit of whatever growing space you are giving it, cut it back at that spot. Make the cut just above where leaf meets stem, as close as you can to that spot, because tissue beyond that spot tends to die and pathogens tend to gravitate to it. Use a very sharp tool like scizzors, sequeteur (spelling?), exacto-knife (DH uses these in his carving)

Japanese pictorial, day-by-day guide to training a potted MG to give the effect of Japanese bonsai: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/asagao/h19-katei/h19-katei.html&langpair=ja|en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=/language_tools (I seem to recall that Atenkley came up with this one)

great thread answering questions about how to pinch: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/698560/

practical trellising by the pot: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/714435/

Beckygardener started a great thread on all kinds of trellising: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/801848/

I found the link problem with my computer was with the installation of Active x. When I disabled it, the links work fine.

bluespiral...blue and green links are a function of whether you personally have visited a link or not so nobody else is going to see the exact same combination of blue/green as you do. For me all your links look blue because I've never visited any of them. So you might want to go back and edit your post to indicate in some other way which links you're specifically having problems with. I tested a bunch of them and every single one opened for me (I stopped after I got halfway down because I really wasn't seeing any problems) A couple of them were a little weird in that they went to the "edit your post" box rather than a real thread/link, must have been a copy/paste error by whoever made the links in the first place.

ecrane - I just checked the links that were on Beckygardener's list as not working, and they're working fine now. Lately, it seems like sometimes links will work on DG and sometimes they won't.

But, to whoever waved a magic wand and got all those sticky links working - a humongous thank you from me.

With much relief,
karen

I don't think anyone here did anything (I don't think Dave usually works on weekends, and if he is working it's probably on the auction site) I think the people who are having trouble with links it's something on their computer, maybe in some cases it's one of those random bugs that resolves itself, or if it's something like a popup blocker that can cause problems randomly--I know with my popup blocker it seems like some days it's more zealous than others about blocking popup windows. Or for some maybe it's the activeX thing that budgielover mentioned. Either way it's not a DG thing.

I have to agree that it might be your browser. I just tried every link in this thread, and they all opened for me.

All of the links opened for me. They are blue if unvisited, turn green once visited.

Thanks, all. It was quite a relief to see them working.

I am having problems with a few of Karen's links in her above post. I see what ecrane said, "A couple of them were a little weird in that they went to the "edit your post" box rather than a real thread/link, must have been a copy/paste error by whoever made the links in the first place."

Could some of you check out these 5 links from Karen's post in the MG Forum Sticky thread http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/824965/ and tell me what page you are seeing? Below is what I am seeing:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/editpost.php?pid=3393092

These are the 5 links I am seeing an "edit your post' page:

Contrasts & Echoes of Color & Texture: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]

With respect to disease & partial shade: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]

----- Rust, Designing the Garden around Rust - [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] (cross-posted from DESIGN)

-- What to do when frost is coming, your MGs are not in pots, but you want to save seed: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] (Post #4312974, paragraphs 4 - 7)

-- Drying seeds in precarious and/or humid conditions: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] (Post #4312974, section titled "Drying")

Thanks y'all!



This message was edited Mar 19, 2008 6:46 PM

Becky, what browser are you running?

I use Firefox, and today it decided (on its own, it seems) to start opening stuff in a new tab instead of a new window. I know the pros and cons to each - I prefer for stuff to open in a new window.

You can adjust this setting in Firefox as follows:

1) Click on Tools
2) Click on Options
3) Click on Tabs
4) Select "Open in new window"

Terry - I CAN "open" all the links. But it appears that I am getting the wrong page/link for the 5 links I mentioned above that are on the Morning Glory Sticky thread. I tried BOTH Internet Explorer and Firefox and I am getting the very same page on both of them. It is the "Edit your Post" page instead of an actual DG thread link. Am I making sense here?

In ecrane's post http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4666803, she said the same thing,"A couple of them were a little weird in that they went to the "edit your post" box rather than a real thread/link, must have been a copy/paste error by whoever made the links in the first place." So this is NOT just me seeing the "editing your post" page instead of an actual thread link.

Karen realized what I was talking about and fixed those 5 links! YEAH!!! Thanks, Karen! It's perfect now!!! :-) :-)

Ahhh - okay - I didn't realize that's what you were getting at; I'm glad Karen saw and fixed the problem ;o)