Twice today, I've typed an answer to a question only to have it freeze and then vanish.

I imagine that the changeover to the new format is at fault, but if the site isn't working, it shouldn't be online.

What a pain in the a--!

It's working well enough for me and a lot of other posters, judging by recent posts on threads on every forum. Write the editors if you're that exercised about a minor inconvenience, but you're really overreacting.

I haven't had any problems with posting. Sometimes it does seem to hang up a bit and a white screen appears making it look like nothing happened, but it turns out the post actually has "taken."

So maybe what you are calling freezing and vanishing is what I saw, but perhaps your post actually did go through, did you check?

AFAIK there is no "update", the website obviously looks exactly like it always did. If there's an update, I think you'll notice it and it will look entirely different.

and that post had none of those issues, actually

Freezes during posting have been common for me for the last week. Most of the time, the posts go through. Occasionally not and I lose them. I copy-and-paste anything long that I don't want to type again before hitting the Submit button.

Yes, the site has been slow the last week. Just hit reload until it comes back.

Sorry, but this "minor inconvenience" of hitting the reload" is BS.

Yes it takes time but once the Preview thing is highlighted it will eventually go thru.

Dukey, what's your point? That waiting for 5 seconds is just too much for you? I really do hope this is the biggest issue you face today.

Ive been having multiple types of problems. Significant slowness, pages not loading at all, sorting by state or country not working. Server not responding

Stop complaining, it is not as if you have to pay for this service!

Well, you do get what you pay for!

I don't see why I'm overreacting. I just said that a nonfunctional website shouldn't be online, and I think any web site manager would agree with me. I would hardly call that a rant.

I did check that the vanished posts never got published before making this post. One of them vanished after I hit "preview". I had no forewarning of the problem, so it didn't occur to me to make a copy of my post before submitting. The first one was a rather lengthy answer to a question and I was quite annoyed that it got lost. The second time, I just made a brief response to a question, partly to see if the problem would recur, and it did.

There are lots of things on the internet that I don't pay for, including my browser. That doesn't mean I don't expect them to work properly. The Fodors forums are not a gift, you know. They make a profit on them with ads and email offers.

As a matter of fact, those of us who try our best to answer people's questions on these forums are the ones who are making a gift to Fodors.

<is BS.> Oh Please!! lol

It has been hanging up for over a week now. I copy if an info post with links so if it doesn't go through can try again. Very slow and I can complain if I want.