Trying to "like" a post brings up a blank screen and nothing happens
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It seems that the only blog posts I can “like” are the ones I’m following. When I press the “like” button on someone else’s post, a separate blank window opens, but it doesn’t register the “like”. Is this a Firefox issue or is there something else I’m doing wrong. It doesn’t seem to matter if I’m logged in or not – same thing happens.
TIA.
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It appears it’s the “third party cookies” that is the key. I turned that on (set to Allow Always) and it worked. Not something I will leave on, but now I know I can turn it on when I need it.
Thanks for the help.
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Yes indeed unless one has both JavaScript and third party cookies enabled as I posted above under my other username, then they will have this issue and others too.
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