Comments on: The Bribery Photo Contest: Voting starts today!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:34 +0000

More IP workarounds

http://www.bpcd.net/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi

Also, if you are using IE, click on TOOLS
Click on INTERNET OPTIONS
Click on the CONNECTIONS tab
Click on LAN settings in the CONNECTIONS window
Uncheck the Proxy Server setting
Click ok

Try again. I am pretty sure you should be able to access Durham Region Baby, why any IT mutt or corporate systems would add this to the proxy list is beyond me seeing as it doesn’t have wordpress or any other blogging software in its domain.

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Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:24:49 +0000

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By: LoveysMom

LoveysMom — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:58:46 +0000

Hey Carly, I was also unable to press vote from my computer today at home. I’m still an “at-home” home but I thought we could vote once per day from the same computer?
Don’t mean to drive you bonkers!

By: Auntie Janice

Auntie Janice — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Carly – I have run into the same problem as DoodlesMom – was able to vote Monday, but today all I can see are the results. The little voting buttons are all gone. This whole process must be making you tear your hair out!!!!

Thinking of you, with love and best wishes as you struggle with this issue.

By: DoodlesMom

DoodlesMom — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:34:11 +0000

lol even the free-proxy site is filtered at my work!

STOOPID FIREWALLS aaarrghhh!!

I guess they really just want us to work or something … lol

By: DoodlesMom

DoodlesMom — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:16:09 +0000

Carly …

I could only vote once yesterday – today it’s not letting me. It wouldn’t let me vote last night at home either … how am I supposed to vote for my favourite pic and somehow compete against all those other votes???????? This doesn’t seem to be working very well.

The only thing I see on my page is the voting results … no button today to vote.

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Okay, okay, you’re all right / Durham Region Baby (Ontario, Canada) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:17:31 +0000

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By: Cindy in Courtice

Cindy in Courtice — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:24:51 +0000

For those of you who are on a proxy server which would be set by the firewall or your IT people at work, you can get around by using a proxy bypass site like
http://www.anonymousproxy.ca/free-proxy/

in the black bar cut and paste (all on one line)
http://durhamregionbaby.com/2008/03/ the-bribery-photo-contest-voting-starts-today/#more-935

and hit the big red button.

This will get you around most firewall proxies.
I know because I blog at work and work for a huge financial reinsurance firm and it took a couple of tries to get around their “corporate systems”.

By: LoveysMom

LoveysMom — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:21:11 +0000

I don’t like how we have to try so hard to get a few votes but then even if you get a lot they will all be erased on Thursday and you have to bug people for votes all over again!!!!

It’s a lot of work lol.

By: DoodlesMom

DoodlesMom — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:34:54 +0000

ah … you’re assuming our firewalls will let us vote while at work … stoopid firewalls!