wowzers! we can survive a server problem now. put the original div text back if...

diff --git a/webcit-ng/static/js/views.js b/webcit-ng/static/js/views.js
index 7e10e3668b5d3b79a2499d9e79a826c20adacfe5..12642210f40a46b3b65b7ecd6e3bc32c4347e038 100644 (file)
--- a/webcit-ng/static/js/views.js
+++ b/webcit-ng/static/js/views.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function render_room_view(gt_msg, lt_msg)
 //
 function forum_readmessages(target_div, gt_msg, lt_msg)
 {
 //
 function forum_readmessages(target_div, gt_msg, lt_msg)
 {

+       original_text = document.getElementById(target_div).innerHTML;          // in case we need to replace it after an error

        document.getElementById(target_div).innerHTML = 
                "<i class=\"fas fa-spinner fa-spin\"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;"
                + _("Loading messages from server, please wait") ;
        document.getElementById(target_div).innerHTML = 
                "<i class=\"fas fa-spinner fa-spin\"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;"
                + _("Loading messages from server, please wait") ;


@@ -130,8 +131,7 @@ function forum_readmessages(target_div, gt_msg, lt_msg)
                        }
                        else
                        {
                        }
                        else
                        {

-                               document.getElementById(target_div).innerHTML = "error put it back";
-                               alert("ERROR " + this.status + " retrieving messages from server");
+                               document.getElementById(target_div).innerHTML = original_text;          // this will make the link reappear so the user can try again

                        }
                }
        };
                        }
                }
        };