Cubs Tickets On Sale Info (SEE FIRST POST FOR TIPS/LINK)

[Jon]

Little help here guys/gals with Firefox.

 

I open a new tab, but its blank. How can I open the same tab over and over again without copying the URL? The tab says (Untitled).

Open up the URL into one tab and just hit control+alternate+T. You can do it before 9:30 and use the "reload all tabs" function of tab mix plus, as well. It'll take up a lot of memory to begin with since they'll be loading at the same time, but they'll begin to stagger out a bit pretty quickly.

[cheapseats]

If I celebrated Christmas, I'd imagine that it'd be a lot like the morning Cubs tickets go on sale.

 

I look forward to this day for a long time.

 

 

Really? I think it's a total pain.

 

I love it.

[Burtonbell]

Sweet! Thanks for the help! I just hope my work day is slow.

 

Refresh city today baby!

[wekse]

i'm gonna have to try my luck with only a couple of windows open....my work compy can't handle the load, only have 500 mb of ram in this pos.

[MarqPTM]

The VWR automatically switches into ticketing if you are selected right?

 

If so, what does the tab title generally change to?

[Jon]

The VWR automatically switches into ticketing if you are selected right?

 

If so, what does the tab title generally change to?

The tab or window title will change from "Virtual Waiting Room" to "Chicago Cubs Ticketing." If you have a bunch of windows and/or tabs open, just look for the first letter to change from a "V" to a "C," although it will display http://frontline... while it's refreshing.

[nilodnayr]

The VWR automatically switches into ticketing if you are selected right?

 

If so, what does the tab title generally change to?

 

You'll definitely be able to tell that its different...

[Laura]

Little help here guys/gals with Firefox.

 

I open a new tab, but its blank. How can I open the same tab over and over again without copying the URL? The tab says (Untitled).

Open up the URL into one tab and just hit control+alternate+T. You can do it before 9:30 and use the "reload all tabs" function of tab mix plus, as well. It'll take up a lot of memory to begin with since they'll be loading at the same time, but they'll begin to stagger out a bit pretty quickly.

 

Where is the "reload all tabs" option?

 

Thanks for all your insights into this, Jon!

[Burtonbell]

Right click on any tab, there is an option there to reload all tabs.

 

Only 13 minutes! This is like going to a Hannah Montana concert...I mean Metallica! Yeah, that's! Metallica!

 

:grin:

[nilodnayr]

Little help here guys/gals with Firefox.

 

I open a new tab, but its blank. How can I open the same tab over and over again without copying the URL? The tab says (Untitled).

Open up the URL into one tab and just hit control+alternate+T. You can do it before 9:30 and use the "reload all tabs" function of tab mix plus, as well. It'll take up a lot of memory to begin with since they'll be loading at the same time, but they'll begin to stagger out a bit pretty quickly.

 

Where is the "reload all tabs" option?

 

Thanks for all your insights into this, Jon!

 

Also if half my window is taken up with tabs, and one gets through, how do I maximize that screen so I don't have half my screen taken up with tabs?

[MarqPTM]

The VWR automatically switches into ticketing if you are selected right?

 

If so, what does the tab title generally change to?

The tab or window title will change from "Virtual Waiting Room" to "Chicago Cubs Ticketing." If you have a bunch of windows and/or tabs open, just look for the first letter to change from a "V" to a "C," although it will display http://frontline... while it's refreshing.

 

That's what I thought. Did you guys use this strategy for playoff tickets? We took over a computer lab here at school for the playoffs and we couldn't open new tabs. Still got tickets running 32 computers with Firefox and IE running one window a piece.

[Jon]

Little help here guys/gals with Firefox.

 

I open a new tab, but its blank. How can I open the same tab over and over again without copying the URL? The tab says (Untitled).

Open up the URL into one tab and just hit control+alternate+T. You can do it before 9:30 and use the "reload all tabs" function of tab mix plus, as well. It'll take up a lot of memory to begin with since they'll be loading at the same time, but they'll begin to stagger out a bit pretty quickly.

 

Where is the "reload all tabs" option?

 

Thanks for all your insights into this, Jon!

I don't think it's a standard feature of Firefox, but if you have Tab Mix Plus (or possibly in a different tab management plugin), just right-click on one of the tabs and that option will be available. If it isn't, go into Tab Mix Plus options --> menu --> Tab Context Menu --> and check reload all tabs. I'm not sure if I have an older version or not, though, but it should be pretty similar.

 

Also, you can decide use the "protect tab" feature to remove the close tab button on the tab. The yellow icon it places on the tab may also make it easier to keep track of which tab you're working on in case you go to a different window.

 

 

The other thing is that like always, be prepared to have to hit refresh a lot to resubmit your ticket request once you get through. It can take a while to actually get tickets, but last year they seemed to dedicate a lot more bandwidth towards processing orders once tickets are reserved, so losing an order shouldn't be a big problem unless you take too long to enter in your information.

 

And again, double check your cubs.com login information and wallet preferences.

[rickrolled]

Right click on any tab, there is an option there to reload all tabs.

 

Only 13 minutes! This is like going to a Hannah Montana concert...I mean Metallica! Yeah, that's! Metallica!

 

:grin:

 

actually Cubs.com says it opens at 10

[MarqPTM]

Right click on any tab, there is an option there to reload all tabs.

 

Only 13 minutes! This is like going to a Hannah Montana concert...I mean Metallica! Yeah, that's! Metallica!

 

:grin:

 

actually Cubs.com says it opens at 10

 

A virtual waiting room will be used for all Internet orders. The virtual waiting room will begin accepting customers at 9:30 a.m. CT on Friday, February 22nd.

 

At 10:00 a.m. Central, customers will be randomly selected from the virtual waiting room to begin purchasing tickets.

[Jon]

Little help here guys/gals with Firefox.

 

I open a new tab, but its blank. How can I open the same tab over and over again without copying the URL? The tab says (Untitled).

Open up the URL into one tab and just hit control+alternate+T. You can do it before 9:30 and use the "reload all tabs" function of tab mix plus, as well. It'll take up a lot of memory to begin with since they'll be loading at the same time, but they'll begin to stagger out a bit pretty quickly.

 

Where is the "reload all tabs" option?

 

Thanks for all your insights into this, Jon!

 

Also if half my window is taken up with tabs, and one gets through, how do I maximize that screen so I don't have half my screen taken up with tabs?

The best option would be to go back into the Tab Mix Plus options and reduce the number of visible rows back down to something more manageable until you complete the order. Or, if you want, you can protect the tab you get through in (just to be sure) and then right-click on the tab and pick the "close other tabs" option. That will close all of the other tabs, but I'd be a little worried about making a mistake at that point.

[Jon]

The VWR automatically switches into ticketing if you are selected right?

 

If so, what does the tab title generally change to?

The tab or window title will change from "Virtual Waiting Room" to "Chicago Cubs Ticketing." If you have a bunch of windows and/or tabs open, just look for the first letter to change from a "V" to a "C," although it will display http://frontline... while it's refreshing.

 

That's what I thought. Did you guys use this strategy for playoff tickets? We took over a computer lab here at school for the playoffs and we couldn't open new tabs. Still got tickets running 32 computers with Firefox and IE running one window a piece.

Yeah, pretty much. I was only able to try for NLDS tickets and had good luck. My older brother got shut out for NLCS tickets, but my younger brother got through three times very quickly. They both used the same method.

[UMFan83]

I've gotten home opener tickets easily the last 4 years, so I'm not worried. That's all I'm looking for.

[rickrolled]

Right click on any tab, there is an option there to reload all tabs.

 

Only 13 minutes! This is like going to a Hannah Montana concert...I mean Metallica! Yeah, that's! Metallica!

 

:grin:

 

actually Cubs.com says it opens at 10

 

A virtual waiting room will be used for all Internet orders. The virtual waiting room will begin accepting customers at 9:30 a.m. CT on Friday, February 22nd.

 

At 10:00 a.m. Central, customers will be randomly selected from the virtual waiting room to begin purchasing tickets.

 

ah, my bad

[Jon]

Right click on any tab, there is an option there to reload all tabs.

 

Only 13 minutes! This is like going to a Hannah Montana concert...I mean Metallica! Yeah, that's! Metallica!

 

:grin:

I can only wish this was for a Hannah Montana concert.

[OleMissCub]

So I've already got like 30 tabs up on two different laptops....is it going to autorefresh them?

[Jon]

So I've already got like 30 tabs up on two different laptops....is it going to autorefresh them?

You'll have to refresh all of the tabs once the VWR starts.

[OleMissCub]

How do I do that en masse?

[MarqPTM]

Mine are all blank

[rickrolled]

Mine are all blank

 

same here

[Burtonbell]

Mine are blank as well.