FireFox (v23.0.1) still breaks sorting on Google Sites List Page (server error reported)
Google Sites List Page > Click Sort under any column of the list (ascending or descending) and a small tool tip type message displays "server error". There is a question on Mozilla support that is now closed (yet unresolved) for the same issue (v15.0.1) breaks google sites sort.
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
To Enable SafeMode
- You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
- Or open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.
- Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"
If it works in Safe Mode and in normal mode with all extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) disabled then try to find which extension is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.
Close and restart Firefox after each change via "Firefox > Exit" (Windows: Firefox/File > Exit; Mac: "Firefox > Quit Firefox"; Linux: "Firefox/File > Quit")
I found a thread with a link to a sample page with the problem: Getting "server error" when trying to sort a list - Google Groups.
When I compare Chrome and Firefox, I can see that Firefox is not sending the column ID (sortCol parameter), so the server isn't able to send the re-sorted table data back to Firefox.
However, when I look at the script that seems relevant (jot_min_list_view__en.js), it is minified and extremely difficult to read. For example, this part seems to extract the necessary data from the little drop-down menu with Ascending and Decending --
iz(a[J],Pq)?(c=a[J].id[Qb](/sortMenuDesc_(.*)$/)[1],b=$o):iz(a[J],Oq)&&(c=a[J].id[Qb](/sortMenuAsc_(.*)$/)[1],b=En);
-- but it's coming up empty for some reason I can't determine. I have the feeling it wasn't meant to be understood by the general reader, only by Google...
Since that script is dated 2008, I wonder whether it's possible to find an updated one?
Also, in case it's relevant, there are scripts to sort a table in place without having to re-request the data from the server. If your list is fairly static, that might be a reasonable alternative. Unfortunately, I don't know how you would integrate it into the template.