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My webpage is covered by something! – ga_shade hides your website

February 16, 2009 By 8 Comments

I recently ran into some trouble accessing Automation Adventures. A strange screen covered pretty much the first page of the website, neatly hiding the login button and the dashboard of WordPress. Some digging revealed that Google Analytics had added a CSS division named ga_shade, effectively preventing me from using my own site…

Luckily, the fix is simple: remove the GASO cookie. In Firefox, open Tools, Options, Privacy, and click on the Show Cookies button. In the Search bar, type GASO, and remove the cookie. Reload the page, and the mist should be gone.

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Comments

  1. Ryanonthebeach says:
    March 17, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Google analytics
    welcome to the world of google!

    Having the same issue… not found a permanent solution yet.

    Reply
  2. Ryanonthebeach says:
    March 17, 2009 at 3:54 am

    Google analytics
    welcome to the world of google!

    Having the same issue… not found a permanent solution yet.

    Reply
  3. Ramy Mostafa says:
    March 24, 2009 at 11:20 am

    hi check my post for solving the ga_shade problem of google analatycs at http://www.ramymostafa.com/?p=92 it will make you solve the problem

    Regards
    Ramy Mostafa
    Senior Developer

    Reply
    • Ronald Bruintjes says:
      March 25, 2009 at 12:07 pm

      Hi Ramy,

      Unfortunately clearing the cache doesn’t seem to work. I agree, it happens when you’re logged into your Analytics account, but logging out of that logs you out of everything Google… Deleting the cookie seems to work, albeit not permanent.

      Reply
  4. Ramy Mostafa says:
    March 24, 2009 at 6:20 am

    hi check my post for solving the ga_shade problem of google analatycs at http://www.ramymostafa.com/?p=92 it will make you solve the problem

    Regards
    Ramy Mostafa
    Senior Developer

    Reply
    • Ronald Bruintjes says:
      March 25, 2009 at 7:07 am

      Hi Ramy,

      Unfortunately clearing the cache doesn’t seem to work. I agree, it happens when you’re logged into your Analytics account, but logging out of that logs you out of everything Google… Deleting the cookie seems to work, albeit not permanent.

      Reply
  5. the_guv says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:33 am

    hmmn, I’m not sure any of the above solutions work for this!

    try this … worked for me anyhow …

    http://www.guvnr.com/web/web-dev/ga_shade-site-overlay-bug/

    Reply
  6. the_guv says:
    May 27, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    hmmn, I’m not sure any of the above solutions work for this!

    try this … worked for me anyhow …

    http://www.guvnr.com/web/web-dev/ga_shade-site-overlay-bug/

    Reply

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