Since you're both experiencing the same thing, and it's Safari via iPad, I'm going to take a stab that it's possibly related to a mobile rendering of the site. There's the "full site" and there's a "mobile version of the site" on almost every website you visit. There's a lot of extra back end work that goes into making sure the mobile version of a website is fully operational (especially when some mobile devices don't support things like java or flash items that are often incorporated into a website). I know admin was talking about getting the mobile version of Chordie in better shape going forward. I will certainly make sure he's aware of the issues so he can get that worked out in the future. In the mean time, I've seen that everything seems to work properly on full PC's and Mac's running most browsers, so moving the the computer will solve the issues.
You may want to try downloading the Chrome Browser for your iPad. If you can do that, then from the menu option within the Chrome for iPad browser, click on "request desktop site" - this should redirect you to the full version of the website that you normally see on your PC or Mac rather than the mobile version that is incomplete. From here, you should be able to do all the things you're used to! This of course is just a possible work around to your current issues, but I hope it helps! I find on my Android this works perfectly, but I don't personally have an iPad. I'd love to hear if this works for you!
Amy
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