Forum functionality issues

[rickmastfan67]

Don't know if this has been said before but the simple machines copyright and 2.0.19 text on the bottom of each page is overlaid with text featuring a $ sign

I will look into it when I'm back home. Thanks.

I've been trying to figure that out for awhile.  It's the 'ads' mod that put the extra text there, and I've been trying to figure out where it is in the code to fix it so both show up properly.

It's only an issue with the BC theme(s) & the 'old' core theme.  This is because the ad mod we use was made with the 'Curve' style themes in mind, not the old 'core' one.  So, I had to adapt it as much as possible to work with the BC themes.  That 'copyright' was the one thing I couldn't figure out how to adjust properly to get them both to display properly.

[wriddle082]

Has anybody mentioned how in the Recent Posts box, the font size of the dates and times at the far right is a bit smaller than the post topic and member username at the far left, and all of the dates and times justify to the top.  I tried another browser and it's doing the same thing.

[CovalenceSTU]

I overlooked your original post and went back to it, thanks.
I ran some queries on the message bodies and corrected all of the instances listed in the code block above. I then went to do similar on the subject field, and the first query instead truncated the field, causing the subject to display the first part of the body text. Weird error that messed up over 1,100 posts...
Looking at the old database, I copied over the original topic names and corresponding topic id's for those posts, which fell under 44 subjects. I then ran queries to rename the posts on this database, which covered subjects with a left quote - " in them.

So you will notice less garbled text.
There's still more to fix, but not after that sql gaff and definitely no more tonight! 

Looks like it's been fixed! Although I guess the database didn't like the "" character as the right quote ” turned the left single quote ‘ into "˜.

I also noticed while writing this that the "new message" icon on the reply page links to new.gif (nonexistent) instead of new.png, although it might have been like that before the upgrade.

[rickmastfan67]

I also noticed while writing this that the "new message" icon on the reply page links to new.gif (nonexistent) instead of new.png, although it might have been like that before the upgrade.

Hmmmm.

I think I have that fixed now.  That was one 'template' page that we didn't have in the BC theme, since I didn't think it needed a mod to it.  I found the referenced 'new.gif', renamed it to 'new.png', and uploaded it to the BC theme section.

So, LMK if that happens again.

[wriddle082]

Has anybody mentioned how in the Recent Posts box, the font size of the dates and times at the far right is a bit smaller than the post topic and member username at the far left, and all of the dates and times justify to the top.  I tried another browser and it's doing the same thing.

This is what I'm talking about.  The left and right sides don't line up.

[MATraveler128]

Has anybody mentioned how in the Recent Posts box, the font size of the dates and times at the far right is a bit smaller than the post topic and member username at the far left, and all of the dates and times justify to the top.  I tried another browser and it's doing the same thing.

This is what I'm talking about.  The left and right sides don't line up.

Interesting. I'm not having that issue on my end.

[rickmastfan67]

Has anybody mentioned how in the Recent Posts box, the font size of the dates and times at the far right is a bit smaller than the post topic and member username at the far left, and all of the dates and times justify to the top.  I tried another browser and it's doing the same thing.

This is what I'm talking about.  The left and right sides don't line up.

Not having that issue either.

Do you have your zoom in the browser set too high?  Try resetting it to 100% (Ctrl+0).

[1995hoo]

Mine is not doing that either (viewing in the Brave browser on an iPad).

[Jim]

My "recent posts" looks fine at all Zoom levels on Mac Firefox.  Maybe an old file is cached and a force-reload will take care of it?

[hbelkins]

I generally appreciate having names, even if just mentioned in private.  That way I know who deny entry to, preemptively block or remove from the groups I manage. 

As an example a "roadside certain shrubbery enthusiast" recently re-emerged on a Facebook group.  Given what I was as told about the malefactor in question I took steps to prevent them from discovering my presence.

An enthusiast of little green shrubs? 

[Max Rockatansky]

I generally appreciate having names, even if just mentioned in private.  That way I know who deny entry to, preemptively block or remove from the groups I manage. 

As an example a "roadside certain shrubbery enthusiast" recently re-emerged on a Facebook group.  Given what I was as told about the malefactor in question I took steps to prevent them from discovering my presence.

An enthusiast of little green shrubs? 

Indeed, preemptive blocking measures were taken upon my discovering his presence.  I saw no need to rekindle MTR wars that I wasn't part of begin with.

[wriddle082]

My "recent posts" looks fine at all Zoom levels on Mac Firefox.  Maybe an old file is cached and a force-reload will take care of it?

Played around with zoom levels, which were originally set to 100%.  Reduced it to 90, which fixed it.  Raised it back to 100%, it was still fixed.  Then I refreshed it and it reverted back.

I have been using Duck Duck Go browser on iOS on an iPhone 14 (no, I will NOT use Tapatalk!).  I tried visiting the site on Safari the other day and it was still giving me issues.  And a few minutes ago I fired up my laptop and visited on Chrome, and there were no issues.

[rickmastfan67]

I have been using Duck Duck Go browser on iOS on an iPhone 14 (no, I will NOT use Tapatalk!).  I tried visiting the site on Safari the other day and it was still giving me issues.

There's your answer then.

This theme wasn't built with 'mobile' in mind sadly.  Nothing we can really do about that till we consider upgrading the forums to the 2.1 branch.

[Jim]

Super low priority as far as I'm concerned, but I'll mention it in case it wasn't already in other reports about character encodings.  On pages like https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33012.msg2871488#msg2871488 the "ñ" in Doña Ana is not showing up correctly.

[Alex]

Super low priority as far as I'm concerned, but I'll mention it in case it wasn't already in other reports about character encodings.  On pages like https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33012.msg2871488#msg2871488 the "ñ" in Doña Ana is not showing up correctly.

I am still tackling that issue. Will try a method I read about to wholesale clean all of them up next...

[LM117]

A forum administrator or three needs a weekend off now nice stiff drinks now.

No kidding. I can only imagine what a flustercluck it was. 

Hat's off to them

WTF happened?

User threatened DMCA to remove all his posts. Forum was down, and they were all removed via script. This caused some threads to no longer have a most recent post, breaking things. To fix it, some issues regarding non-ASCII encoding happened.

Thanks for the 411.

[hbelkins]

I've noticed a few posts showing up with the green "new" arrow indicator despite there not being any new posts in the thread. It's happened twice in the Gordie Howe bridge post on the Road Meets board.

[roadman65]

Something tells me this MMM is not gone nor ever will  be. Sooner or later he will return.

Although Blawpe never returned except twice, but Alps noticed him right away one of the two times and dealt with him with the first return being banned by higher up due to an insult or a threat. However he's been quiet since the second attempt years ago, but still haven't heard from him since.

[wriddle082]

I have been using Duck Duck Go browser on iOS on an iPhone 14 (no, I will NOT use Tapatalk!).  I tried visiting the site on Safari the other day and it was still giving me issues.

There's your answer then.

This theme wasn't built with 'mobile' in mind sadly.  Nothing we can really do about that till we consider upgrading the forums to the 2.1 branch.

Well the font sizes were fine before the forum was taken down, regardless of browser, so that's why I brought it up.

And thank you to all who worked hard to bring the forum back up!  It was very strange not having the forum in my regular rotation of sites to follow during the downtime.

[rickmastfan67]

I have been using Duck Duck Go browser on iOS on an iPhone 14 (no, I will NOT use Tapatalk!).  I tried visiting the site on Safari the other day and it was still giving me issues.

There's your answer then.

This theme wasn't built with 'mobile' in mind sadly.  Nothing we can really do about that till we consider upgrading the forums to the 2.1 branch.

Well the font sizes were fine before the forum was taken down, regardless of browser, so that's why I brought it up.

Did you patch the browsers at any point on your phone?  That's what possibly triggered it.  That's all I can think of, since I don't roll iOS (android here for my phone).

[wriddle082]

I have been using Duck Duck Go browser on iOS on an iPhone 14 (no, I will NOT use Tapatalk!).  I tried visiting the site on Safari the other day and it was still giving me issues.

There's your answer then.

This theme wasn't built with 'mobile' in mind sadly.  Nothing we can really do about that till we consider upgrading the forums to the 2.1 branch.

Well the font sizes were fine before the forum was taken down, regardless of browser, so that's why I brought it up.

Did you patch the browsers at any point on your phone?  That's what possibly triggered it.  That's all I can think of, since I don't roll iOS (android here for my phone).

I did this morning hoping it would fix the issue, and it did not.

But now that I think about it more, I did upgrade the iOS to 17.0.2 from 16.x.x during the down time.  It didn't affect any other sites, but considering the other oddities I'm now starting to catch, I can see this as the possible culprit.

[US 89]

The ô character seems to have been mojibaked to ô.

[WillWeaverRVA]

One of the rotating news stories says the forum is still down.

[Alex]

Super low priority as far as I'm concerned, but I'll mention it in case it wasn't already in other reports about character encodings.  On pages like https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33012.msg2871488#msg2871488 the "ñ" in Doña Ana is not showing up correctly.

I am still tackling that issue. Will try a method I read about to wholesale clean all of them up next...

The ô character seems to have been mojibaked to ô.

The method I tried did not work as the table in the database that houses all of the posts is too big to import into a new database so that I can clean it up. Ionos times out on the import, giving a proxy error. I attempted to separate the table into five exports, but then when importing, issues occur where records are duplicated, causing the process to abruptly stop. It is a frustrating endeavor, so not worth pursuing anymore.

[kphoger]

It is a frustrating endeavor, so not worth pursuing anymore.

At the very least, you should edit the Forum Guidelines.

Photos and images posted in forum threads should not exceed 800 pixels in width or 600 pixels in height. Everyone is not using the same monitor. To reference larger images, just add a link from the 800×600 sized image to the larger file in question.