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Thanks to everyone for the feedback on what errors you encountered at https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33904.0
Corrected several already and appreciate your patience as we work through the rest.

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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #125 on: September 30, 2023, 09:01:28 PM »

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.

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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #126 on: September 30, 2023, 09:15:32 PM »

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.
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #127 on: September 30, 2023, 09:18:00 PM »

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!  :sleep:
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.
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #128 on: October 01, 2023, 03:19:03 AM »

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.

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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #129 on: October 01, 2023, 11:03:56 AM »

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.

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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #130 on: October 01, 2023, 11:07:32 AM »

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.
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #131 on: October 01, 2023, 11:12:49 AM »

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).

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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #132 on: October 01, 2023, 11:20:11 AM »

Mine is not doing that either (viewing in the Brave browser on an iPad).
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #133 on: October 01, 2023, 12:25:05 PM »

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?
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #134 on: October 01, 2023, 07:01:03 PM »

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?  :bigass:
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #135 on: October 01, 2023, 07:57:56 PM »

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?  :bigass:

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.
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Re: Forum functionality issues
« Reply #136 on: Today at 06:22:47 AM »

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.
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« Reply #137 on: Today at 12:29:52 PM »

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.

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« Reply #138 on: Today at 04:58:39 PM »

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.
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« Reply #139 on: Today at 06:43:26 PM »

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...

 


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