OT: why the hell do some posts look jacked up?

[Denny Crane]

Is it fixed now?

I don't have IE7 handy to look

 

[tlongII]

Is it fixed now?

I don't have IE7 handy to look

Nope. Still not fixed. Another interesting thing is you have to click "Reply with Quote" twice before it works.

 

[tlongII]

And yes, I use IE7 for work as well.

 

[Denny Crane]

Man, debugging in IE7 blows. It has like zero developer tools.

 

[andalusian]

Man, debugging in IE7 blows. It has like zero developer tools.

I am not sure if IEWatch works with IE7 - but it is actually a very very good development tool for the current version.

I am almost certain they have a limited-time test version.

http://www.iewatch.com/

 

[Denny Crane]

Was this a problem yesterday and the days previous?

 

[tlongII]

I haven't been online since Friday.

 

[tlongII]

This current problem didn't exist then.

 

[MickZagger]

I leave for a week and this place looks ragged.

 

[BBert]

I think we updated to a new version of the software--one that patches a significant security issue but that might have unintended consequences.

Everything looks just fine to me (Firefox 3.6 on Mac)... what are you using?

Ed O.

The site was fine on my work computer but on my home computer it is completely wack. Any time there is a quotation box in the post, it is stationary in the frame (which are all a fixed size) but I have to use vertical and horizontal scroll bars to read the text. To post this reply, the reply window went clear off the right side of my screen and I had to scroll over using the bar at the bottom to find it to post this. I don't know what IE I am using but I thought I upgraded it recently -- Maybe IE8?

 

[BBert]

Was this a problem yesterday and the days previous?

This is the first time I've seen this. To reply to your message, the window didn't go to the right of the screen like last time but I had to click it twice like tlong said. I don't envy you having to figure this stuff out.

 

[Denny Crane]

I will figure it out.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Was this a problem yesterday and the days previous?

First day of trouble for me as well

 

[Denny Crane]

3 choices:

1) I can revert the database and code back to before this morning. We lost all of today's posts, but everything is the way it was yesterday.

2) I'm calling in some help to see if we can't fix the problem. Not sure when my buddy can get to it, got his voice mail.

3) Getting tired of vb4? We could switch to different software, like drupal. I could import the entire database to it, so we don't lose any users or posts.

We're not the only site affected by this upgrade.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...ntial-user-lost-for-VB-(Yes-another-complaint)

The upgrade was a good idea because it included some security fixes. I've done upgrades several times without problem, and had no reason to expect a problem this time.

 

[BBert]

I guess I have IE7.

What should I use instead -- Safari? What's the difference/why should I switch/how do I get it?

 

[andalusian]

I like FF and Chrome much better than MSIE. Chrome is fast, but the extensions are not as good as FireFox. FireFox is very good, faster than MSIE and has fantastic extensions.

 

[Denny Crane]

Chrome is what I use almost exclusively.

It's blazing fast, compared to FF these days (at least launching).

 

[LOTBfan]

if the problem is widespread, i am sure there will be some fixes coming along soon. if you just shelled out for vb4 having to double click on a button for a couple more days shouldn't be world ending.

 

[andalusian]

Chrome is what I use almost exclusively.

It's blazing fast, compared to FF these days (at least launching).

I do most of my browsing with Chrome as well, but when I need to do research and save stuff - nothing beats FF's Scrapbook extension...

 

[44Thrilla]

I tried Chrome for a while, but it seemed really buggy.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

3) Getting tired of vb4? We could switch to different software, like drupal. I could import the entire database to it, so we don't lose any users or posts.

What's drupal like? I love making random small changes in my life. It may be sad but changing the software on this site would be one of those changes.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I tried Chrome for a while, but it seemed really buggy.

Maybe I there have been problems but I've only used Chrome since it came out basically and I've never noticed anything.

Also, does anyone else imagine William Shatner is saying everything Denny posts? I just realized I think of several posters as just their avatar, like thats who they are.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Maybe I there have been problems but I've only used Chrome since it came out basically and I've never noticed anything.

Also, does anyone else imagine William Shatner is saying everything Denny posts? I just realized I think of several posters as just their avatar, like thats who they are.

LOL, I tend to do the same thing

 

[Denny Crane]

What's drupal like? I love making random small changes in my life. It may be sad but changing the software on this site would be one of those changes.

Drupal is what theonion.com runs.

You can see it in action at http://drupal.org.

It's not exactly a message board/forum, but you can post threads and comments and so on. Private Messaging, avatars, signatures, and all that.

A thread might look like this:

http://drupal.org/node/978762
And they have forums, too, but they're not meant to be as feature rich as vb.

 

[44Thrilla]

no thanks on drupal

 

[Denny Crane]

Not exactly fixed, but better I think.

I'll work on it in the morning.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

I've always been a FF fan but recently moved to Chrome after reformatting. Been with it ever since.

 

[BBert]

Not exactly fixed, but better I think.

I'll work on it in the morning.

Much better. It isn't doing the fixed pane scrolling text thing, but I still had to click twice to post (not a big deal).

Thanks. I appreciate it!

 

[THE HCP]

MAC/Safari here.... no problems! I love how all you computer geeks are having issues and THE isn't!

 

[Denny Crane]

Much better. It isn't doing the fixed pane scrolling text thing, but I still had to click twice to post (not a big deal).

Thanks. I appreciate it!

I installed IE7 in a virtual machine (http://virtualbox.org) running XP to debug this. I saw the messed up styling and fixed what I could in a few hours. I don't see the click twice to post problem though.

Weird.