more forum weirdness

[Severian]

I am finding the forum is bahaving oddly. When I click 'quote' to quote a post I often am seeing what looks like html, eg. < br />

without the spaces.

 

I am also finding that my posts don't format correctly unless I include html in them. Has something changed recently?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Where do you see the HTML? In the post box?

 

Can you give an example of a post that you had to put HTML in?

[Severian]

For example, I am leaving a blank line between this and this

 

I needed to type <br><br> after it to skip a line.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

For example' date=' I am leaving a blank line between this and this

 

I needed to type <br><br> after it to skip a line.[/quote']

Test

Test

 

test

<br/>

<br>

<br />

 

test test

 

 

note: Your post shows spaces in "this and this," with no line break, and the <br> you typed there was encoded properly. HTML should never do anything in your posts.

 

 

edit: Works for me. Can you show a screenshot of the post box and the results, if possible?

[Severian]

Test

Test

 

test

<br/>

<br>

<br />

 

test test

 

 

note: Your post shows spaces in "this and this' date='" with no line break, and the <br> you typed there was encoded properly. HTML should [i']never[/i] do anything in your posts.

 

 

edit: Works for me. Can you show a screenshot of the post box and the results, if possible?

If it helps, directly quoting you (with the quote button), typing this line, and hitting submit produces this. Edit: hmm... I now tried to upload a screenshot, but none of the buttons in the post box are working.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

And that looks exactly what I had input previously - except the quotation marks are improperly encoded. Perhaps something in the post parser thing got changed accidentally and is causing weird problems.

[swansont]

Just a WAG, but what is your editing option set to? In User CP, Edit Options (left column), all the way down under misc. Maybe changing that will do something?

[Severian]

The WYSIWYG option - I will try changing it.

[Severian]

Hmm. It seems cured now. I am not aware that I did anything - I tried switching java off and then back on again, but I am not sure if this was the problem or not...

 

Thanks anyway. All's well that ends well.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

If it's WYSIWYG, what browser are you using? It may be funky Javascript causing the problem (not Java, Javascript)?

[Dak]

capn: if it's useful, theres no probs with wysiwig in FF in either winXP nor ubuntu (JS on in both cases) on my end

[Severian]

If it's WYSIWYG, what browser are you using? It may be funky Javascript causing the problem (not Java, Javascript)?

 

Firefox 1.5.0.6

[Sayonara]

Same as me and I have no such problems.

 

Weird...?

[Jim]

What's with the philosphy forum being locked?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

http://www.scienceforums.net/showthread.php?t=22842. There's also a sticky in the Philosophy forum. I'll change that to include a link.