Forum Bug

Schnappi · 09/02/06, 8:24 PM

The forum seems to bug a bit for me since today. Every reply starts below the poster's profile. This means 3-4 empty lines on most posts, but up to 10 if the user has a graphical avatar. Sometimes I even dont get to see the navigation drop box or the submit button at the bottom.

I am using IE 6 (/em puts on flame shield) and Windows XP. My resolution is at 1280*1024 and I've never had this problem here before.

Lactose · 09/02/06, 8:40 PM

Experiencing the same =/

♦ Praetorian · 09/02/06, 8:41 PM

Odd -- our guys will look into it. Does the bug occur regardless which skin you use? (Profile-->Display-->Style)

Drauk · 09/02/06, 8:44 PM

Yes, on every skin. IE 6.0 SP1, W2K here. Bug apperared several days ago, maybe a week. It also sometimes breaks quick reply box, and several other pages messed up aswell (for example PM)

♦ Praetorian · 09/02/06, 8:45 PM

Ouch, alright, we'll try to get that fixed. Since it's entirely out of my hands, no promises on timetable, but that's obviously a big deal.

Troggy · 09/02/06, 8:45 PM

Works like a charm with Opera 9.01. I could reproduce the problem using IE6 though, trying the "Light", "Flex" and "Oxygen" theme.

xarg · 09/02/06, 9:10 PM

I thought I'd fire up IE to see if I could duplicate the error, and I've managed to. Must be an error with the way IE is rendering the tables.

It didn't seem consistent though:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7389/forumbugmh9.jpg

Gort · 09/02/06, 9:48 PM

No errors in Firefox, either.

• frmorrison · 09/02/06, 9:52 PM

Firefox works fine, but using my IE gives me the reported error. Interestly, on an old PC with an old IE 6 (not with SP2), the posts look correctly.

Kasi · 09/02/06, 10:39 PM

Yeah it is all messed up for me as well.

arch · 09/02/06, 11:08 PM

Never seen anything like this, been browsing these forums for six months or so. Only noticed it today.

Only bug IÂ´ve noticed before is signatures disappearing left and right, but nothing other than that.

Using IE 6.

Lactose · 09/02/06, 11:15 PM

What's even confusing is the inconsistency of it. Sometimes the Quick post field works just fine, some of the posts aren't pushed after the profiles (even 2 posts by the same person don't behave the same), refreshing helps occasionally...

The signatures disappearing issue is related to the Quick post option though, as far as I know; using Quick post doesn't include signature.

♦ Boethius · 09/03/06, 1:18 AM

Yeah, things are pretty broken in IE currently. We're in the midst of making a move to a new default forum scheme and we'll be squashing bugs for awhile and we'll be switching everyone over to the new default soon enough. We're working on it. :)

♦ Boethius · 09/03/06, 12:57 PM

Alright, now that I'm no longer drunk and can code and type accurately...is the bug gone? I think I figured out the edit that was making everything bug out in IE.

Tahotar · 09/03/06, 1:00 PM

Yes, it appears fixed for me. Thanks Boethius!