Forum Upgrade Issues

[brad jones]

Okay, we upgraded the forum. Whenever that happens a few things always get a bit out of whack. Please post any issues you see in this thread. If you can be specific, that really helps.

Thanks,

Brad!

[bushmobile]

are the gems meant to have gaps between them?

the Code button in the Quick Reply window looks like <>^Code


IE6 btw


what's new in this version? aside from the added functionality to the editor?

[mendhak]

Could you possibly bring back the breadcrumb that was at the bottom of the page, beneath the posts?

[RobDog888]

I never noticed the bottom breadcrumb but the top one is all I ever used.
Probably after a few of the high priorities are complete I'm some things can be dealt with.

[kregg]

clicky

• VBCode tags are not working
• Remove formatting doesn't seem to work (or otherwise I don't understand how to use it

[RobDog888]

Dim oApp As Outlook.Application
 
Set oApp = New Outlook.Application
'Blah, blah, blah....

There is a new vb code tag but the old tags are not converted yet. The Admins are working hard on a solution.

[JPnyc]

vbcode has been replaced with highlight tags. This supports other languages as well, and it's vb highlighting is better. The vbcode button ads the tags, but you have to specify the lang by adding =vb to the opening tag
highlight=vb

[RobDog888]

Could you possibly bring back the breadcrumb that was at the bottom of the page, beneath the posts?

Get your butter out mendhak, breadcrumbs are back on at the bottom of the page.

[kregg]

Wow I like the new php highlighting! You can even click on commands and it will link straight to php website!

[bushmobile]

None of the editor buttons work in Fx 2 (2.0.0.2) either in the Quick Reply or Advanced Reply editors

[AIS4U]

I access VBForums through AOL and I use Windows 2000, Pro.

When I click to enter a forum thread, I am getting Error Message Boxes popping up.

When I entered this thread an Error Message Box popped up stating:
Error: Line 2297, 'VBphrase' is undefined. And then the Yes No, do you want to debug.

Click No

New Error Message Box:
Line 2483, 'VB_Editor' is undefined, Yes No

Click No

New Error Message Box:
Line 65, 'VB_Editor' is undefined, Yes No

Click No

No more Error Message Boxes and everything is fine.

It doesn't seem to happen with all threads.
After logging in I first went to Classic Visual Basic and it happened.
Next, went to Visual Basic.Net and it happened.
Then to Database and it did not happen.

Not sure what this might mean, but it just started since your new update.

I haven't made any changes to my system for several months.

Thanks

And there is more.

When I clicked to post this, I just got:

Line 135 'AJAX_Compatible' is undefined.

Line 2902 'VB_Editor' is undefined.

Line 2873 'VBphrase' is undefined.

Line 3059 'VB_Editor' is undefined.

[RobDog888]

None of the editor buttons work in Fx 2 (2.0.0.2) either in the Quick Reply or Advanced Reply editors

Oh you know what I am going to say about that


Anyways, is 2.0.0.2 a final release or a beta?

[si_the_geek]

It's a final - I'm using it too and have the same issue!

[RhinoBull]

vbcode has been replaced with highlight tags. This supports other languages as well, and it's vb highlighting is better. The vbcode button ads the tags, but you have to specify the lang by adding =vb to the opening tag
highlight=vb

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are absolutely horrible - back to textbox which has very annoying scrollbars! Can we get the old ones back?

[RobDog888]

Doesnt FF have an option to disable js?


Ps, upgrade to IE 7

[si_the_geek]

I think it may be Ok now.. my buttons have just started working!

[RhinoBull]

VBCODE isn't working - period.
Try this:

- paste your code into textbox
- highlight the text (code)
- hit the VBCODE button

Input box pops up instead of tags being added.
It works as expected when you click regular CODE button.

Why did we have to change that again?

[bushmobile]

I think it may be Ok now.. my buttons have just started working!

really - mine still aren't working

and as for the new vbcode stuff I have to agree with RB - the scrollbars aren't nice.

[RobDog888]

VBCODE isn't working - period.
Try this:

- paste your code into textbox
- highlight the text (code)
- hit the VBCODE button

Input box pops up instead of tags being added.
It works as expected when you click regular CODE button.

Why did we have to change that again?

Dim strString As String

Works fin in IE 7, but you do have to enter in "=vb" to the opening tag - "[Highligh=vb]" after the tags are wrapped. what browser and version RB?
I dont get any popup either.

[JPnyc]

The old vb highlighting was for an older version. It no longer works here. This is what we were able to find to replace it.

[JPnyc]

The popup is for the language option, and it comes up in long reply only

[si_the_geek]

really - mine still aren't working

I didn't do anything other than load a couple more VBF pages, so I don't have anything to suggest I'm afraid.

[RobDog888]

Close and reopen the browser?

[JPnyc]

Others have had this issue with that buggy version. Disabling and enabling JS seemed to fix it for them.

[bushmobile]

I've tried closing/reopening, disabling/enabling js, restarting windows - no joy

I'm never use those buttons, so it's not affecting me. i guess it's just a wait-and-see jobby.

[bushmobile]

just as some more info, the VBCode button points to http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?p=threadnumber# for me (in the Quick Reply editor)

[JPnyc]

You might want to try the things they suggested in this thread

[bushmobile]

cheers joe, i had a look through that thread - in the end turning the popup blocked off and on sorted it

new issue though: the rate this post link isn't working in Fx 2 or IE6

[JPnyc]

That shouldn't even have been there. You click the scales image now to rate a post.

[bushmobile]

isn't that much less obvious?

[JPnyc]

Maybe but we're developers here, not end users!

[brad jones]

That shouldn't even have been there. You click the scales image now to rate a post.

We can add the text back in later. Let's focus on bigger issues.

As a note - we won't get everything fixed today, so please be patient. Some fixes will need to wait until tomorrow morning before we address them.

We will get to them though. The VBCode is one that is going to be slower to fix. We'd rather live with a little bit of goofiness for 24 hours and fix it right than to do a patch that then needs refixed.

The end result of the upgrade will be much better than prior to the upgrade!

Brad!

[RhinoBull]

Dim strString As String

Works fin in IE 7, but you do have to enter in "=vb" to the opening tag - "[Highligh=vb]" after the tags are wrapped. what browser and version RB?
I dont get any popup either.

I'm using IE6 and have no desire for upgrade. This means new forum upgrade really ... !

[RhinoBull]

The old vb highlighting was for an older version. It no longer works here. This is what we were able to find to replace it.

Too bad. Can we roll it back? What was wrong with previous version? [Serious].

And what's the strory with spaces between the green boxes (reputations) ?

[JPnyc]

No, we can't roll it back. Older software stops being supported, holes stop being plugged, and it becomes a liability.

[dclamp]

umm eww. I dont like the way the VB code works.

Suggestion:

• Drop down button that has: VB Code, PHP Code... etc...etc..

[RhinoBull]

No, we can't roll it back. Older software stops being supported, holes stop being plugged, and it becomes a liability.

But it broke all compatibility though. Did you guys even bothered testing before rolling it out? I can't beieve so many issues found in just matter of minutes.

[RhinoBull]

umm eww. I dont like the way the VB code works.

Let's be straight about it: it doesn't work at all.

[JPnyc]

Such as what? Of course we tested it. It's running on 24 other forums, going back to november of last yr.

[RobDog888]

Like Brad posted, its only the first few hours so far. After a while maybe something else can be done about the scrollbars.