[RESOLVED] Forum links colour

[Nightwalker83]

Hi,

I have noticed that in Fire Fox sometimes the forum links change to brown instead of the normal blue.



I don't know whether it is a mistake with Fire Fox or the forum but this is really weird! This doesn't happen all the time and I can't figure out why it is happening. Has anyone else experienced this before?

Thanks,


Nightwalker

[JuggaloBrotha]

What version of FF? I use 2 & 3 and have never had that happen.

[Nightwalker83]

I use version 3.0 on my laptop when it happens. I have scanned and cleared and any viruses/malware from my computer. However, it doesn't happen it the time so there is no really way to be sure what is causing the problem.

I haven't experienced this problem on any other forum nor when using any other browser (at least that I can remember).

[si_the_geek]

It doesn't happen for me either (Fx 3), but it seems like this is being caused by something (most likely an Add-on) modifying the CSS of the page, most likely on the fly after the page has loaded.

If you do a "View source" of our pages, you will see that the CSS is included directly (the relevant parts have " a:").

[dclamp]

It is possible that those are all Visited Links. IDK why you would view all the forums, all the thread, and all the members. But that is one possible reason.

[Siddharth Rout]

@NW: Do you have an ATI graphics display card?

If you have then try to switch on ClearType.
XP: Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects: "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx

[Nightwalker83]

I have scanned my computer for any viruses and malware and removed them! However, I doubt that will solve the problem because as I said in post #1 the brown links don't occur every time I visit the forum.

Edit:

If you do a "View source" of our pages, you will see that the CSS is included directly (the relevant parts have " a:").

How would that cause the problem?

@NW: Do you have an ATI graphics display card?

No, I have a Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family.

[Siddharth Rout]

There can be two reasons (which already have been mentioned above) for this kind of behaviour... Addons or Graphics card issue.

1) Check the FF addons that have been installed. Go to Tools - Add-ons - Themes and see what is currently active and what are the other options that you have?

2) Update the drivers for the graphics card. Also give Cleartype a try....

Edit:

Also check this put...
"Web Developer" extension
Tools, Web Developer, Misc, Visited links, then choose mark all as visited or mark all as unvisited. Close and restart FF. Does it change the colour.

[Nightwalker83]

@ koolsid,

1. I don't think changing the video card drivers would make a difference I have no way of knowing if it will work because as I explained above this problem doesn't occur all the time.

2. The add-ons I have installed for Fire Fox are:

AVG Safe Search 8.0
Firebug 1.3.2
iMacros for Fire Fox 6.1.1.4
Java Quick Starter 1.0
YSlow 0.9.5b2

Edit:

What is "Clear Type"?

I will try and see if I can get the event to occur on my pc using both Fire Fox and another browser.

[Siddharth Rout]

I have just updated the above post... added something to it. Try that as well...

[Nightwalker83]

I have just updated the above post... added something to it. Try that as well...

I don't have the option you are referring to in Fire Fox!

Edit:

At the moment the links on the forum as I am seeing thm now are "Blue"! I just don't know when or if that will change. I don't even know why it is/was happening.

[Siddharth Rout]

Ok. Let me get back to FF and I will post again...

I believe you have Vista as OS right?

[Nightwalker83]

Ok. Let me get back to FF and I will post again...

I believe you have Vista as OS right?

On my PC I have Vista Ultimate! However, on my laptop where I am encountering the problem I have Windows XP.

Edit:

I have enabled the "ClearType" option just in case as you said in post #6!

[Siddharth Rout]

Ok Go to tools->Options
Under the tab "Content", click on the colors button which is under "fonts and colors.

1) What are the colors for visted and unvisited links? If they are not blue for Unvisited, change them. (You might even want to change 'visited' to blue later to check if it actually works....)
2) Uncheck the box which says "allow pages to choose....."

[Nightwalker83]

The colours are:

Text: Black
Background: White
Unvisited Links: Blue
Visited Links: Purple

That are what they were set to hen I downloaded Fire Fox, have not changed them.

[Siddharth Rout]

how about the checkbox?
did you uncheck it? Uncheck it, close ff and open it gain. navigate to vbforums and see if it has made any difference?

[Nightwalker83]

At the moment the links are the "Blue" as I said it post#11.

[Siddharth Rout]

Oh, I didn't see the Edit part ... lol

Anyways, we will come back to this thread when that happens...

[si_the_geek]

How would that cause the problem?

It wouldn't unless the colours are wrong in the page - assuming they are right, it would prove that the problem is definitely on your computer (rather than being an intermittent bug in the forum software).

The way I see it, the most probable causes are:

• The browser is not rendering the page properly (unlikely),
• the CSS is being edited on the fly by one of your addons (I don't know any of your addons, but based on assumptions I doubt it).
• somehow those links are all being visited automatically (most likely due to an addon loading them, which I suspect is the case - perhaps the AVG one?)

[Nightwalker83]

It wouldn't unless the colours are wrong in the page - assuming they are right, it would prove that the problem is definitely on your computer (rather than being an intermittent bug in the forum software).

However, if that were the case wouldn't the error be occurring repeatedly? This problem doesn't occur all the time.

The AVG plug-in isn't causing the problem because I only installed it yesterday and I started the thread two days ago.

[si_the_geek]

How frequently a problem appears depends on the cause and the circumstances. Based on the number of forum users (on this site and others) who don't have the issue, it is doubtful that it is due to the forum software - but not impossible.

Eliminating one addon is good, but there are still others that could be the culprit. Unfortunately due to it being an intermittent issue, it is hard to eliminate the others.

[Nightwalker83]

oops, I just checked and the stuff I mentioned above are extension for Fire Fox not plug-ins. The plug-ins that are installed are:

2007 Microsoft Office System
Adobe Acrobat
DivX Player Netscape Plug-in
DivX Web Player
DNA Plug-in (Bit Torrent Plug-in)
iTunes Application Detector
Java Platform SE 6 U11
Java Platform SE 6 U11 Helper
Microsoft Office 2003
A couple Microsoft DRM plug-ins
Mozilla Default Plug-in
QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5
Shockwave for Director
Shockwave Flash Plug-in
Silverlight Plug-in
Windows Genuine Advantage
Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
Yahoo Application State Plug-in

I can't even remember installing most of those plug-ins!

Edit:

The problem just occurred again! I will test the forum in Fire Fox on both my pc and a virtual machine. At least I can do a fresh install of Fire Fox on the VM without having to change anything on my system.

Edit:

Are there any programs that monitor when the plug-ins for a web browser start preforming their functions?

[Nightwalker83]

I think I have found the culprit, "AVG Safe Search 8.0" extension. I will re-enable the other extensions and hopefully the problem won't reoccur.

Edit:

Posted to soon! Still haven't found the cause of the problem!

It's not one single extension/plug-in causing the problem but many! I can't even be sure if it is the extensions/plug-ins causing the problem.

[Nightwalker83]

I have disabled all the extensions and plug-ins for Fire Fox! However, it doesn't solve the problem it is still occurring. It only seems to occur after I visit those two forums:
circleofdestruction.net/vshs/ and shfotherworld.proboards.com/index.cgi
then return to vbforums.

Edit:

I just looked and I found that the "Use system colors" options wasn't checked, I checked it and hopefully it will fix the problem.