Bug squishing time!

[Sage]

Okay, from quickly going through the site, the most obvious bug is that clicking on "New Posts" yields this:

Searching has been disabled.

There are some problems with the visual rendering of the site in Safari and Gecko browsers, but I'm going to bed fairly soon, so if you don't mind, I'll tackle them and send you screenies tomorrow or Friday.

[edit]: Oh, and, as I mentioned somewhere else, vB seems to be showing character references in their raw form instead of actually encoding them (– should turn into this... – ...but doesn't).

[edit2]: This isn't necessarily a bug, but it's rather confusing. When you send a PM to somebody without specifying whether or not you want a "Read Receipt", a little alert dialog box comes up after you press Submit, asking you "Do you want a Read Receipt?" or something like that. The problem is that the two options are Cancel and Yes. "Yes" makes perfect sense, but "Cancel" doesn't... Cancel actually acts like "No", but you would think Cancel would actually cancel the submitting of the PM. Just changing the Cancel to No would be great. 👍

 

[Spock]

Attachment Bug:

Each user now has a limit of 12 MB of attachments that they can post. This limit does NOT apply to all attachments that you have posted before we upgraded to vB3, just attachments that you will post in the future.

ALL of these files were uploaded before the upgrade, i think this bug needs to be fixed.

 

[Mike Rotch]

editted for : Picky, but I was hoping for more smilies, not really expecting less

 

[ALPHA]

My current collection:

• Currently I can't access any of the videos using the new CMS system. It says I need to be logged in and I am.
• Also in your user control panel when checking through your attachments, you click the link "Show Thumbnails" and I can't get anything to happen.
• The search isn't functioning.
• I can't change my custom user status.
• I can't track my private messages.
• Old attachments can't be seen.
• I can't see how to quote someone.
• This image
  
  isn't flush enough with right hand side.
• The private messaging operations are a little clunky, having to use a drop down menu to perform operations such as delete. Took me a while to find it.
• The even more smilies page has gone,
• In threads there is no link to go to the last post.
• The search form in the blue header in threads varies in position. Sometimes centred, sometimes to the left.

I suppose it is just something else that needs to be ironed out and I've collated some aesthetic issues here. Man I look like like a loser posting all of this, I hope it helps.

 

[Jordan]

Whew...OK, I thought my work was done..but not quite! It's 4 AM so I'm going to get to these tomorrow. The CMS videos thing bothers me, though...it was working fine in testing.

ALPHA, if you read the second post in my "GTP6" thread, you'd see that Attachments are disabled right now. Almost everything dealing with them will be broke at the moment. Also, search is back on, you can change your status, and PM tracking has been enabled. I'll get to the rest tomorrow...that's all for tonight.

 

[Darin]

Jordan, you deserve alot what you have done. You've done so much for us, and yet, all we can say is "thank you."

 

[ALPHA]

ALPHA, if you read the second post in my "GTP6" thread, you'd see that Attachments are disabled right now. Almost everything dealing with them will be broke at the moment. Also, search is back on, you can change your status, and PM tracking has been enabled. I'll get to the rest tomorrow...that's all for tonight.

You the man! Mind you not that you weren't! Go to bed and make GTP the least of your worries.

Ooops, must have missed that second post about attachments Dang, I sounded so rude.

 

[sn00pie]

• Private messages menu error: It says I'm able to store 500, this should probably be 50.
• I fixed the links to the account option screen in the GTP Lite thread, I also updated the terms (style set is now forum skin, submit modifications is now save changes).
• Last edited by __ still shows up for moderators.

 

[Rossell]

Sadly I am stuck on GTP Lite as a forum style since I use Mozilla Firefox. If you use the default style it really screws up.

I'll upload a screenshot later

 

[Rossell]

 

[GilesGuthrie]

The only thing I've noted thus far is that in the showthread.php page, if there's a large image, the whole table resizes, so you have to horizontally scroll to read the thread.

This thread is a perfect example.

It never used to be like this in GTP5.

 

[Shannon]

Whenever you post a large image, the left column of your post (where all your name and such go) becomes compressed. Don't know if this is happening in IE or not, but it is rather annoying.

Oh and Russ, that looks like a problem with your browser not loading the appropiate CSS style sheets. Try clearing your Firefox cache (Tools > Options - Privacy. Hit the Clear box under Cache).

 

[Rossell]

Very cool. Thanks Shannon.

 

[Rossell]

Also, I'm not sure if this supposed to happen but I can't download any GT4 videos.

 

[VenomFX220]

I don't know if this is a bug but the threads that have been moved appear as if I have posted previously on them, but I haven't.

 

[Matrixhasu77]

I've noticed that the "View More" Link for Smiles does not work under the advanced mode of posting. The Huge list for smilies has disappeared also.

 

[sUn]

• Private messages menu error: It says I'm able to store 500, this should probably be 50.
• I fixed the links to the account option screen in the GTP Lite thread, I also updated the terms (style set is now forum skin, submit modifications is now save changes).
• Last edited by __ still shows up for moderators.

I think it's 500 for you guys(moderators). It wouldn't be that surprising you guys do get alot of PMs per day.

My current collection:

• Currently I can't access any of the videos using the new CMS system. It says I need to be logged in and I am.
• Also in your user control panel when checking through your attachments, you click the link "Show Thumbnails" and I can't get anything to happen.
• The search isn't functioning.
• I can't change my custom user status.
• I can't track my private messages.
• Old attachments can't be seen.
• I can't see how to quote someone.
• This image
  
  isn't flush enough with right hand side.
• The private messaging operations are a little clunky, having to use a drop down menu to perform operations such as delete. Took me a while to find it.
• The even more smilies page has gone,
• In threads there is no link to go to the last post.
• The search form in the blue header in threads varies in position. Sometimes centred, sometimes to the left.

I suppose it is just something else that needs to be ironed out and I've collated some aesthetic issues here. Man I look like like a loser posting all of this, I hope it helps.

I think the

when you click it, it opens up the same thing as Quote did in GTP5.

 

[Sage]

More buggies:

• On the Link to GTP page, the banner images don't show up at all, and the "HTML code" (to paste) for the first banner is wrong... there's no period between "gtplanet" and "net".
• As (I think ALPHA) mentioned in another thread, non-IE browsers show underlines for the links at the bottom of pages (Printable Version, etc.). This is actually correct, since the image and text are children of the anchor, and thus the image is considered inline with the text. The top navigation images aren't underlined, since they're not inline with any text. I know that the following will remedy that problem:
  
  <a><img /></a> <a>Text</a>
  
  Basically, separating the two, so that the image is the only child of the anchor. Another way that comes to mind, though I have never tested this and so I'm not sure if it'd work, is to use some CSS:
  
  a img {text-decoration: none}
  
  Again, I'm not positive if that would work though.
• In Safari, the right side is wacky:
  [will post when attachments are ready]
  BTW, I should note that the left side is fine, and the right side is actually fine on the homepage... it's only wacky on the forums pages.
• This is very minor, but when you Preview your post, it shows the sig much larger than it should.

 

[emad]

I'm not sure if it's a bug with my browser or with GTP but Konqueror isn't uploading images to gtp as attatchments. Other sites however, seem to work alright. Any help? Or should I just switch to Mozilla?

 

[Jordan]

emad, attachments are disabled.

 

[emad]

Ah, that explains a lot . Thanks

 

[ExBrock]

Squish this:

"The following errors occured while posting this message:
1. The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters."

...and let me post attachments like I used to be able to.

I also demand 10 million dollars and infinite strikes on these forums (well.. at least two would be nice).

*demand demand*

 

[ExBrock]

Some other things;

- message area on threads is too narrow.
- user names on the User side bar are too large.
- if you leave your cursor over a header to see a thread description, it doesn't stay up long enough to actually read.

Not here to annoy, just to advocate the pleasure of fellow users.

I feel these forums should be almost perfect before requesting a fee for added features.

 

[Rayden]

I got a little bug...I think all it needs is a little code change.

On the left-hand side of homepage, it shows the diffrent catagories of forums on this site, and the "off-topic" button just directs me back to the homepage. Not to the actual off-topic forums.

Thanks.

 

[Famine]

Whenever you post a large image, the left column of your post (where all your name and such go) becomes compressed. Don't know if this is happening in IE or not, but it is rather annoying.

Yes, it happens in IE as well.

 

[Jordan]

I'm not going to get around to any of these bugs just yet...our server is under heavy attack right now so I'm trying to take care of that. Apparently somebody wants to make my life just a little bit more miserable.

*demand demand*

Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm not in the mood for "demands" at the moment.

 

[Jordan]

Yes, it happens in IE as well.

Fixed, I'm starting on some of the other bugs, now.

 

[Jordan]

[edit]: Oh, and, as I mentioned somewhere else, vB seems to be showing character references in their raw form instead of actually encoding them (&ndash; should turn into this... – ...but doesn't).

I'll check with the vB developers about this.

[edit2]: This isn't necessarily a bug, but it's rather confusing. When you send a PM to somebody without specifying whether or not you want a "Read Receipt", a little alert dialog box comes up after you press Submit, asking you "Do you want a Read Receipt?" or something like that. The problem is that the two options are Cancel and Yes. "Yes" makes perfect sense, but "Cancel" doesn't... Cancel actually acts like "No", but you would think Cancel would actually cancel the submitting of the PM. Just changing the Cancel to No would be great. 👍

I would change this, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in the templates.

The private messaging operations are a little clunky, having to use a drop down menu to perform operations such as delete. Took me a while to find it.

Yes, I agree, it is. But that would require quite a bit of reworking to the PM templates...something that I'm not up for at the moment.

In threads there is no link to go to the last post.

It's in the top left of the blue bar on top of threads, it only shows up when there's a new post in the thread since you're last visit.

The search form in the blue header in threads varies in position. Sometimes centred, sometimes to the left.

It should always be on the right. I'm guessing you're using faultless Firefox?

message area on threads is too narrow.

Common complaint, I will be experimenting with the width soon.

user names on the User side bar are too large.

Odd, but common complaint. It's actually 5 pixels smaller than it was on GTP5.

if you leave your cursor over a header to see a thread description, it doesn't stay up long enough to actually read.

Don't move your cursor and it will stay. That's part of your browser I can't control.

Squish this:

"The following errors occured while posting this message:
1. The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters."

Not a bug.

On the Link to GTP page, the banner images don't show up at all, and the "HTML code" (to paste) for the first banner is wrong... there's no period between "gtplanet" and "net".

Fixed.

As (I think ALPHA) mentioned in another thread, non-IE browsers show underlines for the links at the bottom of pages (Printable Version, etc.). This is actually correct, since the image and text are children of the anchor, and thus the image is considered inline with the text. The top navigation images aren't underlined, since they're not inline with any text. I know that the following will remedy that problem:

<a><img /></a> <a>Text</a>

Basically, separating the two, so that the image is the only child of the anchor. Another way that comes to mind, though I have never tested this and so I'm not sure if it'd work, is to use some CSS:

a img {text-decoration: none}

Again, I'm not positive if that would work though.

Should be fixed now. I know many of you worship Mozilla/Firefox, but I'm sorry, that is just a plain stupid way to program a browser.

<LI>In Safari, the right side is wacky:
[will post when attachments are ready]
BTW, I should note that the left side is fine, and the right side is actually fine on the homepage... it's only wacky on the forums pages.

I noticed that...can't figure out what's causing it. Any ideas?

This is very minor, but when you Preview your post, it shows the sig much larger than it should.

Fixed.

I've noticed that the "View More" Link for Smiles does not work under the advanced mode of posting. The Huge list for smilies has disappeared also.

You can still access the list of extra smilies at https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/images/smilies/more/. It was quite a bandwidth hog so I removed it from the templates.

The only thing I've noted thus far is that in the showthread.php page, if there's a large image, the whole table resizes, so you have to horizontally scroll to read the thread.

This thread is a perfect example.

It never used to be like this in GTP5.

I think that's because our new layout is a centered table.

• Private messages menu error: It says I'm able to store 500, this should probably be 50.
• I fixed the links to the account option screen in the GTP Lite thread, I also updated the terms (style set is now forum skin, submit modifications is now save changes).
• Last edited by __ still shows up for moderators.

All of those should be fixed, or explained. All old links are now fixed, they aren't broken any more.

 

[Famine]

Something pretty bizarre just happened...

I made a post in this thread, pretty much AS it was moved from the GT3 forum to the GT3 Settings forum. My post is there, but on the forum index in says that only 2 replies have been made (mine is the third) and live4speed's was the most recent - the post before mine.

I have no idea if this is related to the current crop of bugs, but whu-huh?

Oh and the site is running much quicker now, although I often get an error when submitting a post and have to retry. More often than on GTP5 anyway

Keep up the good work! But have a beer for pities' sakes...

 

[Jpec07]

Originally Posted by Jordan
I would change this, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in the templates.

It's a javascript thing. Here's a script I found online that should help (I'm no good with js)

]MsgBox(
"DHTML Lab",
292,
"Proceed?")

(4 + 32 + 256 + 0)

That's about all the help I can offer at the moment, and I must say "thanks" for making this site even more enjoyable for us.





EDIT: Just looked at the PM box, must say that I like the new layout thing; nice and smoothe. Anywho, I looked up at the top, and found this:

You have 98 messages stored, of a total 50 allowed.

Now, something tells me that it's supposed to be 150 allowed (maybe 200?), because the status bar is only half full. Well, keep up the good work