Simtropolis Site Bugs

[pnorrell 4]

I've noticed that if I ever delete a subscription PM without reading the new post, I don't get any further PMs when new posts are made to the thread. Guess it assumes I'm not interested in the thread anymore...

[Ma8thew 77]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Well, I'm back to copying my post before submitting it.

Why? I sometimes get 404ed after hitting "reply to topic". When this happens, If I just close the window and click reply again, I'll also get a 404. I have to refresh the page before it wil let me attempt to reply again.

Anyone else experiencing this?quote>

I'm not experiencing this, and if i was, because I'm using Firefox, I could hit back, and my post would reappear. Neat, eh?

[Compromise 1]

Well I am quite happy that the user rateing feature has been disabled however it would be good if the record of this was removed as well.

[beebs 129]

I've noticed that the main forum menu, the one that just shows the main categories, sometimes lists a 'phantom' last poster. It lists a poster, say SkiGeek for an example, but when I click on the category to see the list of submenu forums, SkiGeek hasn't posted recently. It's kind of a weird bug and I'm not sure what could be causing it. Hope this makes sense.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: beebs

I've noticed that the main forum menu, the one that just shows the main categories, sometimes lists a 'phantom' last poster. It lists a poster, say SkiGeek for an example, but when I click on the category to see the list of submenu forums, SkiGeek hasn't posted recently. It's kind of a weird bug and I'm not sure what could be causing it. Hope this makes sense. quote>

Last time I checked, I wasn't a phantom

Seriously, though, I suspect I know what's happening. There are some forums that are hidden from public view but I think it's still showing up when I post there.

[beebs 129]

Special admin forums? That would make sense. It's happening in the Off Topic forums though too, so unless there's hidden ones there too....

[kbooms1w 1]

Anyone else getting the following error when hitting the "Profile" button? Been getting it for a couple days now, as you can see, I have some bad code I need to fix down there.

Error

An error has occurred. If you wish to notify the administrator please click here.

To go back to the main forum page please click here.

Error:#

Parameter 2 of function Left which is now -2 must be a positive integer

The error occurred on line 604.

Seems like an odd error.

Also, is the 255 character limit on signatures supposed to apply to the input or the output? Seems to be going to the input, which can be a problem with some long URLs.

[beebs 129]

No errors for the profile on my end... odd. Yep, the character limit as far as I can tell is on the input. But 255 characters is all you need to get a decent sized sig, of which I think mine is. Short and sweet is how they should be, IMO.

[kbooms1w 1]

Well, I've signed out and back in, cleared cookies, tried three different browsers (Safari, Firefox, IE) and I keep getting the same error. Strange, if anyone has any ideas, please...and the link in the error message to notify an admin doesn't work either, the email address isn't working.

As to the 255 limit, this (pretty short and sweet):

Visit the BSC Mac Archive

takes 278 characters of code, and the image is not even a image link, which would add another 100 characters, if BBcode supported image links (I'm aware of those threads).

[redfox85 659]

I just found a really wierd bug. Type "Caps" into the search - brings up an error page. Now I'm stuck trying to figure out what the Cap #s mean in the Cenus Thing....

[Ma8thew 77]

The Prima Stratagy guide in the omnibus has the word John Han***** centre appearing like this, due, presumably to an overzealous profanity filter.

BTW, if you're having a problem with long URLs in sigs, use TinyUrl to shorten it.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Hmm, any news on that line break issue? Last I heard, Dirk was trying to fix it...

Let's see if the word censor changes the word 'unconstitutional'...

edit: Ah, good, it doesn't.

[Compromise 1]

Thank you for pointing out that error in the Omnibus. The SHS are now discussing what to do about it.

[honsou 0]

I havnt been able to login into the stex the past few days and I can't login into chat either

[beebs 129]

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin Hmm, any news on that line break issue? Last I heard, Dirk was trying to fix it... Let's see if the word censor changes the word 'unconstitutional'... edit: Ah, good, it doesn't.quote>

Those who can't post line breaks by just hitting 'return', have to type in <*br> when they want the break or use the HTML editor. Hopefully people start to listen to this soon.

[Compromise 1]

Well one thing I have just noticed when coming into this forum is that a pinned thread is not with the other pinned threads and so looks a little odd. Hope dirk can fix this.

[storms991 0]

Hmm, My problem is that I can no longer see my avatar, it just says Author Icon, heres the link to the picture

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/simtropolis1.bmp

[Micah 16]

Originally posted by: Compromise

Well one thing I have just noticed when coming into this forum is that a pinned thread is not with the other pinned threads and so looks a little odd. Hope dirk can fix this.quote>

Right! I have that same exact problem. I hope that is fixed soon.

Fantastic job, Dirk. I see that you have made many improvements to the site that many have not noticed.

[Voar Tok 4]

I've noticed that when someone tries to open a private chat line with me, the window never opens and I always have to open it up myself.  I've set it up to allow for private chat windows, but always the same.

[MayorTim 16]

I keep getting a strange (and REALLY annoying) error, which occurs when I click the "Last Unread" Link to enter a thread. About half the time the thread will open normally, however the other half of the time there are no posts at all on the page. Here is a picture detailing the problem:

http://img529.imageshack.us/im.../newbitmapimage0tb.jpg

[Micah 16]

Originally posted by: MayorTim

I keep getting a strange (and REALLY annoying) error, which occurs when I click the "Last Unread" Link to enter a thread. About half the time the thread will open normally, however the other half of the time there are no posts at all on the page. Here is a picture detailing the problem:

http://img529.imageshack.us/im.../newbitmapimage0tb.jpgquote>

Wierd! Whenever I reply, it pops up another page. Strange error...

Edit: Strange error that you have, MayorTim.

[vab423 8]

Originally posted by: MayorTim

I keep getting a strange (and REALLY annoying) error, which occurs when I click the "Last Unread" Link to enter a thread.quote>

This is the same thing that happens to me. I would have edited my post reporting this problem since I just now saw this message, however, I'm showing that I'm on page 7 of 7 in this topic and I don't see my post anywhere.

[vab423 8]

Ok, this is really odd. My avatar is showing up here, but not when I post a comment in STEX. Again, I would have edited my previous post but I can't seem to find it.

EDIT: Disregard any mention by me about my avatar not showing up at STEX. I just noticed there's a separate STEX profile. Who would have thought there'd be multiple profiles on one BBS.

[deviant 0]

Anybody seeing this while browsing the STEX? The background pic just showed up one day... seems really annoying because I can't read the link text..

[Deako 0]

When I access the forums, I am automatically logged on as me. -- No problem there!
Unfortunately, the STEX dosen't recognise me at all; which is a heck of a let down.
Can anyone help me?
Please and thank you in advance.

[chriscf 0]

Originally posted by: chriscf

Usability issue: Thread title appears after "Simtropolis Forums" in page titles, making it difficult to identify pages in window lists and tab strips (over 25 characters required). I am currently staring at a dozen tabs, all of which bear only the legend "Simtrop...". Suggest putting titles etc. before "Simtropolis Forums" to make it easier to identify a page (may require as few as 3 characters, which works better when lots of tabs are open).quote>

*bump*

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Case-in-point:

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: deviant

Anybody seeing this while browsing the STEX?

(picture snipped)

The background pic just showed up one day... seems really annoying because I can't read the link text.. quote>

Hmm... Might this "McNab" thing be the replacement of the Willy Wonka "No Linking" Image?

[MayorTim 16]

Ok, new text editor, new bugs!

I haven't had problems with line breaks with the old editor, but with this new one, I have noticed that when editing a post, the line breaks disappear.

A real pain.

[onlyplace4 603]

I now get the following when I post: <strong>Wild West Newspaper Office, Telegraph Office and Dress Shop</strong> Continuing my series of Wild West buildings, here is a groupd of three small authentic buildings of the 1870s which are, from left to right the Telegraph Office, the Newspaper Office (the Epitaph) and a dress shop. They are presented as a 2x1 Landmark Lot, growable 2x1 CS$1 and CS$3 Lots and a single Prop file. You can find this on the STEX ... <a href="../../stex/index.cfm?id=15428" class="ftalternatingbarlinklarge" target="_blank">here</a>. <hr />Testing in IE (above is in Firefox) Does this screw up too?

[storms991 0]

I can't see any smileys, and HTML does not work on my PC, i have FF