DISPLAY PROBLEM

[Reefer]

Hi wonder if someone could help me, point me in the right direction...

Using Default Curve theme, RC3...

Forum's being running fine, suddenly there is an issue with Display when Replying to a post, Quoting a post or using the PM facility.
The text is now suddenly large, the text box is large (off the screen) and the top menus appear vertically instead of horizontally. Only happens when clicking reply, quote or PM...?

I haven't installed any mods recently - could one of the display templates have become corrupt? If so, which one controls these functions?

Appreciate any help? Tx.

[gbsothere]

Since you've not installed any recent mods...

First try looking at it with different browsers.  If it's only appearing this way in your browser, dump your browser's cache and cookies and relaunch to look at it again.

If it's the same, go to Admin==> Forum Maintenance and empty the cache.

Then let us know if the problem persists.

[Reefer]

Thanks for your reply.
Ok deleted all caches in browsers and in the Forum Maintenance section.

Set both Browsers to Default settings, but the problem still occurs using IE8 and Google Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox displays correctly...!

Problem is most of my members use IE8...?! What to do?!

[gbsothere]

There was an RC3 bug related to display issues and IE8, if I remember correctly... 

I'm digging around now to find out if there was a fix.  Someone else looking in may know and post it here.

[gbsothere]

Try this, Reefer, and see if it makes a difference.



In index.css

find:

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/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
   overflow: auto;
   line-height: 1.4em;
   padding: 0.1em 0;
}



Replace with:

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/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
   overflow: hidden;
   line-height: 1.4em;
   padding: 0.1em 0;
}

[Reefer]

Will give it a bash - thanks.

[AZMazda3]

I believe we are having a similar problem with the display regard IE. We are missing text from the postings when viewing in IE, the boxes are wide and appear off screen on some monitors. It looks fine in FF and Google Chrome. We only upgraded to RC1.2 and there are mods. I have attached a picture...but it was not displaying properly.

[Reefer]

Ok that sorts out the Text box size, but the Text itself and all the Headers are still large... 2 or 3 fonts Zoomed in, and the top menus are still appearing vertically...

[gbsothere]

Tell you guys what...   I'm not really clear on what all the issues with IE8 and RC3 are, but I do see support moving about the boards and someone will see this.  I'll also post a link to this thread in the support helper's area to bring it to the attention of someone who will know a bit more about it.

[Reefer]

Thanks gb. Appreciate your time!

[AZMazda3]

thanks

[Jakob Fel]

As far as I know, the bug mentioned hasn't been fixed yet, so until it is, it may continue to do the same thing for everyone. Unfortunately, I can't suggest anything to help the issue, except for: try to be patient and wait until the bug is fixed.

Edit: And by now, since this bug has been found, it probably will be fixed by RC4.

[Reefer]

Ok just in case anyone is interested... I worked backwards with my Mod iNstallations, uninstalling and seeing what happens... It seems Smilie limit Mod was the culprit. Uninstalled this and the display is back to normal in all browsers...? Really wierd. But maybe the Developers can have a look at the code of Smilie limit and be pointed in the right direction with display issues in IE8 and Google Chrome.

[Jakob Fel]

The developers wouldn't be the ones to look over it. The original mod author would need to look at it, and see if they can fix it. Now if the author can't figure it out, they may try to get the help of the Customizer team. Right now, you can actually look through the code of the mod, and see if you can fix it, and maybe contact the original author about it.

[AZMazda3]

Ok just in case anyone is interested... I worked backwards with my Mod iNstallations, uninstalling and seeing what happens... It seems Smilie limit Mod was the culprit. Uninstalled this and the display is back to normal in all browsers...? Really wierd. But maybe the Developers can have a look at the code of Smilie limit and be pointed in the right direction with display issues in IE8 and Google Chrome.

We do not have that mod installed, but thanks for the update!

[Kindred]

AZMazda3,

unfortunately, bug reports on RC1.2 are mostly useless, since the current version is RC3. If you got the same error after upgrading to RC3, then we would have the devs take a look...     BTW: You **REALLY** should upgrade, since there are known issues (both security and other bugs) with RC 1.2

BTW: Marking this as solved, since the issue appears to have been the smilies mod rather than SMF code.