Strange layout in ie8/chrome

[tom128]

Hi,

This is a clean smf installation, no mods, except for installing polish language.

When posting a new message (by guest) the layout is a bit strange, please look at the attachment.

It is ok in FF 3.6.11 but not ok in IE 8.0 and chrome.

Is there something I can do about it?

[Joker™]

Email , there is no such option on posting page by default as far as i can remember.

[tom128]

This is quest posting. I enabled it.

Btw: I don't like requiring email in this case, but this is a subject for another post

[Joker™]

This is quest posting. I enabled it.

As i said it's not a default feature and this might be breaking the layout. Try disabling or removing(if you had manually added the code) and see what is the result.

[tom128]

the only modification I have is "polish language utf8". Indeed, when I switched to english it started to be OK.

Do you know by chance at which file in "themes" folder should I look at to make it correct?

[Joker™]

As i said you before also Email thing is not in posts by default, as far i can tell your post.template.php has been modified. In doing the modification a text string might have been left out in polish language file, due to which text is not appearing.

- On other note have you checked on all other browsers about this problem?

I have just installed installed a fresh RC3 test site, and installed polish utf8 on it. For me post page seems normal (see the image attached)

[tom128]

Thanks for you help.

But did you try to enable guests to post new threads? In:  "admin >> permissions >> guest >> modify >> Post new topics" ?

[Joker™]

But did you try to enable guests to post new threads? In:  "admin >> permissions >> guest >> modify >> Post new topics" ?

Nope, but after enabling it i can see this as a fair bug in every web browser.

Let me trace the bug, will be posting solution for you in a while .

Hope some team member will see this as it seems a nice bug to me.

[tom128]

thanks

[Joker™]

I found a fix but it's not a nice one, for the time being you can use it

Make backup of file before editing it

Themes\default\Post.template.php

Find:

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<dt>
<span', isset($context['post_error']['long_name']) || isset($context['post_error']['no_name']) || isset($context['post_error']['bad_name']) ? ' class="error"' : '', ' id="caption_guestname">', $txt['name'], ':</span>
</dt>


Replace it with

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<dt>
<span', isset($context['post_error']['long_name']) || isset($context['post_error']['no_name']) || isset($context['post_error']['bad_name']) ? ' class="error"' : '', ' id="caption_guestname">', $txt['name'], ':</span>
</dt><br />


The whole issue is that the text used for
Name => Nazwa wyświetlana (in polish)

Which is taking 2 lines to appear and breaking whole layout.

Edit - Reporting it in bug area

[tom128]

Thanks! It works.

Btw: before adding the "<br/>" code, I first tried to replace all the "Nazwa wyświetlana" strings to "Nick" but it didn't work, I'm wondering where the hell it is

[Joker™]

Your welcome

[Alex' Manson]

try searching on the language folder and change it. in the php file of your language.

[Joker™]

try searching on the language folder and change it. in the php file of your language.

You mean change the meaning of the word?

[tom128]

try searching on the language folder and change it. in the php file of your language.

Yes, this is what I've done, but it doesn't seem to work. For example I changed a few strings in  themes/default/languages/Post.polish-utf8.php but it didn't change on the website (posting new thread site).

But it doesn't really matter since the "<br/>" trick worked

[Joker™]

Yes, this is what I've done, but it doesn't seem to work. For example I changed a few strings in  themes/default/languages/Post.polish-utf8.php but it didn't change on the website (posting new thread site).

Clear site cache,
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[Alex' Manson]

try searching on the language folder and change it. in the php file of your language.

You mean change the meaning of the word?

i mean make it shorter

[tom128]

Clear site cache

It worked, thank you!

[Alex' Manson]

Clear site cache

It worked, thank you!

take it like a basic thing,
if you touch language files, clear forum cache/browser cache

[tom128]

OK