known issues v4

[Brett_Tabke]

This thread is for the reporting of bugs with the mega update to v4:

[webmasterworld.com...]

As bugs are spotted - I will post them here so that people will know...

mack posting: not able to edit own post. (fixed)

inbound : Site search and subscribe give internal server (fixed)

mack : "Print msg" gives me an internal server error. (fixed)

jake : Library is broken. (fixed)

jake only "my threads" being linked to correctly are the post-4.00 threads (fixed).

message numbers seems off and some of the post I have in my profile give me 404's. (fixed)

inbound : The old Tools and report problem give an internal server error (fixed)

inbound : split count off (fixed: edit your system prefs to reset [webmasterworld.com...]

coopster: Try using the Newer/Older links at the base of the page. (fixed)

carl : Apache logo on supporters fourm? (fixed)

inbound : index for the forums are limited to 1 page. (fixed)

rogerD : Reply links missing in some forums (fixed)

jay : Library links 404. (fixed).

inbound : The Glossary Link gives a 404 (fixed)

encyclo : Spelling error on forum name: (fixed)

encyclo : Opera and Firefox forums url wrong on index page for that forum (fixed)

encyclo : Opera and Firefox forums url wrong on forums index page (fixed)

Essex_boy: Starting a poll gives me an error warning (fixed...disabled)

brett : moderator forum under nick going to old urls. (fixed)

brett : error on new homepage urls. (fixed)

brett : error on supporters forum tool urls. (fixed)

whoisgregg : RSS Feed links still point to the old /forumxx/ style links (fixed)

whoisgregg : Would you consider knocking down the font size a bit? (done)

volitilgx : Skin editor not workd (fixed)

limbo : green eggs and ham showing in my messages. (fixed)

coopster : recent posts not being hi-lighted in thread. [fixed]

Hugo : lostpassword program is 404. (fixed)

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brett : report-a-post: #msg not going to right message. url wrong.

Jimbeetle : shows as the third page on the active list. When in the thread itself there are only 2 pages = blank page in final split count.

Jatar "Edited by" shows even if it is the last post in the thread.

cyclo - moderator profiles show old URLs, not just the link under the nick in posts

g1smd - refresh is going to wrong post after making a post.

PDA access is gone. (known... will not be fixed for a few days)

caveman : style codes in the "edited by" note are wrong.

brett : moved notice posts should be set 'no active'.

rae : can't reply to egged post.

misc : 404 on trailing slash missing

[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 2:18 pm (utc) on July 13, 2006]

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I am having problems with notifications. Is this a result of the upgrade?

[rj87uk]

Ive been getting some problems when I post a reply it takes me to a page that has no posts. The same when I click the last page of a thread - there are no posts...

[encyclo]

Not sure if this bug is listed:

When moving a thread from one forum to another, the "Moved:" stub does disappears from the original forum index (even though it still exists).

Example:

[webmasterworld.com...]

Is missing from the HTML forum index [webmasterworld.com] (thread moved to Javascript [webmasterworld.com] forum.)

Also, the profile of members having posted in the original thread does not show the new thread link, only the "Moved:" URL. See Tonearm [webmasterworld.com]'s profile for example.

[edited by: encyclo at 10:01 am (utc) on July 11, 2006]

[encyclo]

Another (minor) post move bug - once the move is completed, the "Return to the source forum" link actually points to the destination forum instead of the source forum. :)

[coopster]

Custom code insert in System Preferences allows us to use the magical "(forum)" keyword. This keyword is replaced using the previous forum numbering system as opposed to the new keyword. I am not sure if this is an issue or not but is causing some problems for bill when he was figuring out Howto add "Reset Last Read Pointers" link [webmasterworld.com].

[bunltd]

Didn't see this mentioned. Post # in thread doesn't look right. It's a very large number like #:3002316 instead of #:1, #:2 etc.

[Brett_Tabke]

bunltd: read the new features post. That is the new serial numbers for each msg.

Coop/Bill - see stickymail with response - just switch the filename to the new name.

[bedlam]

I can confirm that notifications seem to be broken again.

And at least once when posting, the "Do you want an email notification of new replies?" checkbox has been missing, but it's not consistently gone...

-b

[bunltd]

All messages now serialized with unique number

Missed that. :)

[bedlam]

Quoting myself:

And at least once when posting, the "Do you want an email notification of new replies?" checkbox has been missing

This looks like a feature in fact, but if it is, it's an annoying feature. To reproduce:

• Start typing a reply to a message,
  
• Click the preview button,
  
• Look for the "Do you want an email notification of new replies?" checkbox--it'll be gone.
  

Pretty unforgiving, no?

-b

[caveman]

All messages now serialized with unique number

In that case, can we please have our post count back (post # within that specific thread)? Not sure if/why the serial # needs to be visible, but it sure is handy being able to refer to "post #12" of a given thread.

[SuzyUK]

Not sure if/why the serial # needs to be visible,

In the same vein, On the active list it is down right ugly, it's there if "Show member that started thread" is set to yes in active list prefs, and it's a much bigger font size than author details so it's a bit distracting ;)

+1 for bringing back the post counter too please

Suzy

[Brett_Tabke]

> refer to "post #12" of a given thread.

And if a it was message #341 of a 500 msg thread - where msg 200 was spam - suddenly the numbers were wrong.

Which would often lead to the wrong message getting nuked, edited, moved, or spliced. It was a source of never ending confusion and error for mods and admins. Alot of the problems we have seen with threads have been because of that single problem. What's more - it was often buggy and the number would not jive with what was shown on the index page for that forum.

Ya, it is a pain to have to refer to a longer number, but I think what we can do is say something like

caveman...2823 in the known issus thread... to id specific posts.

> if show started by member

did not know that - fixed.

[jatar_k]

I moved this thread
[webmasterworld.com...]

it shows on the active under a different title ( MSN how can you get it so wrong? ) but listed in the php forum

I could probably fix it by editing the title but I figured I would tell you first ;)

[coopster]

The "Reset Last Read Pointers" link still fails in at least 4 forums that I am aware:

1. Reported Posts
   
2. Webmaster General
   
3. Windows OS
   
4. Link Development

[lammert]

If you are on the second page of a forum and then go back to the first page, it takes you to page0.htm. For example:

When you are at [webmasterworld.com...] and select the "1" link at the bottom, the resulting page is [webmasterworld.com...] instead of [webmasterworld.com...]

<added>
In the same page list, "<<Back" brings you to [webmasterworld.com...] where "Next>>" points to the correct [webmasterworld.com...]
</added>

[encyclo]

Recommend thread feature, on the final "The email has been sent" page has options "Where to now?". The "Back to this thread" link leads to a 404 as it uses the old forumNNN format.

[jatar_k]

library links 404'ing

[webmasterworld.com...]

[Stefan]

Same as g1smd and rj87uk, and my active threads are gone etc. I only checked in a couple of times in the last few days - saw things were wonky but thought it was the WW server messing up - eventually posted in a thread for the first time in a while, and just hit relative blankness. Figured I'd best check here. Best of luck with it, Brett.

[jatar_k]

>> it shows on the active under a different title

I moved another thread and the same thing happened, it picked up the title of the thread above it on the active but the thread itself is fine. Once the thread is replied to though all is well.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

"Flag it" does not seem to be working. When click Flag it on this thread I see ...

[webmasterworld.com...]

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

This looks like a feature in fact, but if it is, it's an annoying feature. To reproduce:

Start typing a reply to a message,
Click the preview button,
Look for the "Do you want an email notification of new replies?" checkbox--it'll be gone.

Pretty unforgiving, no?

Yes, I am also seeing this as mentioned in message 3000824.

[oddsod]

Getting the same error as BDW.

[jcoronella]

oops

[bill]

Moderator notes format seems to have a nesting problem:

[webmasterworld.com...] #:3004120

[edited by: bill at 9:15 pm (utc) on July 12, 2006]
[edit reason]
[1][edit reason] see sticky [/edit] [/edit][/1]

[webmasterworld.com...] #:3002128

[edited by: lorax at 11:52 am (utc) on July 11, 2006]
[edit reason]
[1][edit reason] removed url [/edit] [/edit][/1]

[rogerd]

Yep, I'm seeing the same nesting issue as bill on a post I just edited. [webmasterworld.com...]

[lammert]

When referring to a forum without a trailing slash, I was previously redirected with a 301 redirect to the forum with slash. For example:

www.webmasterworld.com/forum30 redirected to www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/

Now, about 25% of the time I get the custom 404 page (the one with the screaming painting at the left).

I checked this with the WebmasterWorld header checker available in the old SEW tools, and this is my response.

Server Response: [webmasterworld.com...]
Status: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:57:21 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.52
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Connection: close
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

Most of the time I receive however the proper 301 return code:

Server Response: [webmasterworld.com...]
Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:03:07 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.52
Location: [webmasterworld.com...]
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 325
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

[encyclo]

Good catch, lammert! Same problem with the new keyword URLs, but there is never a redirect:

[webmasterworld.com...]

All lead to a 404 when the trailing slash is omitted.

[leadegroot]

I am no longer getting 'Reply Post Notification' email messages for threads I have posted a reply in.
The no-notification-checkbox-on-preview doesn't seem useful to me.

I am sometimes seeing blank pages (ie top bottom and col, but no actual posts) after I submit a reply. I think its to do with the start-a-new-page-after-n-posts counter, but am not sure.

(If you want me to clarify the above, you will have to sticky me because... I am not getting email notifications of replies ;))

[jatar_k]

internal server error when reporting a post