The "Everything is Different" Vanilla feature and bug discussion

Ivan

UPSLynx

Small thing I noticed about @ replies:

If you try to @ someone in parenthesis, it doesn't work without a space.

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BobbyDigi

Mobile: Can has categories link or ability to switch to full view? Currently have to find a post in the category you want to be able to get to the category

-Digi

Lincoln

Link to switch to full view should be in the footer

BobbyDigi

Perfect! Thanks Linc.

-Digi

Straight_Man

Um, I have a revision/update to a post made quite a while back about lack of edit perms to do what the gear menu offered even though I apparently should have had permission. I have managed to recreate the problem some way accidentally recently and will document it for @Lincoln and @Primesuspect:

1. Hold down mouse button (left one) a tiny bit too long(or have it stick) and you get a double post.

2. Delete second one in set.

3. First one then cannot be edited or deleted, but if you edit second one only, you have a double post except for corrections.

Workaround (kludgy) make a second post with revisions (and again one gets duplicate content in forum posting resulting)-- see my thread about the old laptop with linux on it in the Trading Post area if you want to see my workaround in action.

Tushon

John, I saw something similar (where I thought I was double-posting) but if I refreshed the page, there was only one. I think it may be related to draft saving, because that is when I typically notice it. Not sure if that is the same behavior you are referencing.

Ilriyas

Hrm, I've had a similar experience except in my case deleting the second post results in the first one being deleted as well, not really a big issue because the draft feature saves what I was writing but eh.

Thrax

Hrm, I've had a similar experience except in my case deleting the second post results in the first one being deleted as well, not really a big issue because the draft feature saves what I was writing but eh.

I have encountered this as well. Very frustrating.

CB

I've noticed that in the occasion when two posts appear, one is a phantom. If I reload the page, there is actually only one post afterall.

Straight_Man

I've noticed that in the occasion when two posts appear, one is a phantom. If I reload the page, there is actually only one post afterall.

Ok, I THINK I tried that and it did not always work, but it is interesting that it even happens in the first place. It happens in more than two browsers and in Linux and in Windows, so I think it is nothing here on my end. Happens mostly to me in Trading Post, weirdly enough.

Ah, well, Matt will eventually make sense of it, I do not code in PHP at all to understand what is up here. I also know that vBulletin, for all its failings, never has done this to me.

But, thank you folks and CB, for suggesting this page reloading can help sometimes(for me at least). Will report if it happens again and whether page reloading fixed it. or not.

Ilriyas

Alright I think I know what's going on with the double post thing (Of course this applies only to articles I still have no clue as to why it happens on standard discussions.)

I was posting in the article page for the Mega Man and Pac-Man announced as PS3 exclusives for Street Fighter X Tekken article and when I went in to view it as just the discussion I saw that my in article post had been doubled up so I saved the original text, deleted the original (Which caused the second to be deleted as well) and simply reposted.

Lincoln

I think it's auto-fetching new comments that's doing it. I've disabled it for now so let me know if the issue persists.

RahnalH102

Found a minor bug:

Appeared as I posted a comment in the discussion. The spoiler bar was about at the top of my browsers window. Not sure if that would mean anything. Also messed around with the added button and it functioned like normal. It was like two light switches for the same outlet.

Canti

When I click on the bookmarks tab this pops up.



wtf?

BobbyDigi

HAHA, Hilarious find Canti. Replicated.

-Digi

Lincoln

'wtf' is my universal 'did the script make it this far' code when I'm debugging. I done goofed. :D

Tushon

I done awesomed. :D

FTFY

Ryder

This thread: http://icrontic.com/discussion/95200/the-unsung-heroes-of-ces-2012#Item_2

There are 3 posts (Bobby, Prime, and Branmyson) after Thrax, yet Thrax is seen as the last poster on the "all discussions" page as well as the category "icrontic".

Thrax

That's weird, because I see myself as the first poster logged in or out.

Ryder

Yes, when I go into the thread, you are first poster.

I mean on the "All discussions" page, when you see the thread "unsung...." it lists you as "last comment posted by.. Thrax at blah blah", it should say Branmyson.. right?

Lincoln

Looks like that field isn't being updated by front page comment. Hmm.

MAGIC

Can i filter posts from showing up on my "all" tab by forum?

Ryder

yes, go to the categories tab, hover over a "forum" and you will see a gear appear at the right, just unfollow it. Those you unfollow, will not be included in the "all" tab

Tushon

Can i filter posts from showing up on my "all" tab by forum?

Particular threads are not filterable, just a forum/subforum. I asked this at one point and do not believe it changed.

MAGIC

yes, go to the categories tab, hover over a "forum" and you will see a gear appear at the right, just unfollow it. Those you unfollow, will not be included in the "all" tab

Danke schön.