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The massive ads are a big negative for me you can only see 2 threads or 2 posts in a thread without scrolling which ruins the point of a mobile friendly platform and will just encourage people to use an adblocker, so completely counter productive
 
Artie Fufkin said:
The massive ads are a big negative for me you can only see 2 threads or 2 posts in a thread without scrolling which ruins the point of a mobile friendly platform and will just encourage people to use an adblocker, so completely counter productive
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Here's the error, if it's any help:
index.php
 
Yes, I posted this on the other thread:

Turn off Javascript, and then use the small 'Reply' link rather than the large red button.

This 'Reply' link, highlighted:
index.php
 
dan_ashcroft said:
Yes, I posted this on the other thread:

Turn off Javascript, and then use the small 'Reply' link rather than the large red button.

This 'Reply' link, highlighted:
index.php
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I thought it was clever to work that out.... although maybe it's 'obvious' if that's your thing!??
 
Cuthbert said:
I thought it was clever to work that out.... although maybe it's 'obvious' if that's your thing!??
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I used the browser's debugger to monitor the network. It fails due to the format/content of background data, and the result is the script for the Reply button isn't run, and so it doesn't do anything. Turning off Javascript causes the board software to drop back to using a standard form post. Old style without any fancy features. For example, posting images is a hassle with the workaround as you have to manually get the address of the uploaded image and add to it to your post.
 
dan_ashcroft said:
I used the browser's debugger to monitor the network. It fails due to the format/content of background data, and the result is the script for the Reply button isn't run, and so it doesn't do anything. Turning off Javascript causes the board software to drop back to using a standard form post. Old style without any fancy features. For example, posting images is a hassle with the workaround as you have to manually get the address of the uploaded image and add to it to your post.
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Hmmm. Sounds even more clever now that you've explained it.

I read the error message that you posted above, and I wondered why it would have suddenly started... and across all browsers. I would have expected it to fail on Chrome for example but not all.....

.... but I know nothing :-(
 
Cuthbert said:
Hmmm. Sounds even more clever now that you've explained it.

I read the error message that you posted above, and I wondered why it would have suddenly started... and across all browsers. I would have expected it to fail on Chrome for example but not all.....

.... but I know nothing :-(
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In the screenshot, the error is in red, and hopefully it will help the developer get it up and running again. Code doesn't just stop working, and so it's likely to be some environment or configuration issue; something quite fundamental. The Chrome message is just a warning.
 
dan_ashcroft said:
In the screenshot, the error is in red, and hopefully it will help the developer get it up and running again. Code doesn't just stop working, and so it's likely to be some environment or configuration issue; something quite fundamental. The Chrome message is just a warning.
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LOL. You say that about code.... but I worked in Cobol programming back in the last century, banking mainframes. Was doing Y2K stuff too.

My code DEFINITELY used to stop working !! :) (I was terrified any night that I was on call that I'd have to go in to try and de-bug the stuff)!
 
Cuthbert said:
LOL. You say that about code.... but I worked in Cobol programming back in the last century, banking mainframes. Was doing Y2K stuff too.

My code DEFINITELY used to stop working !! :) (I was terrified any night that I was on call that I'd have to go in to try and de-bug the stuff)!
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Technically it didn't stop working. It couldn't handle the instruction or the particular data that was being passed to it, and so required a bug fix or an enhancement. I don't think that is the case here, and think it's a case of blank/undefined data being passed to the script. There is however a case for better error handling mind.
 
dan_ashcroft said:
Technically it didn't stop working. It couldn't handle the instruction or the particular data that was being passed to it, and so required a bug fix or an enhancement. I don't think that is the case here, and think it's a case of blank/undefined data being passed to the script. There is however a case for better error handling mind.
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I know you are right. I was kind of kidding. In banking the code would sometimes fail if someone had input a trade in a currency that had never been encountered before. The code wasn't in place to accept it. (But I was rubbish at the de-bugging and finding where the problem trades were)!
 
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