Smilies and 'url' option.

Sparky · 4 Mar 2001, 19:19 (Ref:68226)

When submitting or replying to a post, I cannot seem to get the 'url' otion or any of the smilies to work.

Any ideas?

**Craig** · 5 Mar 2001, 20:05 (Ref:68549)

web page

hmmm... works here - what forum are you trying to post in ? Maybe I disabled vB code in that forum somehow ?

Sparky · 5 Mar 2001, 20:13 (Ref:68560)

Bugger! Works for me too - in here!

It might have been the Gravel trap or Formula 1 - I can't remember. Probably F1 'cos I spent 23 hours in there yesterday...

I'll give it another go in a bit.

Sparky · 8 Mar 2001, 20:00 (Ref:69443)

Righto. Found it...

The smilies don't work for me in the Touring car forum. Just discovered it posting a thread over there. I'm not sure about the 'URL' bit; I'll keep playing!

R · 8 Mar 2001, 20:10 (Ref:69445)

Well, I'm not sure, Sparky, because I could see your smiley in the Touring Car forum. It was this, wasn't it:

Sparky · 8 Mar 2001, 20:19 (Ref:69449)

Yes, R, but only 'cos I hand typed it...

A colon, followed by 'rolleyes', then another colon.

Some things are best done manually!!

Try replying in the Touring Car forum and using the lower smilies. I wonder if they work for anyone else...

R · 9 Mar 2001, 16:52 (Ref:69656)

OK, I'll give it a try.

R · 9 Mar 2001, 16:57 (Ref:69658)

Worked fine for me. I only previewed, mind you, coz I don't know much about Touring Cars, so I couldn't think of anything to say...

Les · 10 Mar 2001, 10:55 (Ref:69803)

so tell me - is there a list of these smilies and what to type?

I mean there seems to be more than is shown at the bottom of this screen?

R · 10 Mar 2001, 14:32 (Ref:69855)

Well, certainly if you type "confused" in between two colons, you get :confused:. Check out the link to smilies above. That's the only extra as far as I can see. Apparently :beerface: used to work as well, and F1FansClub used to have it as a standard signature, but it doesn't seem to work any longer.

**Craig** · 11 Mar 2001, 20:27 (Ref:70191)

Quote:

Originally posted by Sparky
Yes, R, but only 'cos I hand typed it...

A colon, followed by 'rolleyes', then another colon.

Some things are best done manually!!

Try replying in the Touring Car forum and using the lower smilies. I wonder if they work for anyone else...

I think I may have misunderstood you previously, Sparky. Can you confirm:

a) The smilies and links don't work at all for you.

or

b) When you click on the 'Instant Smilies and vB Code' buttons at the bottom of the post topic/reply screen nothing happens.

Sparky · 11 Mar 2001, 20:59 (Ref:70207)

I would have to say....

b) When you click on the 'Instant Smilies and vB Code' buttons at the bottom of the post topic/reply screen nothing happens.

Anything in the "Instant Smilies & vB Code" box, but only in the 'Touring Car' Forum.

Thanks!

<---- It still works here!

Carrie · 11 Mar 2001, 21:15 (Ref:70215)

I've just had something similar in the Cool Sites Forum.
I replied to an existing topic and used the instant smilies and vB Code URL button and it worked fine.
I then went to start a new topic in the same forum and the screen showed a Javascript error and I couldn't use the URL button.

Carrie · 11 Mar 2001, 21:28 (Ref:70219)

As I said in Sparky's topic, I encountered a similar problem in the Cool Sites forum.
I replied to a topic and the Vb code URL button worked fine.
I then went to start a new topic and when I tried to use the Vb code URL button I got a javascript error and had to just type the url in instead. I hit reply and all was normal, went through the usual screens and I was then taken to my topic. All looked fine.
When I went back to the main forum page and had been looking round other forums a bit I noticed my post wasn't showing up as the latest post in the Cool Sites forum, so I went back there and found that my topic wasn't showing on the main cool sites page.
I tried the put the topic in again and it again showed the javascript error, but appeared to work fine, however, the topic isn't there on the main page.

**Craig** · 11 Mar 2001, 21:28 (Ref:70220)

Leave it with me - i'll see what I can do.

But I *do* need to know which browser and OS you use so I can try and replicate this...

Carrie · 11 Mar 2001, 21:32 (Ref:70224)

If I don't touch any of the Vb code buttons then the topic stays in place.
As for operating system and browser, Win 98 and IE5.5

**Craig** · 11 Mar 2001, 21:36 (Ref:70227)

As this is apparently related to the other topic started by Sparky, i'm gonna merge the two. I will look into fixing up the instant smilies but, failing that, i'll remove them altogether if they're causing a problem.

Sparky · 11 Mar 2001, 21:42 (Ref:70229)

I was gonna say:

I tried to enter Carrie's thread about missing posts, and got:

"Invalid thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster"

But I think I know why now...

Anyways, I run Win95 Ver2, and IE5.5

The funny thing is that vb code stuff is fine in EVERY other forum, just the TC one... Wierd Huh?

*Edited post!* Please don't remove the smilies and links on my account - I can type 'em in manually! Everybody else seems to get on fine with them. OK, except Carrie maybe!

**Craig** · 11 Mar 2001, 21:52 (Ref:70232)

Sorry Sparky, already done it!

If it doesn't work for everyone it has no place here - and to that end, i'm gonna remove the ability for a user to upload a photo to their profile until a way can be found which works for everyone.

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