Two madening tecnical issues on the forum.

[Ascension]

For some reason if I use a quote I have to space down at the least 3 lines or better lines or it will all run together here even though before I post the thread or comment everything looks as it should. This happens ONLY on this forum and on no other forum I post to.
Also spell check here is big time screwy as in obviously missed words will not show as misspelled unless I manually right click spell check which will be checked then uncheck it and then rerun it manually. Again this is ONLY on this particular forum and no where I post.
Something in the script here is just not playing nice with what I am running and it's driving me NUTS!!!!

 

[500Eboard]

For some reason if I use a quote I have to space down at the least 3 lines or better lines or it will all run together here even though before I post the thread or comment everything looks as it should. This happens ONLY on this forum and on no other forum I post to.
Also spell check here is big time screwy as in obviously missed words will not show as misspelled unless I manually right click spell check which will be checked then uncheck it and then rerun it manually. Again this is ONLY on this particular forum and no where I post.
Something in the script here is just not playing nice with what I am running and it's driving me NUTS!!!!

This forum software does not have integrated spell-check capabilities. Only one's computer has spell-checking capability. So, any spell-check related problems would be with your computer/browser, and not this forum code.

500Eboard management and administration uses and tests this forum on Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers (not to mention iPad, iPhone and Android mobile devices) on a daily basis, with the Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Opera browsers on all of the previously mentioned platforms, and have never had any sort of spell-check issue.

As to your spacing issue - it is difficult to discern what you are talking about, so perhaps a screen capture detailing the issue would be helpful to illustrate the issue you are having.

In quoting your post in this post, we immediately started typing this reply directly after the end of your quoted text (literally, the next character). There were no spacing issues or anything requiring extra returns. You can see what we mean in the attached screen shot, with regard to typing immediately after the end of the quoted text, and as you read this reply you can see that the spacing is 100% correct.

While we are not technical support experts, both of the above issues would lead us to believe that the issue lies with your computer, and not the forum code. About 90% of the time in the past, when our members have experienced errors, it has been as a result of issues on their end, not with bugs or problems in the forum code.

We strongly recommend using a modern browser, such as Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera to access this site. If you are using Internet Explorer, which is a rather "long in the tooth" browser, it has some incompatibilities with WWW and HTML standards that often cause problems.

Usually the forum software is very well tested before it is released and this site's software is upgraded. In the case of the vBulletin 4.X software that this forum is using, the software is very mature code (8-9 years old) and is actually nearing the end of active development by the company who makes it. Most all bugs have been fixed long ago.

Thank you,
500Eboard Administration

 

[Ascension]

This forum software does not have integrated spell-check capabilities. Only one's computer has spell-checking capability. So, any spell-check related problems would be with your computer/browser, and not this forum code.

500Eboard management and administration uses and tests this forum on Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers (not to mention iPad, iPhone and Android mobile devices) on a daily basis, with the Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera browsers on all of the previously mentioned platforms, and have never had any sort of spell-check issue.

As to your spacing issue - it is difficult to discern what you are talking about, so perhaps a screen capture detailing the issue would be helpful to illustrate the issue you are having.

Thank you,
500Eboard Administration

The spell check issue I consistently have is here and ONLY here and on no other Forum I post to ( ( and I am on several most musicians forums).
What is happening on the spacing issue is that what I see on my screen in the post or edit mode is not the same spacing I have when it actually posts.
Most common issue is on posting a response with a quote. I hit quote and write a response, when I hit post the screen will be showing at the least 2 full lines of empty space between the quote and the response but when it posts that space will vanish the quote bubble does not appear and it all runs together. To fix it I have to go back to edit add a couple line manually then re post. I can deal with this but it's annoying as heck and again happens ONLY here.
I am running a PC with fully updated Vista 64 Pro and use Firefox as my browser.
( well today we are 2 for 2 on the quote spacing being right so???)

 

[samiam44]

So Safari is not a good browser for this site??

 

[KarlC]

For some reason if I use a quote I have to space down at the least 3 lines or better lines or it will all run together here even though before I post the thread or comment everything looks as it should. This happens ONLY on this forum and on no other forum I post to.
Also spell check here is big time screwy as in obviously missed words will not show as misspelled unless I manually right click spell check which will be checked then uncheck it and then rerun it manually. Again this is ONLY on this particular forum and no where I post.
Something in the script here is just not playing nice with what I am running and it's driving me NUTS!!!!

I'm using Firefox and I don't have these issues.

 

[500Eboard]

So Safari is not a good browser for this site??

For our Macintosh- and iOS-using members, Safari is an excellent choice for accessing this site and does not experience any issues whatsoever. Furthermore it is generally the fastest-performing browser on the Macintosh platform.

 

[gerryvz]

I am running a PC with fully updated Vista 64 Pro and use Firefox as my browser.

Windows Vista is two-generations old (behind Windows 8 and Windows 7), correct? It's woefully out of date and actually nearing the end of its supported life by Microsoft.

Recommend a system software / computer upgrade and your issues should go away.

 

[clarkz71]

Windows Vista is two-generations old (behind Windows 8 and Windows 7), correct? It's woefully out of date and actually nearing the end of its supported life by Microsoft.

3 if you count 8.1

Win 7, 8, 8.1

 

[Glen]

Ascension, the next time it happens before editing your post, refresh the page and see if it looks ok. I have seen similar behavior and as mentioned above, the issue is usually not the board software. If the post looks ok after you refresh, try clearing your browser's cache.

 

[gsxr]

In addition to what Glen suggested above, also try a different browser. I only view 500Eboard with Chrome...

 

[gerryvz]

3 if you count 8.1

Win 7, 8, 8.1

Vader, are you having spacing issues when you do quotes?

 

[maw1124]

In addition to what Glen suggested above, also try a different browser. I only view 500Eboard with Chrome...

I use Chrome on a Mac (Version 10.9.4). I see dead people... No, but what Glen says. I hit the refresh button and all is good. It only started a week or so ago. I noticed the extra spaces helped to, but that didn't make any sense to me in light of the refresh.

maw

 

[Maui]

I use Safari or surfeasy on my Mac with no issues. My windows machine has issues when I use explorer and different issues when I use Opera. With explorer I can not edit a post unless I close explorer and reopen the thread. In Opera and on my Mac I don't have that issue.

 

[alabbasi]

These are maddening issues? You need to buy a French or Italian car, you obviously don't have enough problems

 

[gerryvz]

Maui,

When I use Internet Explorer (latest version) on my PC, and go to edit a previous post I made, I do have to refresh the post (hit refresh button to reload the thread) in order to save any edits I make. If I make edits without refreshing the thread first, the browser will not let me save the edits.

This does not happen with any other browser on my PC (Chrome or Firefox), nor does it happen with any browser on my Mac.

Again, not a problem with the forum software, but rather a problem with the browser and its compatibility with WWW standards.

I have also noticed that the forum software takes a few seconds to process a reply in the "cartoon bubble" before it displays correctly. If you hit "reply" and type in your reply, it shows the hard formatting codes until you hit "refresh." This is an issue with the forum software - it is not a bug that causes problems or errors, but rather a display bug that corrects itself after a few seconds. I'll try to attach a screen shot so that you can see what I'm talking about "before" and "after."

Cheers,
Gerry


BEFORE (immediately after reply)


AFTER (after you hit refresh)

 

[Ascension]

Maui,

When I use Internet Explorer (latest version) on my PC, and go to edit a previous post I made, I do have to refresh the post (hit refresh button to reload the thread) in order to save any edits I make. If I make edits without refreshing the thread first, the browser will not let me save the edits.

This does not happen with any other browser on my PC (Chrome or Firefox), nor does it happen with any browser on my Mac.

Again, not a problem with the forum software, but rather a problem with the browser and its compatibility with WWW standards.

I have also noticed that the forum software takes a few seconds to process a reply in the "cartoon bubble" before it displays correctly. If you hit "reply" and type in your reply, it shows the hard formatting codes until you hit "refresh." This is an issue with the forum software - it is not a bug that causes problems or errors, but rather a display bug that corrects itself after a few seconds. I'll try to attach a screen shot so that you can see what I'm talking about "before" and "after."

Cheers,
Gerry


BEFORE (immediately after reply)
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AFTER (after you hit refresh)
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That is exactly what I am getting Gerry and I'm running Firefox. I just hit the refresh button on this one and yep you called it as it reposed correctly when it reloaded so thanks.

 

[Ascension]

These are maddening issues? You need to buy a French or Italian car, you obviously don't have enough problems

Frustrating would have been a better word. I am the State chairman in Alabama of one of the national minor political parties. Alabama is the single most difficult State in the nation to get a non GOP or Democrat candidate on the ballot in .

This was my editorial response to the Alabama GOP Chairman a few years ago after a letter from him was posted publicly ranting about how allowing independents on the ballot would hurt the GOP. This was printed in news papers all over Alabama as an editorial.

Alabama Ballot Access Fight Gets Hot
On June 1, 2011 Alabama House Bill 425 was signed into law by Governor Robert Bentley. This Bill moved the Alabama Primary date from June to the second Tuesday in March. This also moved the petition deadline for newly qualifying parties and nonpresidential independent candidates to the same date. The Bill effectively makes qualifying as a non-Republican or Democrat in 2012 much harder in a state that already ranks dead last in many categories pertaining to Ballot access.

Bottom line: If you wish to run as an independent presidential candidate in Alabama in 2012 under this new law you merely have to produce just 5,000 signatures on a petition by August 30, 2012 to qualify. However, if you choose to run for president under the banner of a minor party or for any state office on anything other than the GOP or Democratic Party ticket you must produce a whopping 45,000 signatures of Registered Voters in this State by the Primary Date.

This is simply unacceptable and must be challenged. This challenge is currently being mounted in federal Court as was outlined in an article by Richard Winger in this July 1 edition of the California based group Ballot Access News:
"In 1990, a U.S. District Court ruled that the old petition deadline, 60 days before the primary, was unconstitutional. In 1991, the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] Circuit unanimously affirmed that decision, New Alliance Party of Alabama v Hand, 933 F.2d 1568. Thus, that decision struck down an April petition deadline. At the time, the number of signatures was 1% of the last gubernatorial vote, and there had been many minor party and independent candidates on the ballot during the preceding ten years. The court opinion noted that the April deadline has not blocked all minor party and independent candidates from the ballot, but still struck it down because it couldn’t see any good reason for the deadline to be as early as April.”

A new lawsuit has now been filed against the March petition deadline by the Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties. That case will be stronger than the 1990 case because in the last eight years there have been no minor party or independent candidates on the statewide ballot. In 2010 Alabama was one of only five states with no minor party or independent candidates on the ballot for statewide office.

The new lawsuit should be stronger than the 2010 lawsuit because the 2012 lawsuit involves presidential elections. Precedents against early petition deadlines involving presidential elections are even stronger than precedents involving elections for other office, especially in the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] Circuit.

A third reason the new lawsuit will be stronger than the 1990 case is that the new March deadline is earlier than the April deadline that had already been struck down."

Alabama Senator Cam Ward ( a Republican BTW) in this legislative session introduced 2 Bills that would address this unfair situation in the State of Alabama. Those Bills are SB-15 which is currently out of committee and SB 55 which is not. SB 15 has been scheduled several times to be heard on the floor of the Alabama Senate and has so far been blocked. Now we see from the letter that the GOP State Chairman Bill Armistead sent to GOP Steering Committee members that the GOP leadership takes a stance that no groups other than Republicans or Democrats should even have access to the ballot.
In 2010 the GOP for the first time in 136 YEARS took control of the House and Senate in this State. Since that date the GOP in Alabama has taken several steps to block other groups from having access to the Political process by restricting access to the ballot.
This has a Historical precedent in that one of the first steps that Hitler and the Nazis took after taking control in Germany in the late 1930's was to outlaw other Political Parties.

It's time for the people of Alabama answer this age old question posed by our Founding father Thomas Jefferson: "The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."

I have been quite vocal in my position that this is an offense against the Constitutional rights of the citizens of Alabama and both myself and the group that I Chair in Conservative Party Alabama fully intend to participate in the fight to open the political process to groups other than just the Republican and Democrat Parties in this State. To do otherwise is simply un American!
Richard Rutledge
Chairman Conservative Party Alabama

Trust me I have enough problems to deal with in this mid term election year and I don't need any more help on that end.

 

[gsxr]

I have also noticed that the forum software takes a few seconds to process a reply in the "cartoon bubble" before it displays correctly. If you hit "reply" and type in your reply, it shows the hard formatting codes until you hit "refresh." This is an issue with the forum software - it is not a bug that causes problems or errors, but rather a display bug that corrects itself after a few seconds. I'll try to attach a screen shot so that you can see what I'm talking about "before" and "after."

BEFORE (immediately after reply)
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AFTER (after you hit refresh)
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I have been seeing this exact issue in Chrome on Win7. I think it just started in the last few weeks. Mildly annoying, but once I figured out it was just a display bug, I ignored it. Maybe it will be fixed in a future release.