Forum problems

[wizeг]

Biggie Smiles

There are several issues with the forum. Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this post), I'm not into the political stuff which is most of the posts here but sometimes I'll read something that I want to reply to such as your Disney World thread. I'm headed back to the US next April and I try to get to a theme park when I'm there although I find them to be a disappointment even though I'm trying to relive my long lost youth and now I feel like I'm going to puke after I hop on a coaster. But I digress. Posting as a guest is as problematic as what I went through trying to register an account:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link
3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.
4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot
5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob. 

[DKG]

Biggie Smiles

There are several issues with the forum. Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this post), I'm not into the political stuff which is most of the posts here but sometimes I'll read something that I want to reply to such as your Disney World thread. I'm headed back to the US next April and I try to get to a theme park when I'm there although I find them to be a disappointment even though I'm trying to relive my long lost youth and now I feel like I'm going to puke after I hop on a coaster. But I digress. Posting as a guest is as problematic as what I went through trying to register an account:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link
3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.
4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot
5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob. 

Good morning Wizer. Thanks for taking the time to register and point out a few of these things.

I pay the bills and I do have admin privileges, but I never took the time to properly learn the admin panel. Biggie can help you with these issues.

I can tell you that question 4 is because we have new posters set to a limited default group. He can put you in a new user group where that will be fixed.

In question 5 the D is silent and it is Nocab.

[DKG]

Biggie Smiles

There are several issues with the forum. Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this post), I'm not into the political stuff which is most of the posts here but sometimes I'll read something that I want to reply to such as your Disney World thread. I'm headed back to the US next April and I try to get to a theme park when I'm there although I find them to be a disappointment even though I'm trying to relive my long lost youth and now I feel like I'm going to puke after I hop on a coaster. But I digress. Posting as a guest is as problematic as what I went through trying to register an account:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link
3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.
4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot
5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob. 

Bumping this to keep it on the most recent posts.

We will get on this before the weekend is finished.

[Garraty_47]

Like DKG there's not a lot I can do except keep this topic active and throw in my 2¢ but here goes:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link

1 & 2 are well above my pay grade.

3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.

That sounds to me like a stylesheet issue and while not a difficult fix as far as the code goes (changing a font/background value from #fff to #000 or the other way 'round, for example) ...it can be tedious to track down the odd stray element that's having an issue.

The more specifics you can provide about the Theme being used (very super important), the page you're on, and the particular textbox/etc. that's borked the easier it'll be to fix 'em.

4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot

Am I missing something?
In the screenshot, under the Info Center banner, it looks like there is a list of recent poasts?

5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob.

Hmm.
Only a bot would complain about trying to keep out bots.

Your pals down in Data Storage don't call you "Skynet" by any chance, do they?

[Oliver the Second]

3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.

Hi Wizer, long time no see! Hope you're doing well. I get that same problem If I set my browser to dark mode and then mess around with the text colors. Maybe try a lite setting or a different forum theme, you can change that with the drop-down box in the very upper right hand corner. Looking forward to chatting with you!

[wizeг]

Am I missing something?
In the screenshot, under the Info Center banner, it looks like there is a list of recent poasts?

Yes you're missing something. The recent posts that I see when logged on do not include more recent posts including those from most of the subforums.

I get that same problem If I set my browser to dark mode and then mess around with the text colors. Maybe try a lite setting or a different forum theme

Thanks for the suggestions but I didn't change my browser or the forum settings in regard to mode or text colors. I get the issue regarding blank text boxes regardless of which browser I use and whether I'm logged in or not. 

[Brent]

Hi wizer. Do you know Joe. He is dumber.

[Garraty_47]

Yes you're missing something. The recent posts that I see when logged on do not include more recent posts including those from most of the subforums.

Hmm.
That's probably caused by how the forum is configured to identify and display the Recent list and again, sorry, above my pay grade.

I never use Recent lists, preferring to click on individual subs to check out so I never noticed a discrepancy.

Thanks for the suggestions but I didn't change my browser or the forum settings in regard to mode or text colors. I get the issue regarding blank text boxes regardless of which browser I use and whether I'm logged in or not. 

Apologies for being pedantic but the textbox isn't blank as such; the text and background colors are assigned the same values or close enough to blend into each other. Think using a white crayon to mark on a piece of white paper. That's why what you typed shows up when highlighted- highlighting overrides the default color scheme and provides its own contrast. It's a function of the forum Theme's stylesheet (resides on the server, not in your browser cache or elsewhere on the client side) which is why every browser displays the same thing.

[Garraty_47]

Okay, I switched to the Default Theme (Curve2) and was able to replicate the "blank" Subject textbox when starting a new thread.

The text and background colors are both assigned the value of #fff (white) in the stylesheet:

https://thebluecashew.net/Themes/default/css/minified_3b394282f9a0fef96947a23df45778e5.css?smf213_1692571724

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input, button, select, textarea {
    color: #fff;
    font: 93.33%/150% "Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue","Nimbus Sans L",Arial,"Liberation Sans",sans-serif;
    background: #fff;
    outline: none;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    vertical-align: middle;
    border-radius: 3px;
    box-shadow: 1px 2px 1px rgba(160,187,221,.2) inset;
    padding: .3em .4em;
}
Because of how the forum code is compiled here (if I recall correctly) simply going in and changing the CSS code isn't an easy process; your best bet is using another Theme like Blue_Evolution that's similar to the Default Theme but doesn't have that issue.

That would fix at least one item on your list.

[DKG]

wizer, I sent you a message containing a temporary password for your old account.

I also moved you from the newly registered members group which should take care of problems not seeing boards.

That is about all I can do with my limited knowledge of the admin panel. Anything else falls on Biggie Smiles.

[Thiel]

Hi wizer. Do you know Joe. He is dumber.

That is true, but my Jo Jo has the most adorable little bald spot.

[Biggie Smiles]

I'm going to look into the email thing now

[Biggie Smiles]

Okay -- I'm going to need DKG here as the MX records are not set at the root hints

[DKG]

Okay -- I'm going to need DKG here as the MX records are not set at the root hints

I have no idea what any of that is.

I sent wizer a temporary pw for his original account.

[DKG]

I changed his usergroup so he can receive messages at his new handle.