There is a forum bug that has emerged, and we're still not quite sure what causes it. Some posts show up completely blank (i.e. no text / images are shown).
We believe this is caused by incorrect nesting of quotes. For instance, when instead of closing a quote tag, one simply opens a new one instead:
I have not come across a blank post which doesn't contain incorrect nesting of quotes. I therefore think this is causing the problem.
However, this is easily fixable. Instead of complaining about it happening every time it does, instead just simply click "Edit" (you have 2 hours to do so!) and check the post for incorrectly nested quote tags. If you find some, correct them. If you don't, please contact me.
If you are having trouble correcting them, please link to the post here and I'll have a go at doing it.
I'm going to spend some of the weekend trying to fix the bug by installing a carbon-copy of the forums somewhere else, from scratch. I'll then add the current plugins we have until the bug appears. Eventually I'll switch the database over and we'll have a brand spanking new forum with all the current posts in it.
I will give people 24 hours advance notice before I do this.
We believe this is caused by incorrect nesting of quotes. For instance, when instead of closing a quote tag, one simply opens a new one instead:
Code:
[quote]Some quote...[quote] <- Should be a closed quote tag.
[quote]Some other quote...[/quote] <- Like this one.I have not come across a blank post which doesn't contain incorrect nesting of quotes. I therefore think this is causing the problem.
However, this is easily fixable. Instead of complaining about it happening every time it does, instead just simply click "Edit" (you have 2 hours to do so!) and check the post for incorrectly nested quote tags. If you find some, correct them. If you don't, please contact me.
If you are having trouble correcting them, please link to the post here and I'll have a go at doing it.
I'm going to spend some of the weekend trying to fix the bug by installing a carbon-copy of the forums somewhere else, from scratch. I'll then add the current plugins we have until the bug appears. Eventually I'll switch the database over and we'll have a brand spanking new forum with all the current posts in it.
I will give people 24 hours advance notice before I do this.
