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Moderator: Jeff Smith

 #874396  by MEC407
 
I first noticed this yesterday, and I know of at least one other user who is experiencing the same problem. When I highlight a block of text and click the "i" button to put it in italics, nothing happens. All it does is un-highlight the text. Same thing happens with all the other style buttons. I can still apply styles manually using the appropriate BBCode, but I'm curious as to why the buttons aren't working.

Additionally, I was wondering why there's a bunch of code at the bottom of every page, which looks like this:
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xt/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18821843-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); 
 #874409  by Otto Vondrak
 
MEC407 wrote:I first noticed this yesterday, and I know of at least one other user who is experiencing the same problem. When I highlight a block of text and click the "i" button to put it in italics, nothing happens. All it does is un-highlight the text. Same thing happens with all the other style buttons. I can still apply styles manually using the appropriate BBCode, but I'm curious as to why the buttons aren't working.

Additionally, I was wondering why there's a bunch of code at the bottom of every page, which looks like this:
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xt/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18821843-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); 
I've noticed the same thing. don't know why the button are no longer working.

The code at the bottom of the page looks like javascript for Google analytics.

-otto-
 #874689  by MEC407
 
The emoticon ("smilies") buttons aren't working either.
 #875172  by markhb
 
Otto Vondrak wrote:
MEC407 wrote:I first noticed this yesterday, and I know of at least one other user who is experiencing the same problem. When I highlight a block of text and click the "i" button to put it in italics, nothing happens. All it does is un-highlight the text. Same thing happens with all the other style buttons. I can still apply styles manually using the appropriate BBCode, but I'm curious as to why the buttons aren't working.

Additionally, I was wondering why there's a bunch of code at the bottom of every page, which looks like this:
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xt/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18821843-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); 
I've noticed the same thing. don't know why the button are no longer working.

The code at the bottom of the page looks like javascript for Google analytics.

-otto-
I've done a fair amount of web development over the past 15 years, and I think two things are happening. First, it looks like the Javascript import that would bring in the button functions is no longer in place; my Firefox error console says that three functions are undefined, and a search of the page source doesn't find them anywhere. The second is that the code to bring in the Google Analytics is missing half of the opening <script> tag, so the browser just sees it as text. The fact that the closing </script> tag is in place without the opener could also possibly affect Javascript execution on the page.
 #877114  by MEC407
 
The buttons still aren't working, but the extraneous code at the bottom of every page is now gone, at least on my end.
 #879505  by Silverliner II
 
MEC407 wrote:The buttons still aren't working, but the extraneous code at the bottom of every page is now gone, at least on my end.
Yeah, same problem here. Buttons and smileys are still not working....
 #882410  by MEC407
 
Any idea of when these functions will be functional again? Jeff?
 #882426  by Otto Vondrak
 
MEC407 wrote:Any idea of when these functions will be functional again? Jeff?
You might want to PM or email Jeff Smith directly...
 #882433  by Jeff Smith
 
I've been gathering the issues and have given a heads up to the new owner so he can notify his tech guy. Hopefully the fix will be taken care of shortly; for now, there's always brackets..... ;-)
 #889551  by 3rdrail
 
All of the above don't work on my posts when I'm making them up now. Also, when I go to sweep a word or sentence to delete it, I'm only able to sweep one letter. This has been this way for a while. I noticed that everything reads "on" except "flash". Is this RR.Net wide or is it just me ? Is there a fix ?