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Need help! (Bad day!)

2004/2/5 18:45
Ace_Armstrong
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It's been a bad day for the old Aceman. Ackbar's already helped me out with something, and now I have a problem with something completely unrelated on the same site.

I made a very minor edit to the theme.html file (I mean, really minor; just changed some info on an image tag) and suddenly the site won't load. All I get is a white screen and when I look at the source, it's empty; no HTML apparently downloaded to the browser at all.

I can FTP in and confirm that index.php and the theme file and everything all exist and are complete. They just don't seem to be downloading. (In fact, when I try to go straight in to the admin.php, I get the "you don't have permission" message, and then forwarded on to a blank screen.

Has anyone seen this, or know how to solve this?

Thanks.

*goes to pound head into concrete*

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Re: Problems with CSS in Mozilla 1.6

2004/2/5 17:00
Ace_Armstrong
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Since: 2003/1/9 3

Ackbarr, you are, as always, my hero. (You and Catzwolf, that is!) Thanks!

Of course, now my FTP server is acting up so I can't upload, but I'll get to it eventually. Thanks again!

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Re: Problems with CSS in Mozilla 1.6

2004/2/5 15:53
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

Quote:

ackbarr wrote:
well - the next step in determining the problem would be to validate your css to see if there are any parse errors. IE is usually more forgiving of syntax errors in your stylesheet.

That's what I'm assuming is going on, but da**ed if I can figure out what it is, exactly.

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I took the liberty of validating your CSS using the W3C validator.

You rock!

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A couple things jump out:
1. I don't think single line comments are allowed in CSS try using /* and */ around your commented lines
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I fixed that and it had not effect. *sigh*

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2. It doesn't have any complaint with the styles in question

Hence the level of my consternation!

Quote:

If fixing the validation errors doesn't do the trick, double check the selector. Selectors are supposed to be case sensitive so make sure the class "LeftblockContent" is used properly.

Yeah, that was the first thing I looked at.

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And if all else fails, send me a copy of the theme html files (or a link to the site) and I'll try to help debug it with you.

You are a godsend!

The URL is www.twilightmd.com/InteractiveDemo

I don't have your email, or I'd send ya the theme files to check out yourself.

Thanks again. You're awesome!

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Re: Problems with CSS in Mozilla 1.6

2004/2/5 15:24
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

Quote:

ackbarr wrote:
my recommendation is to use the Mozilla DOM Inspector (Tools -> Web Development -> DOM Inspector) to see why your page is ignoring those styles. If unfamiliar with using the DOM Inspector try the links below:

Introduction to the DOM Inspector (brownhen.com)
Using Mozilla for Testing and Debugging Sites (gemal.dk)

The second link covers many of the web development tools available within the Mozilla suite.

Yeah, I did that, but all it did was tell me that Mo isn't recognizing my styles...which I already knew. What I am cracking my skull over is the "why" portion.

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Problems with CSS in Mozilla 1.6

2004/2/5 14:52
Ace_Armstrong
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Since: 2003/1/9 3

I'm having toruble getting a theme I designed to implement the CSS properly using Mozilla.

Specifically, I have a separate style set up for the left block. While the rest of the page is white with black text, I want the left block (which is on a coloured background) to have white text with links that shift to grey when you hover over them. This work great in IE, but Mozilla seems to be reading the default "a" and "a:hover" setting at the top of the file and not recognizing the ".LeftblockContent a" and ".LeftblockContent a:hover" styles I have set up.

Here's the entire CSS file:

Quote:

// table { width: 100%; margin: 5; padding: 5; font-size: small}
// table td { padding: 0; border-width: 0; vertical-align: top; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
div#content { padding: 5px; text-align: left;}
div#content td { padding: 3px;}

body { font-family: Arial, sanserif; font-size: 11px;}
body a { font-family: Arial, sanserif; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; color: #000080; font-style: normal}
body a:hover { text-decoration: overline underline; font-family: Arial, sanserif; font-size: 11px; color: #0000C0; font-style: normal}
// td { font-family: Arial, sanserif; color: #000000; font-size: 12px;border-top-width : 1px; border-right-width : 1px; border-bottom-width : 1px; border-left-width : 1px;}
input {color : #000000; font-family : Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size : 11px; font-weight : normal;border-color : #000000; border-top-width : 1px; border-right-width : 1px; border-bottom-width : 1px; border-left-width : 1px;text-indent : 2px; }
textarea {font-family: Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight : bold; border-color : #000000; border-top-width : 1px; border-right-width : 1px; border-bottom-width : 1px; border-left-width : 1px; text-indent : 2px;}
select {font-family: Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;font-weight : bold;background-color:#ececec; }
img { border: 0;}
ul { margin: 2px; padding: 2px; list-style: decimal inside; text-align: left;}
li { margin-left: 2px; list-style: disc inside;}

.odd { background-color: #ececec;}
.outer { background-color: #CCCCCC;}
.even { background-color: #E4E5EB;}
th { background-color: #e0e0e0; text-align: left; padding: 3px;}
.head { background-color: #ececec; padding: 3px;}
.foot { background-color: #c0c0c0; padding: 3px;}

.comTitle {font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 2px;}
.comText {padding: 2px;}
.comUserStat {font-size: 10px; color: #333333; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: #000000; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;}
.comUserStatCaption {font-weight: normal;}
.comUserStatus {margin-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; color: #333333; font-weight:bold; font-size: 10px;}
.comUserRank {margin: 2px;}
.comUserRankText {font-size: 10px;font-weight:bold;}
.comUserRankImg {border: 0;}
.comUserName {}
.comUserImg {margin: 2px;}
.comDate {font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-size: smaller}
.comDateCaption {font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;}

.item {border: 1px solid #c0c0c0;}
.itemHead {background-color: #)000C0); background-repeat: repeat-x;; color: #000000; padding: 2px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;}
.itemInfo {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #efefef}
.itemTitle a {font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; font-variant: small-caps; color: #0000ff; background-color: transparent;}
.itemPoster {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemPostDate {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemStats {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemBody {padding-left: 5px; text-align: left}
.itemText {margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000;}
.itemText:first-letter {font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: #000000;}
.itemFoot {text-align: right; padding: 3px;)
.itemAdminLink {font-size: 90%;}
.itemPermaLink {font-size: 90%;}

.blockTitle {font-family: Impact; Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #0000C0); background-repeat: repeat-x; color: #000080; padding: 2px; font-weight: normal}
.blockContent {background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 2px; font-color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;}
.LeftblockTitle {font-family: Impact; Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #0041CD; font-variant: small-caps; padding: 2px; font-weight: normal; color: #CDFFFF; font-size: 14px;}
.LeftblockContent {color: #000000; font-size: 11px; padding: 2px; font-weight: bold;}
.LeftblockContent a {font-family: Arial, sanserif, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;}
.LeftblockContent a:hover {font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #C4BCC9; background-color: transparent;}

.SpotlightContent { font-family: Arial, sanserif; font-size: 11px;}

.logorow {background-color: transparents);}
// .footertile {background-image: url(images/footertile.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x;}

Note that this is basically the IE styleset, so I'm sure the problem is that I'm screwing up a Mozilla-specific syntax somewhere. Any ideas?

(Thanks in advance!)

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Re: name in "username" box?

2004/1/27 0:40
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying.

What I run into is that when I try to edit a user or create a new user for someone who is having trouble with email validation, it puts my name into their username field. I thought that was what you were saying.

What you are saying though is that several people on a variety of computers in a variety of locations are seeing the same name in login space?

Let me ask you this: did you edit the template at all?

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Re: name in "username" box?

2004/1/26 17:59
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

Quote:

acekid wrote:
just recently, a name always appears in the "username" field in the login block. many of my users have reported this. it's the same name for everyone too. any ideas on why this is happening?

The best explanation I've got it that it's because the field name is the same as it is when you first log in, so if you tell your browser to remember the information for future use, it automatically fills it in. I think this should be an easy thing to change in the next update, and I hope someone takes the time to do it. (I know nothing about PHP, so I would NOT be the person to take this on.)

138

Re: Experiencing a login issue...any ideas?

2004/1/23 21:26
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

Quote:

NitroFoO wrote:
I can't say that I'm sure about the IP fully; however if it was a conflict due to the IP ban then she wouldn't be able to access your site in the first place.

I think you may have a firewall issue which many people have had conflicting with registeration/logging in. Click here to learn more.

That was exactly it. She just told me she's running NIS.

The tutorial on how to fix this would be great if the link weren't dead. *sigh* Can anyone get me the step-by-step? I don't have NIS so I can't tell her how to fix it.

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Experiencing a login issue...any ideas?

2004/1/23 18:25
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

I had a user who wants to create an account on our site, but she can't seem to make it work. Here's what she said in her initial message:

Quote:

I went through the registration steps and got rejected. I tried it twice. Each time, it let me submit my information, prompted me to hit the "finish" button and then said that it could not register user.

I asked her if she checked the "I agree" button on the terms of use section, and she said she had. She is running WindowsXP and IE 6, so it's not a browser issue. I created a new account without any problems.

Any ideas on what's causing this? She can't be the only one experiencing this problem.

I only have one thought: I had a problem user whose IP I banned. Is it possible that she's on a public computer at the same place (he was at a school) and this is the result of the IP ban?

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Re: New agenda-x module

2004/1/22 16:13
Ace_Armstrong
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Posts: 226
Since: 2003/1/9 3

I'm anxiously (yet patiently!) awaiting the release of the next version, as well. I have a suggestion for wjue for the 3.0 release: make it possible to import (and maybe export) iCal formatted calendar files. That would be a huge boost, because then ye olde webmaster could just download a whole category of calendar events from someplace like iCalShare.com and add literally hundreds of events in one click. I'm probably wrong, but it seems that it wouldn't take a huge effort to do this.

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