Solve Can't Post Smilies Problem on Windows XP

[Adrian Baker]

Can't post smilies...

Sorry for double posting, but I put this up on the Software forum and got no reply:


I'm puzzled. Just a small problem, but an annoying one. On my desktop PC I can post messages, add smilies, attach documents, whatever to this website.

However, on my laptop, I can post messages and attach documents, but NOTHING else works - no tags, no smilies, no links, nothing!

On both computers I use Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4. In the little box at the bottom of the page it says 'smilies are on'.

I don't care TOO much about smilies, but why on Earth could this be? What setting do I have on my laptop, but not on my desktop? (Both on Windows XP)

Anyone??

 

[matthyaouw]

I have the same problem. If I click any of the formatting buttons on the reply page, they don't work. I assume its a problem with my computer rather than the forum, so I just type in the code for smileys & formatting myself.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Are your javascript settings different or have different security software installed that might restrict the message functions?

 

[JamesU]

Try refreshing the page (it worked for me)

 

[Adrian Baker]

Are your javascript settings different or have different security software installed that might restrict the message functions?

Not that I know of - No. Anything particular I should look for?


(I'm on my desktop now!)

 

[Adrian Baker]

Hmm, odd this.

I've just booted up Internet Explorer, and the smilies work if I visit PF using that.
see!

But with Mozilla Firefox I cant! However, my desktop uses the same version of Mozilla Firefox, and smilies and text formatting all work on that.

Any Firefox experts out there?

 

[Adrian Baker]

Ok, I've solved it!



I use Adblock with Mozilla (another great reason to say goodbye to IE) and when I cleared all the ads from this site, I removed the script that allows smileys too!

I've now 'un-erased' this and everything works fine even text formatting.

I thought I'd report back in case others have the same problem - Adblock is THE most popular plug-in with Mozilla.

 

[JamesU]

b-b-ut...IE is the b-b-estt...