Complaint Was I the only one not being able to reach the site?

[doglover9754]

Emails are working again, I can see. If you are not getting notifications unwatch and then rewatch the thread.

It works now. Thanks!

 

[doglover9754]

When Editing a post, the "Remove Formatting" button has no effect; the "Use BB Code Editor" button shows the post as entered, i.e. with the BB Codes shown rather than executed.

Or am I wrongly remembering 'The Way It Used To Be'?

I wasn’t here before so I have no clue... I can’t even find the button
T-T

 

[Tom.G]

I wasn’t here before so I have no clue... I can’t even find the button

The button(s) in question appear in the upper right when you Edit one of your recent posts. I _thought_ the "Remove Formatting" button used to operate as the "Use BB Code Editor" button now operates. I haven't used the "Use BB Code Editor" when Editing, so I don't know its past function.

With 'before', I was referring to before the sight went offline a week ago.

Perhaps one of the site Guru's has an answer.

 

[fresh_42]

The button(s) in question appear in the upper right when you Edit one of your recent posts. I _thought_ the "Remove Formatting" button used to operate as the "Use BB Code Editor" button now operates. I haven't used the "Use BB Code Editor" when Editing, so I don't know its past function.

With 'before', I was referring to before the sight went offline a week ago.

Perhaps one of the site Guru's has an answer.

I think the BB button does what is expected and the Remove Formatting (RF) button never did anything. Ctrl+Z (or is it Ctrl+Y on an English keyboard?) does any reversals, so I can't really think of a function for this RF button.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

When Editing a post, the "Remove Formatting" button has no effect

Make sure text is highlighted

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Remove Formatting (RF) button never did anything

Make some text bold. Highlight it and then click the remove formatting button.

 

[fresh_42]

Make some text bold. Highlight it and then click the remove formatting button.

Thanks for the tip. I always did the same by hitting the corresponding format button again.

 

[doglover9754]

The button(s) in question appear in the upper right when you Edit one of your recent posts. I _thought_ the "Remove Formatting" button used to operate as the "Use BB Code Editor" button now operates. I haven't used the "Use BB Code Editor" when Editing, so I don't know its past function.

With 'before', I was referring to before the sight went offline a week ago.

Oh! Well thanks for the information! I learned something new today :P

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Thanks for the tip. I always did the same by hitting the corresponding format button again.

The remove formatting button is nice for bulk content with many different formats. You can remove it all in one go.

 

[doglover9754]

The remove formatting button is nice for bulk content with many different formats. You can remove it all in one go.

I should try that when I ask my confusing and long analytical questions

 

[Tom.G]

Make some text bold. Highlight it and then click the remove formatting button.

Ouch! Just tried that in this reply. Remove Formatting only changes the highlight color while depressed. Use BB Code gets rid of the banner at the top of the box that this is reply is created in, changes the box outline to Red, changes the text to Blue. This is decidedly different than what happens when Editing a post.
(3 alerts have popped up while typing this!)

Edit: Trying BB Codes while Editing This s/b Bold.

Referring to the following post by @Greg Bernhardt
Edit2: No, Use BB Codes does _not_ show codes and cancel WYSIWYG. It changes the displayed text to Blue, etc. and persists if no changes are made to the post.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Use BB Code gets rid of the banner at the top of the box that this is reply is created in, changes the box outline to Red, changes the text to Blue.

"use bbcode" will show the tags instead of WYSIWYG

 

[OCR]

I wasn’t here before...

B^D...!

... . ☺

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[doglover9754]

B^D...!



.

Is that bad? T-T

 

[Tom.G]

@Greg Bernhardt See my edits to post #61. One of the buttons removed the bold codes in the first edit. I used to be able to, when editing, show the BB Codes, i.e. suppress the WYSIWYG. This allowed moving a BB Code or adding text after the Code field. Currently (as of yesterday) it is impossible to append clear text following the last closing BB Code.

Try Editing a post that has bold text, only select the Use BB Code button, and save it. Then Edit again.

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Edit2: No, Use BB Codes does _not_ show codes and cancel WYSIWYG. It changes the displayed text to Blue, etc. and persists if no changes are made to the post.

hmmm this should not be so. It does change the text blue but should show the BB code. What browser/version are you using? Anyone have this issue?

Try clearing your cache. I did a small update yesterday, but should not have affected this.

 

[fresh_42]

test text

No, the blue color seems to be only in the BB editor.

 

[OCR]

Is that bad? T-T

Lol, nope...

B^D → wide-eyed surprise.

 

[Tom.G]

hmmm this should not be so. It does change the text blue but should show the BB code. What browser/version are you using? Anyone have this issue?

Firefox 43.0.1

I will Quote my Post#65 below then Edit #65 using only Use BB Code button with no other changes to see what happens.

@Greg Bernhardt See my edits to post #61. One of the buttons removed the bold codes in the first edit. I used to be able to, when editing, show the BB Codes, i.e. suppress the WYSIWYG. This allowed moving a BB Code or adding text after the Code field. Currently (as of yesterday) it is impossible to append clear text following the last closing BB Code.

Try Editing a post that has bold text, only select the Use BB Code button, and save it. Then Edit again.

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

 

[OCR]

Firefox 43.0.1

Why not... ?

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[Tom.G]

Now the Blue does _not_ persist across Edits. That was one of the anomalies earlier, and the Use BB Codes button now does actually show the Codes.
It's always possible it's the nut behind the wheel. I _may_ have remembered the earlier button functions incorrectly.

While we're on the subject, how about the Bold extending to appended text. And, is it appropriate to keep the shortcuts in the Blue banner at the top of the Edit box after invoking Use BB Codes? It would be convenient.

 

[OCR]

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Remove the bold tags...

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

The remove formatting button is nice for bulk content with many different formats. You can remove it all in one go.

Similar issue: is there a general 'Undo' button? or at least for typing? Wouldn't that be nice? (e.g. for unexpected errors that get saved fast ...)

 

[Tom.G]

Why not... ?

Because it is incompatible with a whole bunch of stuff that I regularly use. In fact, due to the error messages I was getting from the recent PF outage, I just upgraded from FF ver.18. That took a day and a half getting most of the capability back. There are still some functions unavailable though.

• Around ver.48, they are no longer compatible with my OS
• Starting with ver.52, the interface to plug-ins and add-ons has changed so none of the older ones work at all.
• Additionally, starting with ver.53(?) Firefox will allow only "Signed" (pre-approved by Mozilla) stuff.

 

[OCR]

It's always possible it's the nut behind the wheel.

PEBKAC ?

Lol...

 

[Tom.G]

PEBKAC ?

Lol...

After many decades, my immune system still hasn't figured that one out!

 

[OCR]

Because it is incompatible with a whole bunch of stuff that I regularly use.

Aah, now I understand. .

 

[Tom.G]

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Remove the bold tags...

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Yes, that is what happens. The first word in the line (bold) was originally a standalone with the "[b]...[/b]" attributes surrounding it. Upon Editing, the parenthetical phrase ended up being inserted before the closing [/b] attribute. To avoid this you must use the Use BB Code button to be able to append the plain text (when it operates correctly.)

 

[mfb]

Similar issue: is there a general 'Undo' button? or at least for typing? Wouldn't that be nice? (e.g. for unexpected errors that get saved fast ...)

Your browser has one: Ctrl+Z
Not sure how that works together with WYSIWYG editors. I never use them because they always have some bugs like these reported here and typing codes is usually faster than clicking around.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Your browser has one: Ctrl+Z
Not sure how that works together with WYSIWYG editors. I never use them because they always have some bugs like these reported here and typing codes is usually faster than clicking around.

Thanks @mfb

 

[dlgoff]

Because it is incompatible with a whole bunch of stuff that I regularly use. ... I just upgraded from FF ver.18.

I hear ya. No more upgrades for me above this version:

 

[OCR]

No more upgrades for me above this version:

Lol, today... .

What's new

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Server will be down again for 20min tonight at 11PM CST. Thanks!

 

[Vanadium 50]

Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)

I would assume a proper 20 minutes ...

 

[fresh_42]

Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)

As I understand it are computers involved, so ...

 

[StevieTNZ]

Lol, today... .

Even better:

 

[OCR]

Lol...

Even better:

Lol, today yesterday... .

What's new... .

 

[OCR]

Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)

I would assume a proper 20 minutes ...

As I understand it are computers involved, so ...

2.226113798937 x 10⁴⁶ Planks^* Planck times... .

Lol, just funning you, Val28 ... .

Set^*Planks constant to zero and same for QM.

.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

A)

Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)

I would assume a proper 20 minutes ...

As I understand it are computers involved, so ...

2.226113798937 x 10⁴⁶ Planks^* Planck times... .

Lol, just funning you, Val28 ... .
.

... Assign physicists to talk about common sense ... (Lol)

B) Is the forum slower at times* (than used to be) or just my idea?
(E.g. @Greg Bernhardt ...)
Edit: *[e.g. today for the last couple of hours since this edit ... (Greg ... are you behind this? )]

 

[Stavros Kiri]

B) Is the forum slower at times* (than used to be) or just my idea?
(E.g. @Greg Bernhardt ...)
Edit: *[e.g. today for the last couple of hours since this edit ... (Greg ... are you behind this? )]

Back superfast again now! ...
(Was I right though?)

 

[rootone]

Suddenly got kicked off today, but logging back in was no problem

 

[symbolipoint]

Stable for a week or more - or maybe just for me

 

[OCR]

Even better:

Ha... !

Way, way, past that now... . > c !

(Tomorrow) really is (yesterday), (Now)... Q is kinda interesting, also !

Lol...

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[Tom.G]

Looks like some people are stuck trying to "Keep up with the Joneses."

 

[rootone]

Still is Quantum where I am. but who knows what tomorrow will bring.

 

[OCR]

Looks like some people are stuck trying to "Keep up with the Joneses."

Still is Quantum where I am.

Looks like another failed attempt at humor, using Paint... . Carry on...

 

[OCR]

Looks like another failed attempt...

Yup, that was the issue... .

Now, carry on...

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