Question about using Safari to access the website.

Hi Rich,

It is a javascript error, or more precisely, 316 java script errors.  The software this forum uses is (poorly) coded in an internet explorer standard.  This means that other web browsers will have major problems with it, as the software does not 'play well with others'.  Firefox has a few problems, though none are nearly as noticeable as what you're experiencing.

I use Opera, which has different masking and identification options which you can use to make your web browser look like IE to poorly coded websites.  However, even with this, up until the latest release of Opera I was experiencing exactly what you are.  What I ended up doing was making a cheat sheet of sorts for Opera.  I made a list of the smileys and basic BBcode tags and use them as a reference.  You can have all the functionality of the javascript editing bar, with none of the heartache.  

Update Safari as often as you can, and maybe they will make their code more resilient and better at parsing bad web page coding.  I really wouldn't hold your breath for the forum software to get fixed. Also, FYI, its not just FSM, but every forum built on this software framework.

HTH!

Cheers,
Alex

Ah, OK. That actually makes me feel better . I thought I was doing something wrong...

A question if I may - how did you develope your "cheat sheet"? Many thanks,

Rich

Hi Rich,

No, you're definitely not doing anything wrong. The FSM staff uses Macs as well; in order to see the Forum's editing tools, we use Firefox. 

Kelly, FSM 

Thanks Kelly. I will have to consider re-installing FireFox.

Rich

Hi Rich, 

For about a month and a half, I was unable to post any smileys, so I learned the codes for them...

A is ':)'

A is ';)'

A is '}:)'

A is ':D'

A is merely 'party'

A is merely 'bow'

A  is merely '#ditto'

A is merely '#welcome'

A is merely '2c'

A is merely ':-,'

A web link is made by putting 'link' before the link's address, pasting the address, then putting '/link' after the address

An image can be posted by putting 'img' before the image's address, pasting the address, then putting '/img' after the address 

All these are called tags, do not have the apostrophes, and are surrounded by open and closed brackets, e.g. [tag]

HTH!

If you need more help, let me know.

Cheers,
Alex

No problem, Kelly.

Unfortunately, the BBcode tags are not the same for all BBcode forums, so its nice to have the most common ones for FSM in a chart, as you can't just look them up online.

Cheers,
Alex

Thanks both of you. I now have Firefox and I can see! I can see!

He he, sorry about that. Just testing.  Anyway, I'm up and running with Firefox.

thanks again,

Rich

No problem, Rich, glad to help!  See you around.

Cheers,
Alex