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Forum faults continued ... mods please assist ..

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The saga continues.

After several months threads are still dying:

 The Weather 

See this thread from 2 months ago:

 Test post - please ignore (I'm testing to see what is breaking some threads here) 

Some feedback on this frustrating situation would be very welcome.

  

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  • Hi all
    I have an update on this issue. The platform provider has confirmed that the issue is caused by a BBCode bug. This allows you to do simple formatting or add links without affecting the underlying page code. It normally has a built‑in failsafe to stop anything from breaking the page, but the bug prevents that failsafe from working, which is why some posts are currently hiding responses.

    They are working on a fix that will be included in their next service release pack, but there is no ETA yet.

    We can delete the posts containing the BBCode causing the problem, but this would permanently remove all related data. The alternative is to wait for the fix so nothing is lost, though we do not know when it will be released.

    Thanks for your patience while we work with the provider.
    Sharon Mod

  • in reply to Sharon Mod

    "BBCode" - Bulletin Board Code;

    (used for formatting the layout of posts on portals such as our forum ...more secure than allowing people to use HTML to execute JavaScript object-oriented computer programming language to achieve interactive effects, such as animation, in their posts ...which may break the forum layout):

    "BBCode is short for Bulletin Board Code.

    It is used as a way for formatting posts made on message boards, blogs and more.

    It is similar to HTML in the sense that in BBCode one does also use tags to format something specific (contained within the tag).

    In BBCode tags are indicated by rectangular brackets surrounding a keyword, which is in turn transformed into HTML before being delivered to a web browser.

    Since its creation, BBCode has been used in many different portals.

    Any developer can implement it for free and anyone can use it.

    Before BBCode forums sometimes allowed users to include HTML code in their posts, which had many security issues (i.e. the user could execute javascript code, break the layout of the site and so on).

    With BBCode being parsed by the forum scripts it is easier to control what the user can do and cannot do (allowing or not allowing specific BBCode tags)."

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  • in reply to Sharon Mod

    "BBCode" - Bulletin Board Code;

    (used for formatting the layout of posts on portals such as our forum ...more secure than allowing people to use HTML to execute JavaScript object-oriented computer programming language to achieve interactive effects, such as animation, in their posts ...which may break the forum layout):

    "BBCode is short for Bulletin Board Code.

    It is used as a way for formatting posts made on message boards, blogs and more.

    It is similar to HTML in the sense that in BBCode one does also use tags to format something specific (contained within the tag).

    In BBCode tags are indicated by rectangular brackets surrounding a keyword, which is in turn transformed into HTML before being delivered to a web browser.

    Since its creation, BBCode has been used in many different portals.

    Any developer can implement it for free and anyone can use it.

    Before BBCode forums sometimes allowed users to include HTML code in their posts, which had many security issues (i.e. the user could execute javascript code, break the layout of the site and so on).

    With BBCode being parsed by the forum scripts it is easier to control what the user can do and cannot do (allowing or not allowing specific BBCode tags)."

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