Problems with editing posts

[elrog]

I was having trouble with the enter button not working only when I was on the forums. I could get around this by pasting from Microsoft word, but I got tired of that. I changed to Firefox from IE and the enter button works again, but I'm having trouble with editing posts. I am having trouble with spoilers. I have to many of them and they don't go away when I delete them. It is not saving the changes I make. I have gone back to IE and am still having trouble editing posts.

 

[Christopher Mowla]

I am having trouble with spoilers. I have to many of them and they don't go away when I delete them.

I recall having trouble with this too, but the problem was I was using center alignment around those spoilers. So if you are using center alignment around those spoilers, using the default alignment should fix that problem.

EDIT:
For example,

[CENTER](Text center aligned)
<spoiler=Fail>This is a spoiler which has center alignment.
[/CENTER]
</spoiler>

yields (when you change < to [ and > to ] in the code):

(Text center aligned)

Spoiler: Fail

This is a spoiler which has center alignment.

EDIT2:
It looks like if you center align the closing spoiler tag, it doesn't make this error (I learned something today).

[CENTER](Text center aligned)
<spoiler=Win>This is a spoiler which has center alignment.

</spoiler>[/CENTER]

​

produces the expected result:

(Text center aligned)

Spoiler: Win

This is a spoiler which has center alignment.

, but I'm still going to avoid center alignments with nested spoilers, at least, to avoid any potential headaches.

 

[Stefan]

cmowla, you can also use the noparse tag to demonstrate tags:

[noparse]

(Text center aligned)

Spoiler: Win

This is a spoiler which has center alignment.

[/noparse]

 

[Dapianokid]

IE8 often has problems editing posts, and I hate to double post SO much that I end up just not sharing valuable information.

It rarely gets to the frame where I'm editing the post, and resubmitting is even more rarely successful.

 

[Christopher Mowla]

cmowla, you can also use the noparse tag to demonstrate tags:

[noparse]

(Text center aligned)

Spoiler: Win

This is a spoiler which has center alignment.

[/noparse]

Thanks Stefan.

@Dapianokid,
I used to not be able to edit very large posts in some threads, but since they switched the theme and said that it fixed some bugs, now I am able to. Perhaps switch from IE to another browser like FireFox?

However, even with FireFox, I still have a problem like this

It rarely gets to the frame where I'm editing the post

in the sense that when I click on a thread title link in the main page, it often brings me to a random post #, not the first or last post (even if I have never viewed the thread before).

 

[Dapianokid]

Thanks Stefan.

@Dapianokid,
I used to not be able to edit very large posts in some threads, but since they switched the theme and said that it fixed some bugs, now I am able to. Perhaps switch from IE to another browser like FireFox?

However, even with FireFox, I still have a problem like thisin the sense that when I click on a thread title link in the main page, it often brings me to a random post #, not the first or last post (even if I have never viewed the thread before).

I have the latter problem. Ican't switch browsers due to the arrangements my parents made on this computer.
I just have to deal.

 

[pjk]

In regards to the spoiler not deleting and the "enter" not working. Can you describe each in more details so I can replicate the issue?

I have the latter problem. Ican't switch browsers due to the arrangements my parents made on this computer.
I just have to deal.

It is fetching the latest post based off what you have viewed in the past. However, if you are not storing cookies or have removed them, it will not be able to store what you have and have not viewed. If you have an issue like this, clear your cookies and cache, and try again.