gca release changes - possible hiccups on the site

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 20 January 08 8:29 am

CraigRat wrote:I'll look at that tomorrow, it's troubling as I have not hacked the gallery code for over 6 months...
I'll fix it tomorrow, I've consumed a bit too much wine to safely hack code tonight

You really are a Tomorrow Person

Welcome

SUBYDAZZ · Post by **SUBYDAZZ** » 20 January 08 6:47 pm

All seems OK with galleries now. Thanks.

Post by **CraigRat** » 20 January 08 7:17 pm

There were a few issues we sorted out this morning (sorry, forgot to upate the status here)

Enjoy!

jabes7 · Post by **jabes7** » 20 January 08 8:21 pm

Bit hungover maybe?

I'm having a little problem that I wonder if is due to the changes. When I'm looking at a cache page on GC, then click the link to google maps to see where it is, I get this message

EO.Web Controls Client Side Debug Message:
An error occurred while applying the new output.
Error Message 'cc.length' is null or not an object.
You can turn off this message by setting EO.Web.Runtime.Debug Level to 0 (not recommended for debug build)

Can you help please?

Thanks for all the hard work

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 20 January 08 9:21 pm

jabes7 wrote:Bit hungover maybe?

When I'm looking at a cache page on GC, then click the link to google maps to see where it is, I get this message
[snip]

Thanks for all the hard work

We haven't got any control over happenings at GC. Google maps work ok for me from our cache pages.

Post by **CraigRat** » 20 January 08 9:35 pm

jabes7 wrote:Bit hungover maybe?

I woke up feeling quite well... surprisingly

jabes7 wrote:I'm having a little problem that I wonder if is due to the changes. When I'm looking at a cache page on GC...

Those maps have nothing to do with our site (if I go to GC and look at their maps I get the same error)

Are you aware that we have no affiliation with the geocaching.com site?

I suggest you log that issue with their support line http://support.groundspeak.com/Support/?group=gsp

Thanks for your feedback!

jabes7 · Post by **jabes7** » 21 January 08 12:45 am

Those maps have nothing to do with our site (if I go to GC and look at their maps I get the same error)

Are you aware that we have no affiliation with the geocaching.com site?

Yes I am aware that the 2 sites are different, but I'm sort of a bit vague about where the line is between the two. I always go first to GCA because I like the way my page is set out there, and I like that I can search on the site. But then I go from the cache page that comes up to the GC page, and I admit to being a bit confused about who looks after what as I often go from one to the other.

So thanks for the feedback and I'll do as you suggest.

jabes7 · Post by **jabes7** » 21 January 08 12:52 am

Just went to the US forums. Apparently they've fixed it but it hasn't filtered down to us yet. Thanks Guys.

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index. ... pic=182703

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 21 January 08 10:13 am

According to -Raine, the Senior Web Developer. it will be a few days before the fix is rolled out.

Swampy · Post by **Swampy** » 24 January 08 10:24 pm

Tried to post a new thread in the Tassie forum but got this:

Error in posting

DEBUG MODE

INSERT INTO phpbb_posts_text (post_id, post_subject, bbcode_uid, post_text) VALUES (104440, 'Slaying the Dragon!', '9cd84e47dd', 'THE TEXT I WAS TRYING TO POST')

Line : 280
File : /var/www/au_com_geocaching_forum/docroot/includes/functions_post.php

Edited to include "new thread"

Post by **caughtatwork** » 25 January 08 8:50 am

Remove any and all special characters.
Typically double dashes and apostrophes cause this problem.

Post by **CraigRat** » 25 January 08 8:51 am

Swampy, were you cuttingh and pasting from something like Word?

It's a common thing for Word to insert nasty characters that will cause that problem.

Swampy · Post by **Swampy** » 25 January 08 8:54 am

Thanks C@W.

I just found that out by pasting in one line at a time until it crashed. The inverted commas quotes was throwing it.

Is this a new problem, cuz I am (resisting the temptation of using an apostrophe) sure that I have (again) used them before without any problems?

Swampy · Post by **Swampy** » 25 January 08 9:02 am

CraigRat wrote:Swampy, were you cutting and pasting from something like Word?

It's a common thing for Word to insert nasty characters that will cause that problem.

Originally was just entering text in for a new post. Was not using Word at all, no cutting or pasting on the original post. I have seen the previous posts about using Word then cut paste into a post.

I did cut and paste out of notepad and only when I removed the quotes would it work properly. The quotes were either side of the word Rigger and that was the cause. I even tried changing them to apostrophes but it b)rked at that too.

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 25 January 08 10:41 am

Its an old problem Swampy. Its in the bbs (forum) code, not the cache listing code. Normal apostrophes (by that I mean ones that are not copied/pasted from a Microsoft product) are ok. (" and ').

If you have a careful look at the apostrophes generated by Word you will see the look slightly different to those here. I discarded notepad long ago in favour of a real editor so I can't check that one, although I believe it uses a similar quote symbol.

If you are concerned with spell checking, Firefox will spell check as you type.