UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 Mod Questions Graemlins/UBB code buttons not working

I've installed version 6.05 and found out that when clicking any of the instant graemlins or the ubb code buttons, nothing happens except IE notifying me of an 'object expected' error. I removed my header but it doesn't seem to work as well. After installing UBB code buttons 7.6, at least the buttons work but the smilies still don't. We've been trying to fix this issue all day.

You might wanna take a look right here .

Thanks in advance...

P.s. The forum is meant for an Israeli gaming site, so it's half translated to Hebrew and mostly aligned to the right. It's also not very customized yet.

[ July 06, 2001 06:11 PM: Message edited by: UV ]

Moving to UBB6 Mod Questions Forum...

UV - Do you have a test account so we can maybe look at the thread posting and such?

Sure.
Just use:

user: guest
pass: 12345

Thanks!

It looks as though you made a javascript error because I get an error on page with the javascript and smilies. Look into that. Try uploading .js files in ASCII. And get back to me.

I'm using only 1 *.js file - the ubb codecuttons 6.7 one. The problem existed before I even installed it.

[ July 07, 2001 11:47 AM: Message edited by: UV ]

Hmm. I really wouldn't know then. You must have done something. Let me think and get back to ya.

/Me waits patiently

well its a javascript error. Has it always not worked correctly? Check the javascript inside public_common.pl you SHOULD have this:

";
revisedMessage = currentMessage+codeUBBCode;
document.REPLIER.message.value=revisedMessage;
document.REPLIER.message.focus();
return;
}

if (action == "liststart") {
var liststartUBBCode = "

• ";
  revisedMessage = currentMessage+liststartUBBCode;
  document.REPLIER.message.value=revisedMessage;
  document.REPLIER.message.focus();
  return;
  }
  if (action == "listend") {
  var listendUBBCode = "

";
revisedMessage = currentMessage+listendUBBCode;
document.REPLIER.message.value=revisedMessage;
document.REPLIER.message.focus();
return;
}
if (action == "listitem") {
var thisItem = prompt("$vars_wordlets{enter_list_item}", "");
var itemUBBCode = "
[*]"+thisItem;
revisedMessage = currentMessage+itemUBBCode;
document.REPLIER.message.value=revisedMessage;
document.REPLIER.message.focus();
return;
}

}
//-->

[/code]

This isnt hard to find in public common since its right near the top.

since that didnt come out right... click the below link to get that javascript for it.

http://www.zeldaglitches.com/javascript.txt

ugh... that didnt come out right either... just do a view source on that page.

Shalom UV! Ma nishma?
(Sliha, ani lo medaber ivrit -Sorry I do not speak Hebrew.)
I have just had very similar trouble with my forum. The cause of it is simple - Wordlets!
For example, my trouble (not working graemlins was caused by using double quotation marks (like this ") within a description of URL wordlet.
When page is generated and Javascript takes the wordlet, it puts it in quotation marks. If your wordlet has one or two already, script stops reading after it, as it expects for closing brackets - ( .
Having checked your source code, I found that row 80 (var thisEmail) has prompt of Hebrew words (I cannot say which words as I don't have hebrew support on my computer).
One of the hebrew letters, while reading in plain English represents itself as quotation mark ("). Perhaps, that is yud, but I cannot say. It makes your Javascript stop working.
The possible solution is. Go to yout Post a Reply window, say yes, when explorer asks if you wish to debug, and after page will have been loaded, View->Source. When source will be opened in Notepad, find a row, which call var ThisEmail=prompt... and check, what is written inside brackets. After that go to UBB Control panel, find a relevant wordlet with these words and put there some English (just to check). Save wordlets, clear cache and retry Post a reply. It should work, unless there is no other similar mistake.
Pls let us know about the results.

As the last comment, it is better to keep UBB working on some multi-lingual server (like localized versions of Apache).
Best regards,
Evgen.

It worked! Thank you so much
I love this place

Bevakasha!