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Elfen_Furry Moderator
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:35 pm Post subject: Two Things. |
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1) Since PF has came back, on about a majority of my posts, I have been noticing an extraenous character popping up at the end. If I try to edit out the character and repost- the character returns.
I'm using Mac OS 9/Netscape 4 or 5 or 6, depending on th e time of day.
2) I'm noticing that when I go visit the hosted websites (including mine), the url sometimes pops up as:
planetfurry.com/user/[name of hosted site]
though my old bookmark links which have ../~[name of hosted site] still works.dds
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Tygon Site Owner
Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 2497 Location: Isernhagen, Lowersaxony, Germany
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm... interesting. I didn't quite notice it but it's true, the individual sites have planetfurry.com/user/[name of hosted site] as URL, but the old version still works.
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Nite Administrator
Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 1085 Location: Purgatory
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:14 am Post subject: |
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Make it three things, I'd rather not create another thread for a tiny bug.
I just noticed Mike's forum is labeled "raccoon?s bookshelf" - looking at the raw HTML, the question mark is replaced by a "ยด", so I don't know if this is simply a local browser quirk or not.
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 573
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Could you attach a screenshot containing the extraneous character you are talking about, Elfen? Has anyone else noticed this problem?
Concerning the strange character replacing ' and " characters, I am aware of this and am working on a fix. The problem is with the character encoding. If you view the page/source in Unicode (UTF-8), the "question mark" characters show up. If you view it in Western (ISO-8895-1), the characters show up as normal.
As far as the different user site URL's, I wasn't aware of the change in the new version, but I will go through my sources to make sure it isn't another issue. More than likely, the /user/username is now the master URL, and the /~username is just an alias/redirect. Personally, I think both ways are good. Both are a used standard, though the ~username is one I've seen more often.
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 573
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Mike Regan wrote: | My browser doesn't show a "?" but something else. (see screen shot) |
That's the "?" character I'm talking about. Basically, it's an invalid character code for the specific encoding, so it will display the error character.
Quote: | Also if you have time Whip could you edit my entry just a bit?
Now it is raccoon's bookshelf.
I would like it to be Raccoon's Bookshelf.
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Done.
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Elfen_Furry Moderator
Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Whip, thanks for the attention to this.
Here is a screen shot (of this very thread) with those extraneous characters popping up on my postings. Its hi-lited in Reddish Pink.
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like it's a random set of characters that hit your posts. I'm wondering if it may be an issue with Safari... Have you tried any other browser? (Firefox, IE, etc.)
Is it possible for you to send me a tcpdump of what is happening when you post a message through Safari? Programs like Ethereal (specific ports for Mac OS X available here and here) will let you capture network packets, which I could then determine if the extra characters are coming from your browser or from some other source. I'm willing to bet it's coming from Safari, though.
If you need help running Ethereal, let me know and I'll walk you through setting up a simple capture.
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Elfen_Furry Moderator
Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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That only happens on my home Mac, which is OS9 and Netscape.
I dont use IE (for obvious reasons).
Work machines which are OSX/Safari dont have this problem.n
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Nameless Site Owner
Joined: 06 Sep 2002 Posts: 1368 Location: Vienna, Austria
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:52 am Post subject: |
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I did see a few "?" characters at the end of a post.
I use Opera on Win98SE.
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Elfen_Furry wrote: | That only happens on my home Mac, which is OS9 and Netscape. |
Which version of Netscape? Have you tried any other browsers on this machine? Did this start before or after the recent server downtime, or was the browser upgraded inbetween the time the server was down?
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Anonymous wrote: | Just looked at Elfen's posts with IE 6.0 and it shows the same random characters as NS 7.1 does. | That's because the characters are being posted into the message and are in the database. Once posted, they will continue to display for anyone. The problem is, what is putting in the extra characters, and why?
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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Fixed. The default file (index.html) was not overwritten when I restored the files. index.htm was there, but index.html takes priority over index.htm for the webserver's default web page.
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Elfen_Furry Moderator
Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: Two Things. |
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Elfen_Furry wrote: | 1) Since PF has came back, on about a majority of my posts, I have been noticing an extraenous character popping up at the end. If I try to edit out the character and repost- the character returns.
I'm using Mac OS 9/Netscape 4 or 5 or 6, depending on th e time of day.
2) I'm noticing that when I go visit the hosted websites (including mine), the url sometimes pops up as:
planetfurry.com/user/[name of hosted site]
though my old bookmark links which have ../~[name of hosted site] still works.dds |
ITS BACK!!!
#2 Is not such a problem, but #1 pops up its head every once in a while since PF came back up.e
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Ugh. Not this again.
I should have it fixed shortly.
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Whip-lash Kneel before me... for I am Root!
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, the default charset has been switched back to ISO-8859-1 (was UTF-8). I've tested a few pages that had "bad" characters, and they appear to look okay now.
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