New board format?

[Flanny]

I don't know what's going on but today for certain the posting stuff here has been out of whack. all the emoticons are covered on the left and I have to scroll WAY down to get to the scroll bar that allows me to scroll left and right to get between them and the post box.

Are there browser settings that may affect this? Thanks.

[azjoe]

I don't know what's going on but today for certain the posting stuff here has been out of whack. all the emoticons are covered on the left and I have to scroll WAY down to get to the scroll bar that allows me to scroll left and right to get between them and the post box.

Are there browser settings that may affect this? Thanks.

browser, version, settings & javascript might all have a play in it... below is a screenshot of your post on my PC (Windows XP & Firefox 2.0). BTW, it looks similar using IE6.

[Flanny]

when I'm posting. not when I'm reading

[Effigy]

I'm having the same problem. Everything is all squeezed up into about a third of the screen?

[Effigy]

Just downloaded Firefox2. Then I rebooted. Now Perfect!

[azjoe]

when I'm posting. not when I'm reading

Based on what I see on my system...

1. Alignment appears to work fine (with the exception of the caveat below) in both Foxfire and IE at a resolution of 1024x768.
2. Alignment at 800x600 screen resolution still displays ok so long as I keep the window size reasonable large.
3. As mentioned in other threads, Opera has problems with several things... effectively making it unusable at this time (sorry that's the case for you Opera supporters, but we all have several browsers exactly for this reason... so you'll just have to use one of them while Opera resolves their issues).

But that doesn't resolve you're problem FUD... so let's dig a little deeper...

Are you referring to viewing the forums loaded in the main site frame or in its own tab (or window if you don't have a tabbed browser)? And what browser under what OS?

Meanwhile...

• Ensure that you have a recent version of javascript installed & enabled, that support for AJAX isn't disabled somehow, etc.
• If viewing via the main site, right now there is an alignment problem created by the google ad implementation. The problem is ours (ie, not google's) and we'll fix that in the next day or two. Meanwhile, I suggest you load the forum directly into a tab (or window) via the [www.straightrazorplace.com/forums/] url.
• If you're viewing the forums directly in a Tab (Window) then there are no known problems I'm aware of... it must be a setting issue on your system given you're running either IE or Firefox.

[mparker762]

I'm running firefox 1.5.0.8 at 1280x1024, and when viewing PM's or posting in the forum the message area is larger than the space allocated for it, so the smilies and other stuff on the right are chopped off. There is a large empty space to the right of it that is maybe 1/5 of the screen wide, then you get to the shadow border, then another 1/5 of the screen beyond that.

Anytime I've had to compose a PM or posting I've had to open the frame in another tab to get enough real estate to see; PM's are particularly bad because the reply/forward buttons are off the viewing area if they're opened in the normal window.

I'll send you a PM with the URL to a screenshot so you can see what I'm talking about.

[FiReSTaRT]

From my point of view, the writers of vBulletin are getting too cute with their product and reducing its functionality not only to alternative browser users but also with FF/IE. Whatever happened to keeping it simple?

[azjoe]

I'm running firefox 1.5.0.8 at 1280x1024, and when viewing PM's or posting in the forum the message area is larger than the space allocated for it, so the smilies and other stuff on the right are chopped off. There is a large empty space to the right of it that is maybe 1/5 of the screen wide, then you get to the shadow border, then another 1/5 of the screen beyond that.

Anytime I've had to compose a PM or posting I've had to open the frame in another tab to get enough real estate to see; PM's are particularly bad because the reply/forward buttons are off the viewing area if they're opened in the normal window.

I'll send you a PM with the URL to a screenshot so you can see what I'm talking about.

I wasn't able to view the url you pm'ed... I must need a login or something.

I tried 1280 and things still worked ok for me. If you're viewing inside the frame of the main forum, make sure you've clicked the "<->" button at the top-right of the screen to choose the wide format (note: people viewing @ 800x600 should click "||"). Make sure you have a recent version of javascript and that it's enabled. If all else fails, try upgrading to Firefox 2

[FiReSTaRT]

I really hope Opera fixes the compatibility issues because I don't like using FF. I generally abandon a forum/site if it has issues with my browser. I won't do it with SRP but this is getting really annoying.