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Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : For the web wiz forums version...

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:13:41 +0000

Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 13885
Posted: 21 February 2005 at 12:13pm

For the web wiz forums version of the RTE I've gone back to the oldmethod of opening a pre-existing iframe with the onLoad event toenable the RTE features in the iframe opening tag.

This should hopefully get rid of all these problems that people have had with the RTE in the forum.

I've also made the area that you type the post into bigger, let me know what you think???

Edited by -boRg- - 21 February 2005 at 12:26pm

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : What about creating an IFRAME...

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:10:48 +0000

Author: theSCIENTIST
Subject: 13885
Posted: 20 February 2005 at 3:10pm

What about creating an IFRAME body and set there the onLoad event?

Or, everytime you want to go RTE, post (form) something to be picked up by header.asp, then in header.asp, dynamically create the body tag accordingly, observe:


<%

If Request.Form("GoingRTE") = "YesPlease" Then

  '/* Write here the body with onLoad */

  Response.Write("")

Else

  '/* Write here the body for all non RTE pages */

  Response.Write("")

End If

%>

You just have to make sure you are posting (YesPlease) when you want to go RTE.

This is just theory, no tests were made and no animals were injured.

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : ummm first time the page loaded,...

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:47:32 +0000

Author: Scotty32
Subject: 13885
Posted: 20 February 2005 at 5:47am

ummm first time the page loaded, i couldnt type in the box and when itried i got a pop up box that said something like "object not loaded"

then 2nd time it did the "Find" thing again....

so am typing in NotePad and am gunna C&P this over..

anyway wouldnt a popup box be annoying?

and how would the user know its loaded?

you cant use them "Web Dialog" boxs as people might not be acctually typing, they maybe just viewing the posts

maybe you could have a "Quick Reply" on pages that use the non RTE and then have a special page for posts?

i think VBulletin does that

that way you COULD have a pop up box warning the user as it wouldnt get in the way of anything

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : Maybe just some sort of pop-up...

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:38:24 +0000

Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 13885
Posted: 20 February 2005 at 5:38am

Maybe just some sort of pop-up message to the user saying RTE loadingplease wait so that there is a delay before people try typing in themessage box would do the trick

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : good point forgot them. will...

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:26:00 +0000

Author: dj air
Subject: 13885
Posted: 19 February 2005 at 4:26pm

good point forgot them.

will keep on thinking.

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : It's a bit more complex than...

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:10:08 +0000

Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 13885
Posted: 19 February 2005 at 4:10pm

It's a bit more complex than that deciding if the RTE will appear inthe page and sometimes can only been done after all the other code isloaded, like the reply box on this page.

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : -boRg- what about using a veriable...

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:45:27 +0000

Author: dj air
Subject: 13885
Posted: 19 February 2005 at 2:45pm

-boRg- what about using a veriable .

have

if blnRTEActive = True then response.write ("onload='run RTE javascript'")

and on the pages that hold the RTE have the veriable set at the top ofthe page before the is written/header.asp. that way youcan add it to the pages. that require it?

i mean use something like



response.write ("if blnRTEActive = True then response.write (" onload='run RTE javascript'")

response.write(">")

Edited by dj air - 19 February 2005 at 2:47pm

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : not sure if this is to do with...

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:28:09 +0000

Author: Scotty32
Subject: 13885
Posted: 19 February 2005 at 9:28am

not sure if this is to do with what you was talking about or not but...

just now i was about to post a suggestion

and as i use FireFox, when i typed it put wot i typed in the text boxas normal, and also in the "Find" box, maybe i just clicked this box tofast to type, before it had loaded so firefox was confused and thoughti wanted to 'find' a word

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : I can still see there being problems...

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:20:34 +0000

Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 13885
Posted: 19 February 2005 at 7:20am

I can still see there being problems with people with slow connections,as for the RTE initialise function to run the external javascript fileneeds to be loaded first.

Really the initialise command needs to be an onLoad event in the body ofthe page, so that it is only fired when all elements and externalelements for the page have loaded.

The problem is due to the header.asp file in the forum to make customisationsimpler, that the body tag for all the pages is kept in this file.

It then makes it difficult to add the onLoad event required for the RTEinto the body tag of just those pages that have the RTE as they are allsharing this same header.asp include file with the body tag beingwithin this file.

It then also makes customisation more difficult as it means if someonecustomises the header.asp file so the forum fits in better with theirsite, if they forget to place the onLoad event into the body tag theRTE will fail to load correctly.

Does anyone know of anyway to get around this problem?

Bug in V3 B2 WWF Forum version : ok -boRg-.. i had to edit another...

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 06:05:51 +0000

Author: dj air
Subject: 13885
Posted: 19 February 2005 at 6:05am

ok -boRg-.. i had to edit another of my posts yesterday and it was ok.. it seems to be as you said.