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Topic: BUG =>7.5 wysiwyg netscape 6

Posted By: Badaboem
Subject: BUG =>7.5 wysiwyg netscape 6
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 5:36am

Netscape 6 users can't use the reply topic wysiwyg editor. They simply can't type text in there while it was possible with version 7.1.

Anyway this can be fixed?

(it's not due to corrupted files or anything.. I tried it on my own site and a clean install as well).

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 5:51am

Netscape 6 is not RTE enabled, only version 7.1 of Netscape is using the Mozilla Gecko Midas API as Netscape 7.01 uses the Mozilla 1.4 engine.

In Netscape 6 or Netscape 7 and 7.01 you need to use the standard non WYSIWYG Editor.

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Posted By: Badaboem
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 6:56am

Thanks for explaining BoRg.

I'll try and see if netscape 6 can be auto detected so it switches to a non wysiwyg editor.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 7:21am

I have found the following page that may help detect netscape 6:-

http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/gecko-useragent-strings/ - http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/gecko-useragen t-strings/

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Posted By: Badaboem
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 10:35am

I would rather use browscap.ini to detect several versions as it's easier to add other incompatible browsers as well.

I can't find an updated version of it though. It's nowhere to be found on microsoft and browserhawk doesn't have one that detects netscape 7.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 11:23am

It's not so necisarry in thisas I am only detacting a few browsers, it's just that Netscape 6 can sneek through looking like a 1.3+ mozilla revision of Netscape, but changing line 180 of the file functions_common.asp should solve the problem:-

ElseIf inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Gecko", 1) AND inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Firebird", 1) = 0 AND inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Netscape6", 1) = 0 Then

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Posted By: Badaboem
Date Posted: 06 October 2003 at 1:15pm

Thanx boRg. That fixed the issue.

Posted By: Badaboem
Date Posted: 07 October 2003 at 6:42am

Safari has the same issue.Half of the 3000 + forum members i have are mac users.

I've disabled the rich text form them as well, or is it gecko enabled or something.

Posted By: Badaboem
Date Posted: 07 October 2003 at 9:19am

I've added the code below,but still safari users can't post.
No clue why. I must be missing something here.

'**********************************
'*****MAC OS 10 SAFARI 1.0*********
'**********************************

If inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Safari", 1) Then

RTEenabled = "false"

End If

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 07 October 2003 at 11:43am

Try this aagin in line 180 of the file functions_common.asp:-

ElseIf inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Gecko", 1) AND inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Firebird", 1) = 0 AND inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Netscape6", 1) = 0 AND inStr(1, strUserAgent, "Safari", 1) = 0 Then

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