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Editing posts causes the quote tags to break

CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
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Like the title says I've noticed in the last couple of days that going back and editing a typo or whatever in a post breaks the quote tags in the post and I get one big block of text instead of quote trees.

I'm only noticing this on my work PC so far, it uses IE9 V:9.08112.16421

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Right, even though I did check beforehand to see if this had already been posted I missed the post right below this one somehow.

    I'll ask that this thread stays open anyway though because I am having other problems too, the formatting on the right hand side of the page has gone crazy for me and hovering the cursor over thread links in the subforums cases the entire box containing the link to vanish.

    I'll post pictures of this later tonight when I get home.

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Here's the screenshots

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Casual wrote: »
    Like the title says I've noticed in the last couple of days that going back and editing a typo or whatever in a post breaks the quote tags in the post and I get one big block of text instead of quote trees.

    I'm only noticing this on my work PC so far, it uses IE9 V:9.08112.16421

    I was wondering what was causing so many broken quote tags.

    Edit:test

    EDIT 2: doesn't seem to be breaking it for me on firefox 19.02

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    It's also fine on chrome Version 25.0.1364.172 m (most up to date one)

    this is only a problem for me on my work PC

  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    Have you already tried clearing your cache and force reloading the page?

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    The UI problems seem to be fixed this morning! Thanks Icey or whoever fixed them!

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Casual wrote: »
    The UI problems seem to be fixed this morning! Thanks Icey or whoever fixed them!

    testing quotes

    e: test

    e2: it worked! Thanks guys.

    Casual on
  • Mikey CTSMikey CTS Registered User regular
    It's not just quote tags but any tags get broken when you edit a post.

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/26169445/#Comment_26169445

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/26169148/#Comment_26169148

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Just posting to say the problem has come back for me

    i'm seeing more people get it now too

  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    another case, if it helps at all: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/26182097/#Comment_26182097

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  • BowenBowen Sup? Registered User regular
    I've been noticing it more and more lately too.

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    That post was made from IE 8.0.6001.18702
    Also from work. And our internet is terrible as hell today thank you Cox.

    If any of that helps.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Possibly related, but when I edit a post from I also get an error saying the discussion could not be found for commenting or something like that. It's been doing that long before the formatting problems though. Not sure if it's related to our proxy or just using an outdated version of IE.
    Also starting a few weeks ago Geth's avatar stopped loading, both in his posts and in the tiny one used for awesomes and such.
    I miss basking in our robotic overlord's frightful visage.
    edit: this is all from work. From home everything is fine.

    Tofystedeth on
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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    has anyone else seen the problems in the pictures i posted above?

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Usually when I get issues like that a ctrl+F5 will normally do the trick.

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    @Casual yes I have had both the quoting problem, and the weird forum formatting issue that your screenshot shows.

    "excuse my French
    But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
    - Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
  • ScreampunkScreampunk TehSpectre https://letterboxd.com/screampunkk/Registered User regular
    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/26201138/#Comment_26201138

    Oh god my post

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Cambiata wrote: »
    @Casual yes I have had both the quoting problem, and the weird forum formatting issue that your screenshot shows.

    good to know it isn't just me!

  • FoefallerFoefaller Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    [quote="Casual;26201261"][quote="Cambiata;26194983"]@Casual yes I have had both the quoting problem, and the weird forum formatting issue that your screenshot shows.[/quote]

    good to know it isn't just me! [/quote]

    The weird thread formating thing happens when Internet Explorer sets the PA forums in compatibility view, which it will do automaticly if some kind of error forces IE to refresh the page... at least, that's what it is on IE 8, and there should be a little button next to the URL with the picture of a torn page you can click on to fix. It also can be set from the tools menu. I suspect the solution for IE 9 would be similar.

    Also have the broken tags problem, which can pop up whether I start editing right after posting, or refresh first and/or come back to edit later.

    [b]EDIT[/b] ...and I have now created the [i]perfect[/i] example of this bug!

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    @IcyLiquid Could this be caused by this commit? I don't claim to be familiar with PHP, but it looks like the default format for Garden comments is "Html". Maybe that check is using the default format when submitting an edited post (it seems to accept #Form_Format's value for the initial comment) and clobbering the posts format?

    EDIT: Testing

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  • IcyLiquidIcyLiquid Two Steaks Montreal, QuebecAdministrator, Vanilla Staff vanilla
    That's the exact commit that I think is causing it too, yes. I just haven't had a chance to look at it yet.

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    after another set of windows updates the formatting issue is gone

    testing quotes
    IcyLiquid wrote: »
    That's the exact commit that I think is causing it too, yes. I just haven't had a chance to look at it yet.

    test

    test worked!

    at least until it decides to break again :P

    Casual on
  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Mine are still all busted.

  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Mine are still all busted.
    It won't fix old ones. New edits shouldn't break formatting, though.

    Rollers are red, chargers are blue....omae wa mou shindeiru
  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    Still happening for me:

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/26256756/#Comment_26256756

    "excuse my French
    But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
    - Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    FYI I'm on IE 8 when this happens. Not by choice, IE8 is what they have at work.

    "excuse my French
    But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
    - Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    My IE 8 mysteriously fixed itself after the last round of windows updates, have you applied those?

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    i spoke too soon it just broke again!

  • IcyLiquidIcyLiquid Two Steaks Montreal, QuebecAdministrator, Vanilla Staff vanilla
    Guys. GUYS.

    Its a code thing. Its not a browser thing. It wont "magically fix itself", ever. EVER.
    So just wait. I will get to it.


    Just.... stop.

  • BowenBowen Sup? Registered User regular
    I'm not so sure now!

    It seems to be related to certain people and quoting, might be the environment they're working with?

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/26332485/#Comment_26332485

    When I quoted his code it broke the new lines and quotes, seems like it might be related to something else entirely than code, we'd all be experiencing it, wouldn't we?

  • 3lwap03lwap0 Registered User regular
    When I edit a post I get "Failed to find discussion for commenting." Then all tags are destroyed, formatting etc.,.

    As a result, I have to actually get my posts right the first time, and correct any egregious spelling errors while properly researching my wild baseless internet assertions. So it's a wash. Sounds like @IcyLiquid is on the case though! Huzzah.

  • FoefallerFoefaller Registered User regular
    3lwap0 wrote: »
    When I edit a post I get "Failed to find discussion for commenting." Then all tags are destroyed, formatting etc.,.

    As a result, I have to actually get my posts right the first time, and correct any egregious spelling errors while properly researching my wild baseless internet assertions. So it's a wash. Sounds like @IcyLiquid is on the case though! Huzzah.

    Pretty much the same for me. Instead of just typing out a bunch of words and then looking back for spelling/grammer errors, I'm now checking for mistakes and actually using the preview button to make sure it looks the right way... This "bug" is slowing increasing the quality of my initial posts, as now I can only go back to edit if there are no tags in the post to begin with.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    I've always gotten the "Failed to find discussion for commenting" but it didn't start breaking all the formatting tags until about a month ago.

  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2013
    I'm not sure if editing posts has also broken hyperlinks or if this is a separate issue, but all of the hyperlinks I've created in this post just point back to the same page.

    Edit: Well, the hyperlinks in the OP of that thread.

    godmode on
  • IcyLiquidIcyLiquid Two Steaks Montreal, QuebecAdministrator, Vanilla Staff vanilla
    Not related. Put "http://"

  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Oh, whoops I never even thought of that.

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    @IcyLiquid

    The problem just returned for me :(

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