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still have what looks like an add pop up

Post in 'New Forum Hints and your Questions & Suggestions!' started by stoveguy2esw, Oct 8, 2012.

  1. stoveguy2esw Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 14, 2006
    4,503 posts
    madison hgts. va
    hey web,remember a while back when you first switched over to this setup i mentiooned that i get a box that covers the type in box when i reply to a thread?

    i still get it but it appears only in the inglenook. its weird, it shows part of what looks like a pop up that has a "cannot view" or not found or somthing it doenst have a defined border, and it only covers a portion of the block i type in, i can see where my typing cursor is but not the text i type when its behind this block. also, "clicking" on the box doesnt open anyting, its just there.

    i was trying to figure out how to take a "screenshot" to attach but alas , i have no clue how to do it.

    if ya know how and want me to i will do it but ya gotta tell me how.

    seems like i had seen in in "perfect picture" as well the other day but i cant remember for sure.

    just thought i would drop you a mention on it
    stoveguy2esw, Oct 8, 2012
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  2. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    10,939 posts
    Western Mass.
    Thanks.
    I suspect it is not easily fixable as it may be a bug in the text editor - which is a public domain (free) part of the forum software. It may related to certain versions of the browsers, etc.

    The best we can hope with such bugs is that either they get so bad and common that we can see and fix them....or that some small upgrade in browsers or the text program (called tinyMCE) makes them go away.
    webbie, Oct 8, 2012
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  3. stoveguy2esw Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 14, 2006
    4,503 posts
    madison hgts. va
    yeah, its weird. funny i only see it in some forums , i played with it a little ,i can actually hold and slide to highlight the text in it and move the text side to side, but for all it is its just a http404 screen.

    i can work around it so its not too big a deal, just havent seen it in a while probably cause its in the inglenook which i havent been in much so i havent been where it is.

    just tossing you a heads up.
    stoveguy2esw, Oct 8, 2012
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  4. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Happening now to me too. Had never seen it before recently, now it's consistent...at least in the Inglenook. Quite irritating when I want to post a reply. As I type in my text and it crosses over into this phantom box, I can no longer see what I'm typing.

    why.JPG
    fossil, Oct 18, 2012
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  5. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    10,939 posts
    Western Mass.
    Hmmm.....I will look into it.

    Based on that error, it sounds like an error with Google ads....that is, goog tries to find the web page where an ad is, but it's not there. Still, it should not be on top of the reply box as the ads are usually in other places...
    webbie, Oct 18, 2012
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  6. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Thanks for taking a look into it.
    fossil, Oct 18, 2012
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  7. peakbagger Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 11, 2008
    1,048 posts
    Northern NH
    Happens to me on occasion, only option is to shut down reply and try again or type on through it and hope I spelled it right.
    peakbagger, Oct 18, 2012
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  8. stoveguy2esw Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 14, 2006
    4,503 posts
    madison hgts. va

    yep, thats exactly what i was seeing
    stoveguy2esw, Oct 18, 2012
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  9. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,477 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    Same here . . . usually you can tell when I have
    found this problem because I end up
    typing like this so I can actually see
    what I am typing.
    firefighterjake, Oct 18, 2012
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  10. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Interesting. I've discovered that when I see that erroneous whatever it is partially obscuring my response box, if I hit my back button on my mouse, the erroneous whatever it is disappears, and I'm still right there, ready to type in a post. :rolleyes:
    fossil, Oct 19, 2012
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  11. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Oh please. This is the New Forum Hints, Questions, Suggestions forum. I will continue to delete any attempts to politicize this forum. Totally absurd & inappropriate...go to the Ash Can if you just can't help but turn every one of your posts into some sort of political statement.
    fossil, Oct 20, 2012
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  12. Gasifier Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 25, 2011
    2,872 posts
    St. Lawrence River valley, N.Y.
    There is that white box again. Appears to be just in the Inglenook. I was just looking at a thread there. Box is covering the reply box.
    Gasifier, Oct 21, 2012
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  13. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    10,939 posts
    Western Mass.
    Hmm, I wonder what is different about that forum? I will look at the permissions....
    webbie, Oct 21, 2012
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  14. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Meanwhile, try the back button on your mouse trick I mentioned in post #10
    fossil, Oct 21, 2012
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  15. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    10,939 posts
    Western Mass.
    I may have fixed it - let me know. It may have related to having no default ad specified for that zone...
    webbie, Oct 21, 2012
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  16. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    I think you've done it...I no longer see it. Nice work, thanks!
    fossil, Oct 21, 2012
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  17. Gasifier Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 25, 2011
    2,872 posts
    St. Lawrence River valley, N.Y.
    Thanks Craig, appreciate it.
    Gasifier, Oct 24, 2012
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  18. stoveguy2esw Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 14, 2006
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    madison hgts. va
    groovy!!! way to go webbie!
    stoveguy2esw, Oct 24, 2012
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  19. Gasifier Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 25, 2011
    2,872 posts
    St. Lawrence River valley, N.Y.
    There is that box again. Only here in the Inglenook that I see it again. I was posting to ZAP's thread on the storm coming up the east coast.
    Gasifier, Oct 25, 2012
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  20. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    10,939 posts
    Western Mass.
    Hmm, I'll set some additional ads to run in the nook - maybe that will fix it. My thinking is that it happens when there is no ad setup to rotate - and therefore just the "container" for the ads shows up.
    webbie, Oct 25, 2012
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  21. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    I see it, but it's not in the same position as it was before. Now I see it at the end of the last post in the thread, above where I can enter a response. This is a typical ad location. The problem last time was the box partially covered my response field...not a typical ad location. I can put up another pic if that would help at all.
    fossil, Oct 25, 2012
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  22. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,154 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Can't find it now.
    fossil, Oct 25, 2012
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  23. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    10,939 posts
    Western Mass.
    I've had it too - but as you said, it's in the ad location right above this reply box. If I wait 10 seconds or so, it fills up with a rich media (moving) ad. So it could be googles ad servers taking extra time, etc.
    webbie, Oct 25, 2012
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