I didn't originally set up this forum, but the control panel is set for GD2. I can tell you that up until yesterday, the images were working correctly. I don't believe we changed anything having to do with gallery settings, unless something got clobbered inadvertently. Kinda frustrating.
You mentioned a non-latin character for a possible cause for the shoutbox issue. Would that only affect the database table, or possibly change a configuration file?
I appreciate your patience with my questions, I am trying to come up to speed with UBB.threads.
