UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.classic [Archived] UBB.classic Bugs Minor Bug in UBB - Editing Posts Containing Dashed Lines [NOTABUG]

Some users on our board have the annoying habit of using non-standard creative formatting in their posts. Many of the UBB features such as signatures are turned off at CG.

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I noticed that when users attempt to use the above line in their posts, the post won't allow admin's to edit the content below the line. I believe the software is mistaking text in this segment with a signature (which I previously mentioned is turned off on our board).

Any thoughts on how this can be fixed. I am currently advising users that any posts containing any user inserted lines will be deleted rather than simply edited.

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[This message was edited by Charles Capps on September 05, 2002 at 02:29 PM.]

OKay, two solutions here.

1) Tell your users not to use that exact number of dashes <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
2) Perform a minor code hack and remove the code that removes the dashes.

The UBB no longer appends the user signature to each post inside the datafiles... the sig removal bit is part of making sure that a 5 series post is brought up to what the 6 series expects in terms of data format.

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Charles Capps
Programmer, Infopop Corporation
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