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#164770 12/18/2005 8:06 PM
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Here's another bizarre occurance that's been happening from time to time when I post and then try to edit some of our fantasy sports standings. It doesn't happen every time I go to edit it, but, it happens often.

This is what it should look like, for example:

------------

Week 15 - Pre Sunday Night

PTS = Actual Points
[OPT] = Optimal Points (coulda had)
(P) = # Players left


Code
       
     PTS  [OPT]  (P)        
        
SEMIFINALS
---------------------
DJ   52   [61]   (1)   Sorry, Charlie
JB  103  [103]   (0)   Moves into Finals commandingly
---------------------
RB   28   [38]   (1)   Season-long luck streak ran out
DM   68   [69]   (1)   Won't need Heap
---------------------
         
5th Place Game
---------------------
DB   58   [78]   (0)   Can the commish hold on?
TU   53   [77]   (1)   Needs 6 from his tight end
---------------------
        
For Best of Losers
---------------------
JG   51   [56]   (2)   Mason & Chatman vs
IM   27   [32]   (1)   Packers
---------------------
PL   71   [78]   (0)   NE Def (19) on bench
TL   11   [31]   (2)   Farve & Driver to go
---------------------        
         
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And when I go to edit it, to update scores, I get something like this:

Code
[b]Week 15[/b] - 2pm ET Sunday
   
PTS = Actual Points
[OPT] = Optimal Points (coulda had)
(P) = # Players left
    
  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 
sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">       
     PTS  [OPT]  (P)        
        
SEMIFINALS
At that point, of course, I cannot edit the post, but re-paste it from a text file. This has only happened to these particular posts of standings.

Like my other issue, I can't figure it out...

Edit: Oddly, again, it doesn't seem to be happening here as I've purposely edited this post many times... but I suppose it could happen eventually...?

#164771 12/21/2005 1:07 AM
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Can you link us to a post that would break if it was to be edited?

Does the same breakage occur if you Reply w/ Quote to that post, inside the quoted text in the box?

There are a very small number of things that could cause the behavior you're seeing, but I'll need to know which one so I can provide instructions on a workaround. <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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#164772 12/21/2005 1:27 AM
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Originally posted by Charles Capps:
[qb]There are a very small number of things that could cause the behavior you're seeing, but I'll need to know which one so I can provide instructions on a workaround. <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> [/qb]
I'd have to look into that more, but, in the mean time, if there are a "very small number of things," feel free to spell them all out so we know what we're dealing with... <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

#164773 12/23/2005 1:02 AM
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For the most part, it's just conflicts in the order of operations...

For example, ever tried to quote a URL that isn't inside URL tags? It won't get autolinked... or if it will, the autolink will include the close [/] tag as part of the link, which then proceeds to bork the rest of the post.

Your data set inludes things in [brackets] and might be unintentionally catching one of the codes, such as the undocumented [qb] tag.


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#164774 12/23/2005 1:36 AM
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Hi Charles -

Yeah, I understand how that works. It's just, this doesn't always happen, even with the same post. There have been times where I've posted, then edited it, no problem. OR, I'd edit it again -- only changing data in the post, not adding/changing any formatting tags or anything else like that in the post, and then it'd break.

It's not consistent or recognizably expected. That's why I can't figure it out.

No huge deal, though - it ONLY happens with those specific football standings (maybe it's from using the [OPT]?), and that'll soon be done for the year. <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I just hoped that someone might be able to recognize something that'd trigger that malfunction...

PS - I suppose there's no word yet on the Next Generation product, eh? :/

#164775 12/27/2005 6:48 PM
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Hmm, "[opt]" shouldn't trigger it...

If you DO find content that causes the problem, at least on a semi-consistant basis, that'll be helpful.

In regards to the next generation product... it's coming. Really. It's quite a bit different than the vision we started out with, and it HAS taken forever and a day to get it to the current state... but it IS coming.

(We were originally shooting for a nice Christmas beta, but we're doing some more UI work that ended up delaying giving it to the private testers...)


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