Develop Bugs

Adverts "pulling" page downwards

Have noticed this for the last few days using IE6 at work.
When reading the forums the page jumps to the Google Ad at the bottom, which means I have to scroll back up to the where I was.
Anyone else noticing this with IE6 or other browsers?

artesea said:
Have noticed this for the last few days using IE6 at work.
When reading the forums the page jumps to the Google Ad at the bottom, which means I have to scroll back up to the where I was.
Anyone else noticing this with IE6 or other browsers?
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Have noticed this as well on IE7.
I thought it was just me.

I am using Opera 9.63, this did not happen for me. Sure its not something else doing the trick ?

Addicted2xda said:
I am using Opera 9.63, this did not happen for me. Sure its not something else doing the trick ?
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Nope only happens on this site. Think it's linked to the new type of Google ad which www.Swoopo.co.uk are running.

I can confirm this too, IE 7 Windows XP SP2, thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
I'm looking to see what I can find...
Where's neoobs when I need him.
Ta
Dave

artesea said:
Nope only happens on this site. Think it's linked to the new type of Google ad which www.Swoopo.co.uk are running.
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Funny, just to check, just tried IE 7.0.5730.11, did not happen for me!

Very funny! Tried Dave's Link, did not happen for me this time also, I don't know could be because of slow internet connection, Prehistoric PC (P4 2.0 Gig )! No idea! But funny all the same, and thank GOD!

Addicted2xda said:
Very funny! Tried Dave's Link, did not happen for me this time also, I don't know could be because of slow internet connection, Prehistoric PC (P4 2.0 Gig )! No idea! But funny all the same, and thank GOD!
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Still happening to me
Dave

Pretty sure it the one ad which is doing it, I've tried to contact Google to see if they can sort it out. The other option is for the Google Ad Admin of the site to block ads from www.Swoopo.co.uk
Guessing for those outside of the UK won't have the issue as Google change the ads depending on which country you are in.

artesea said:
Pretty sure it the one ad which is doing it, I've tried to contact Google to see if they can sort it out. The other option is for the Google Ad Admin of the site to block ads from www.Swoopo.co.uk
Guessing for those outside of the UK won't have the issue as Google change the ads depending on which country you are in.
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That must be the reason! Both you guys are from UK. And actually we have ads on top of the page (big bum me !) unlike yours (bottom of page)

all ok here
im having no problems here in birmingham @ home and work is fine

Firefox 3.0.5 and IE 6/7/8 beta are all working OK here is the US.
Add'l Info:
Tested on Vista Utimate x64 SP1 and XP SP2.

This is driving me mad, clicking on the link for the newest post just doesn't work with these ads as it moves the page.
Can anyone who has the Google Adsense admin add www.Swoopo.co.uk to the blacklist.

artesea said:
This is driving me mad, clicking on the link for the newest post just doesn't work with these ads as it moves the page.
Can anyone who has the Google Adsense admin add www.Swoopo.co.uk to the blacklist.
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Hi,
The site admin is aware if the issue, and it will be looked into further on Monday
Thanks
Dave

Cheers, luckly the issue doesn't affect me with Firefox which I've got at home.

kill the adds Firefox & Adblock Plus

Retweet button not working?

Wanted to try the ReTweet button you see on each thread and post, but when i click it, it takes me to a blank pages saying:
An error occurred
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Edit: Tried with Firefox, Chrome, IE and Opera all 4 gives the same message as above. This is on Win7 64bit if that has anything to do with it.

Nitrius said:
Wanted to try the ReTweet button you see on each thread and post, but when i click it, it takes me to a blank pages saying:
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Same here, Chrome 5.0.375.99, Windows XP SP3.
Dave

Okay good to know, It's probably not working for anyone at the moment then. Hopefully it will be fixed.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Here working well: Opera 10.60, Win7 32bit

Hm, i've tried Firefox, IE and Chrome all three give the same message. Gonna install Opera and check. But anyway, there must be some kind of problem with the feature, can't be right that it should only work on Opera?
Edit: Nope, not working in Opera either here. Don't suppose there is on option in my User CP here on the board i must enable or something?

We're trying to fix - it has to do with the Twitter API we're using. Thanks for the note!

Ah great, looking forward to when it's fixed =)

Anyone Else Not Seeing Attached Thumbnails??

I don't know why but all of a sudden, within the last few days, I can't see attached thumbnails, on any browser I try on my computer for this site.
Everything is updated, this is a custom built super 'puter! lol

HipKat said:
I don't know why but all of a sudden, within the last few days, I can't see attached thumbnails, on any browser I try on my computer for this site.
Everything is updated, this is a custom built super 'puter! lol
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They show for me, try turning on your monitor. Lol (JK)
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001

jamieg71 said:
They show for me, try turning on your monitor. Lol (JK)
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
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It's just the weirdest thing that I can't fix....
I don't like things that I can't fix lol

If you turn off NoScript, do you see them?
Try to allow *.xda-developers.com for your Javascript.

I'll give that a shot. Oddly, sometimes if I refresh the page they show up... sometimes

I also can't see any attachments for any threads. I noticed this about 2 weeks ago (or so). I figured it was just me but I see that it is still happening. I'm using Chrome.

I'm having the same problem, also using Chrome. Anybody figure out a fix for this?
Edit:
AdBlockPlus was doing it

Thanks geniustheanimal.
I added forum.xda-developers.com to the whitelist in Adblock Plus and now it works!

jeffreii said:
Thanks geniustheanimal.
I added forum.xda-developers.com to the whitelist in Adblock Plus and now it works!
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Thanks to you,
Finally I solved this problem from ur guide... :laugh:

yeah same problem here..
i'm too using chrome..
any solutions?

Destim said:
yeah same problem here..
i'm too using chrome..
any solutions?
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Yes, see post 7 & 8
Facepalm
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Deadly. said:
Yes, see post 7 & 8
Facepalm
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No need to facepalm, I have it too on different machines. Both Chrome and both without Adblock Plus.

Sku11y said:
No need to facepalm, I have it too on different machines. Both Chrome and both without Adblock Plus.
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Face palm because there was a solution in post 7&8
I never said people can't get that issue.. read his post I quoted.. read 7th & 8th once
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Deadly. said:
Face palm because there was a solution in post 7&8
I never said people can't get that issue.. read his post I quoted.. read 7th & 8th once
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it won't work for me cause i didn't install any adblock on my chrome...

Destim said:
it won't work for me cause i didn't install any adblock on my chrome...
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Use firefox. Even i'm sick and tired of thumbnails and spoiler content inside
tags not showing up on chrome with adblock and even after adding
@@||forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php$document
@@||forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php$document
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to the filter.
Downloading firefox now.

roofrider said:
Use firefox. Even i'm sick and tired of thumbnails and spoiler content inside [hide ] tags not showing up on chrome with adblock and even after adding
to the filter.
Downloading firefox now.
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But Firefox won't show bbcode explicitly to edit.
I mean when you quote a post with image.. it won't give image link.. but it will show image itself.. ie acts the same way:banghead::banghead:
I tried settings.. but couldn't find how to make it show bbcode
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Deadly. said:
But Firefox won't show bbcode explicitly to edit.
I mean when you quote a post with image.. it won't give image link.. but it will show image itself.. ie acts the same way:banghead::banghead:
I tried settings.. but couldn't find how to make it show bbcode
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Disable wysiwyg in xda settings and you'll be able to see those, also there's a toggle button to switch the editor mode in ffox when posting a reply. That's the plus side of using something other than chrome, wysiwyg does not work on chrome without an extension. I prefer chrome though.

roofrider said:
Disable wysiwyg in xda settings and you'll be able to see those, also there's a toggle button to switch the editor mode in ffox when posting a reply. That's the plus side of using something other than chrome, wysiwyg does not work on chrome without an extension. I prefer chrome though.
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OK.. I will see that.. I do have chrome, opera, Firefox, ie, safari.. but I use chrome only(browsing).. anyway thanks.. will see how it goes.. when I reverse tether next time..:thumbup:
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roofrider said:
Use firefox. Even i'm sick and tired of thumbnails and spoiler content inside (hide) tags not showing up on chrome with adblock and even after adding to the filter.
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If I am not mistaken that problem exists only when we set xda to "xda 2013 beta" format at the bottom. I think all other display formats, including "xda 2013 beta-1024", work okay.
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Lookout! In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday...

NYLimited said:
If I am not mistaken that problem exists only when we set xda to "xda 2013 beta" format at the bottom. I think all other display formats, including "xda 2013 beta-1024", work okay.
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Yup it happens only with the 2013 theme, i don't use the 1024 version. Also switching between themes when that happens will temporarily fix it. But it's a pita to do that always.

Disabled open in a new tab by scroll-wheel click

I don't know why but such useful browser feature doesn't really work on XDA-Developers forums. For example I see a itneresting new on the right side widget. I middle mouse button click it, but it won't open in a new tab, but instead it will open in the current tab just like I would left click it. I can give you numbers of similiar behaviours like that over the xda. That's really annoying.
Why is that happening and are you guys ever going to fix it?

olokos said:
I middle mouse button click it, but it won't open in a new tab, but instead it will open in the current tab just like I would left click it. I can give you numbers of similiar behaviours like that over the xda. That's really annoying.
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What browser/OS?
Works fine for me in Firefox 32 on Win8.

ST Dog said:
What browser/OS?
Works fine for me in Firefox 32 on Win8.
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Win 7 x64/Chrome

olokos said:
Win 7 x64/Chrome
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Suggest you try an alternate browser.
Also try a fresh profile in case something in your current profile is the cause.

Its not working for me can you suggest me an other way ?

Does it still work correctly on other sites?
Not a Chrome user so can't really help with it.
General troubleshooting though. Try other sites. Try a clean profile.
Try other tools with the problem site.

ST Dog said:
Does it still work correctly on other sites?
Not a Chrome user so can't really help with it.
General troubleshooting though. Try other sites. Try a clean profile.
Try other tools with the problem site.
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It does work correctly on every other website. There's no "clean profile" option in chrome and I have no idea what do you mean by "other tools".
This issue happens with particular stuff, like the widget with the news on the right side of the thread view.

olokos said:
It does work correctly on every other website. There's no "clean profile" option in chrome and I have no idea what do you mean by "other tools".
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Chrome user profiles:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824?hl=en
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142059?hl=en
Other tools in this case would be other browsers, like IE, Firefox, or Opera.
This issue happens with particular stuff, like the widget with the news on the right side of the thread view.
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I tried everywhere on the page on several pages (home, threads, single thread, profile, etc.) and all worked.

Are you using the new 2015 theme? I think there were one or two links on the old style which were like that, but it should be resolved now on the new style

pulser_g2 said:
Are you using the new 2015 theme? I think there were one or two links on the old style which were like that, but it should be resolved now on the new style
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Just middle button pressed "XDA PORTAL POSTS" news and it still opens up on the same tab. Even on 2015 / 2015 dark theme :/
I'd actually would prefer to use the old theme either way so I could use Dark XDA Stylish theme by @GermainZ as for me it looks much better. Just a presonal preference.

@bitpushr

Fixed

bitpushr said:
Fixed
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Can you elaborate a bit?
PM if you don't think it's germain to the thread.
I'm just curious what would cause that issue in one browser but not others.

bitpushr said:
Fixed
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Thanks a lot! I'm out of thanks for today, but I'm glad it's fixed now. xda experience is now flawless IMO

@bitpushr
I'd also would love it if you could make the new xda look an option for logged in users, just like the forums are.

ST Dog said:
Can you elaborate a bit?
PM if you don't think it's germain to the thread.
I'm just curius what would cause that issue in one browser but not others.
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We had additional google analytics code on those links, my guess is that was blocking the open in new tab option. We made this change a long time ago so this must have been long-standing.

contact forms unusable

Hi,
sorry when this may be the wrong forum but I have no idea where else I can write.
I wanted to use the contact form (http://www.xda-developers.com/contact) to report an urgent issue but I cannot use it.
I tried it with firefox and chrome and doing this on several days in the last week but when I click on the "send" button an arrow is displayed which is moving around and keeps moving for hours - nothing more happening.
It doesn't matter which one I try - I tested 2 (urgent and contact the webmaster).
I have no idea how to contact xda and wanted to know if this is a problem only for me or if others having the same problem?
Thanks in advance
xdajog

is it regarding a post? u can actually just use the report button...

reyscott1968 said:
is it regarding a post? u can actually just use the report button...
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no it is an issue within the xda forum/devdb.
The bug reporter isn't working since weeks and I cannot contact xda and there is no reply in the corresponding forum.

xdajog said:
no it is an issue within the xda forum/devdb.
The bug reporter isn't working since weeks and I cannot contact xda and there is no reply in the corresponding forum.
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ohh ok... seems to be a new discovery for u.. hope an admin can check it ..

well I don't think so... seems no one is interesting in that issue.
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Hi,
I try to contact the web master for a request via the contact form, and I have the same problem.
nothing happen after press "send" button.
may an admin see us
edit :
contact form still freeze !
Please! no admin see ya :'(

@bitpushr looks like there is some issue!

Thanks for report this to the right person.
The send button still spinning, unfortunately .
--Tapa'DoC'eD

jackeagle said:
@bitpushr looks like there is some issue!
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I hope @bitpushr can help..
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I've heard this a lot but I have tested on different browsers and haven't been able to reproduce this. Are you using any browser extensions that might block 3rd party scripts? Can you check the browser console when you try to send the comment to see if there is an error message? You can use the Technical contact form which goes directly to me.

Hi,
Thanks for taking some time on this!
I've tried with FF (x86) and chrome, normal and private mode. I'm on W8.1.
I have only two extension in FF : ghostery and abp.
ABP always off in xda and I deactivate ghostery for testing .
The send button still spinning but nothing else happen. (try every combination)
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And as you said, It seem like it's just a bug for two people, the OP and me. No one else came here to report too. So .....?
If I can help ? maybe some log or specific tests/info that help you to reproduce 'our' bug...do not hesitate.
--Tapa'DoC'eD

O_DoC said:
I just want to send a form for a username change from "DoC_974" to "O_DoC", not a big issue for me.
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I've done this for you.

post del
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I wanted to report that I have the same issue. I tried the webmaster contact form and I also just get the spinning arrow. I have tried several times over at least a month. I have tried both Firefox and Opera on two different Windows 10 machines, Firefox on a Linux machine and Dolphin Browser on my phone. I have had no luch with any of these.
Is there any other information, or anything else I could try to help debug this issue?

theminikiller said:
I wanted to report that I have the same issue. I tried the webmaster contact form and I also just get the spinning arrow. I have tried several times over at least a month. I have tried both Firefox and Opera on two different Windows 10 machines, Firefox on a Linux machine and Dolphin Browser on my phone. I have had no luch with any of these.
Is there any other information, or anything else I could try to help debug this issue?
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It seems no one is interested in solving this.
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@bitpushr - still a regular occurrence.

Site view is all screwed up in explorer. I tried different computers running different OS and i can confirm it is not releated to a certain device or OS. Can one of the devs look into it. Thank you

bula1ca said:
Site view is all screwed up in explorer. I tried different computers running different OS and i can confirm it is not releate to a certain device or OS. Can one of the devs look into it. Thank you
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I saw your post in another thread. But no one else is having this issue. It must be related to your system, or internet connection.
Which theme are you using?

Sorry do interrupt you but this thread is about "contact forms unusable"
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still the same.
Now I wanted to report issues with all XDA dev DB projects (cant upload new screenshots and downloads) but I'm not able to report this because I cannot use the contact forms..