Stupid smiley sidebar is messing up my posts

Arkhandus

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Okay, the stupid smilies sidebar HAS GOT TO GO. Along with some img/bits/final_lnk file or whatever (according to the status bar at the bottom of my browser when trying to load a page to post), they're messing up my browser's attempts to load EN World pages for posting or editing. And the smilies sidebar has been causing lesser problems for months now.

I can't use the buttons or dropdowns above the text field when posting or editing, and can't use the smilies on the sidebar either. This wasn't a problem yesterday, as far as I can tell, but it seems the site is undergoing more changes and they're slowing it down further.

Now every time I try to post or edit a post, my browser always gives my the caution - Error on page. line on its status bar, and it never really finishes loading; it just gives up on trying to load those parts above and to the side of the text field (some don't even display anymore). So I can't highlight my characters' speech with color in PbPs here anymore, and can't add bolding, smilies, links, or anything like that. I KNOW this wasn't a problem yesterday, but I haven't done a single thing to my browser in weeks, months, or even longer (I can't change its version, it's already at the last version available for my Windows system), so it can't be a problem on my end.

While I know I can still try to add stuff like text formatting manually, I never studied HTML, so I don't know the specific coding to use for most of that stuff. I only know the bits for bold, italicize, underline, and spoiler blocks; but not the specific coding for different text colors, let alone the specific coding for embedding links.


....also, when I first tried to post this, I got a stupid error about using too many tags, even though I didn't add any, so I had to reload EN World because it wouldn't finish loading the page after that. -_-
 

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I'm sorry to hear you are having problems.

Could you let me know what browser (and version) you are using, and what operating system you are running it on?

(just as an example, I'm trying out the cool new Google browser which works really nicely most places except for vBulletin sites where none of the formatting buttons work. I'm not suggesting that is your particular problem, just indicating how different browsers make a difference.

Thanks
 

Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106CO, Windows Millenium Edition. Yes, I know, but I didn't choose the stupid computer, I'm just stuck with it now cuz I'm poor and my father's an idiot with computers. It's old but it had no problems with this before.
 

Well, the drop-downs and formatting/link buttons work again now, but the smiley sidebar continues to not-load, so I guess part of the problem is gone, but I still think the smiley-sidebar is redundant and better off removed.
 

Well, the drop-downs and formatting/link buttons work again now, but the smiley sidebar continues to not-load, so I guess part of the problem is gone, but I still think the smiley-sidebar is redundant and better off removed.
Hey, speak for yourself! I love the smiley sidebar. It's like I have a tiny yellow audience for my posts.

-O
 


Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106CO, Windows Millenium Edition. Yes, I know, but I didn't choose the stupid computer, I'm just stuck with it now cuz I'm poor and my father's an idiot with computers. It's old but it had no problems with this before.
For what it's worth, it is possibly an issue that may be the result of you using an old, and out of date browser. I have no problem using IE6 on an XP machine, but I believe it's IE6.1. You should be able to update to IE6.1 and that should fix several issues (not just with this page). I might also sugguest trying to use Firefox or another browser, though I understand support for ME is lacking.

Windows update site shoudl still work for updating the browser.
 

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