Weird Error in SH Forum

[el-remmen]

I am trying to update my story hour and keeping getting this message when I try to preview or submit the post:

The following errors occurred when this message was submitted:

1. Please complete both the subject and message fields. Press the back button, correct the problem and try again.
2. The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 3 characters.

It is a long post (about as long as usual), so it is definitely not too short. I have tried several times. I am using Firefox if that matters.

 

[el-remmen]

I was able to get it posted by splitting it into two posts, but I am still not sure why it was happening. I did a lot of troubleshooting pasting in sections at a time and trying variations and the times it would not register as having any text were inconsistent.

 

[Bront]

I've run into that once, and sometimes trying to post it the second time after the error fixes the issue.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Though I haven't run into it, I know that several other people have, especially with Story Hours.

When was the last time you posted or editted your SH before this current attempt?

 

[el-remmen]

When was the last time you posted or editted your SH before this current attempt?

The last actual update, not just any post?

that would have been: 11-10-07, 07:56 AM

If just my previous post before the one that finally made it through then it was 11-16-07, 02:25 PM.

 

[LightPhoenix]

The last actual update, not just any post?

that would have been: 11-10-07, 07:56 AM

If just my previous post before the one that finally made it through then it was 11-16-07, 02:25 PM.

Huh, well that shoots down my theory.

I was thinking that post length had been changed as a result of increased traffic, but I know there were reports before the 10th.

Sorry I couldn't help.

 

[Piratecat]

We didn't change post length. It's a known bug, and one that will be fixed with the new version of vBulletin. Soon, I suspect!

 

[el-remmen]

It's doing it again! Grrrr!

 

[sniffles]

I'm having that problem too. Not when I preview a post, though. Instead it happens if I try to edit a previously submitted post.

I was just updating two of my Story Hour threads a few minutes ago and was able to edit posts in the first thread with no difficulty. But when I went to edit a post in the second thread I got the same message that el-remmen received.

(edit) Whoops! I missed PC's response. The post I was trying to edit when I got the error was a very long one. That explains it.