"Preview" button not functioning correctly while using Internet Explorer
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frankieraye
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Hey guys, I've gotten a few reports of IE users being unable to use the "Preview" function here on the forums. I've also experienced the issue first-hand. What happens is, upon hitting the "Preview" button, your post goes up immediately without giving you an actual preview.
I'd like to find out how many of you are experiencing this, as well as the versions of Windows and IE that you're running. Also, if you're running IE and not experiencing this issue, I'd like to know that as well.
And finally, if you've experienced the issue on a different browser, go ahead and post here too.
So here we go, I'll go first:
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: IE 8 64-bit
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional
I'd like to find out how many of you are experiencing this, as well as the versions of Windows and IE that you're running. Also, if you're running IE and not experiencing this issue, I'd like to know that as well.
And finally, if you've experienced the issue on a different browser, go ahead and post here too.
So here we go, I'll go first:
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: IE 8 64-bit
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional
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Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: IE 8.0.6001.18999
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit)
Few points :
A: Your version number isnt accurate enough, mine is. Click the blue ? Next to tools.
(Or tap Alt and look under help - About)
B: Im confused as to why this issue even occured. Why did you **** around with the VBulletin software? Its renowned for being the best, yet you evidently broke it. Seriously, W T F.
C: I hate vista. This is unconnected, just throwing it out there so people dont think I like it in any way. I just dont have the redonkulous backup storage I need to upgrade atm. I run Ubuntu on the side b:victory
Have a nice day, hope you undo this ****.
Oh and inb4 "StopusingIEitsux" Its simple, it views webpages, its the most used browser on the Windows platform, **** and go **** your burning dog, Diva or Fools Gold or w/e that browser you like is called.
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10 points to whoever guesses my disguised hated browser names and matches them up b:cute0 -
Naivety - Harshlands wrote: »burning dog, Diva or Fools Gold or w/e that browser you like is called.
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10 points to whoever guesses my disguised hated browser names and matches them up b:cute
burning dog = Mozilla FireFOX...
Diva = Opera? o.O
Fools Gold = Google Chrome
And instead of 10 points, I want a cookie ^^
OH, before I forget...
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: IE 8.0.6001.18999
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Also:
Browser: iPod Safari - Mobile browser (most recent update)
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I've had this problem a long time ago on my desktop (which I don't have access to right now), while using firefox.
(Will edit in the specs once I can access it again)
I'm not sure if it's still happening because I haven't used the preview function for a long time because of this, but I'm pretty sure this isn't an issue with just IE.
On a related note: Deleting your own posts also seems to be either bugged or disabled (though it's still possible by pressing ESC before you get redirected, done it before), what about that?[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear wrote: »I've had this problem a long time ago on my desktop (which I don't have access to right now), while using firefox.
(Will edit in the specs once I can access it again)
I'm not sure if it's still happening because I haven't used the preview function for a long time because of this, but I'm pretty sure this isn't an issue with just IE.
On a related note: Deleting your own posts also seems to be either bugged or disabled (though it's still possible by pressing ESC before you get redirected, done it before), what about that?
^ Ive had the deleting issue before, but due to me usually ninja'ing the redirect, (I click back to the forum before it screws up usually) I forgot it.0 -
Naivety - Harshlands wrote: »^ Ive had the deleting issue before, but due to me usually ninja'ing the redirect, (I click back to the forum before it screws up usually) I forgot it.
It's also possible by right-clicking the edit button, copying the link and opening it in another window. Forgot to mention that but then you'll also be able to delete your post without any problems.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear wrote: »It's also possible by right-clicking the edit button, copying the link and opening it in another window. Forgot to mention that but then you'll also be able to delete your post without any problems.
Wow. Just wow. You were DAMN determined to delete your post. What was in it? b:puzzled0 -
My turn;
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Opera 11.00
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
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Naivety - Harshlands wrote: »Wow. Just wow. You were DAMN determined to delete your post. What was in it? b:puzzled
Nothing special, mainly just to try if the delete function really still worked b:chuckle[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Opera 11.00
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit0 -
I've had this problem with Opera versions, 9.x, 10.x, and I just posted this using "Preview" with Opera 11.0.
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Opera 11.0 32-bit
Operating System: WinXP Professional SP3
Also, when I edit a post the post is changed, but I get sent to an "error" page that says, "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator". I notice also that the body of the message is in the URL, like for this one I saw:http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?message=I%27ve+had+this+problem+with+Opera+versions%2C+9.x%2C+10.x%2C+and+I+just+posted+this+using+%22Preview%22+with+Opera+11.0.%0D%0A%0D%0AExperiencing+the+%22Preview%22+button+issue%3A+Yes%0D%0A%0D%0ABrowser%3A+Opera+11.0+32-bit%0D%0A%0D%0AOperating+System%3A+WinXP+Professional+SP3%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C+when+I+edit+a+post+the+post+is+changed%2C+but+I+get+sent+to+an+%22error%22+page.&reason=&wysiwyg=0&deletepost=&reason=&x=50&y=6
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Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: IE 8 32-bit
Operating System: Windows XP Professional[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Experiencing the Preview butto bug: yes
Browser: Internet Explorer 9 beta
Operating system: Windows 7 home edition
Although when i use my Htc Evo running android 2.2 with the native browser the preview button works just fine.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Not experiencing the bug.
Using Apple's Safari 5.0.3 b:pleased
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6.5[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Experiencing Issue: No
Browser: Google Chrome version 8.0.552.224
Operating System: Vista Home 64 bit version
Ha, Fools Gold Indeed. Chrome FTW
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Thanks Silvy for the superb sig
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Nerrianah - Sanctuary wrote: »Not experiencing the bug.
Using Apple's Safari 5.0.3 b:pleased
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6.5
This thread is just one big temptation for me to troll people into the floor for the browsers and OS they use b:sad
I so want to............b:cry0 -
Download a real web browser or just be confident about what you want to post. I do both.0
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Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Mozilla Firefox 4.0b8
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate0 -
NightRage - Raging Tide wrote: »Download a real web browser or just be confident about what you want to post. I do both.
Some people notice minor mistakes they want to correct when they review what they have written. Or space things out for a humorous effect and want to make sure it appears the way they think it will. Also, as you can see by the other posts its more than just an IE problem. So shoo troll don't bother us.
I would like to add though that when I go to edit my post it works fine, but if I click the "advanced" tab, it redirects me to an error page. b:cry[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Thanks Silvy for the superb sig
VenusArmani's word of the moment: Expand your Vocabulary, Expand your horizons!
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VenusArmani - Dreamweaver wrote: »Some people notice minor mistakes they want to correct when they review what they have written. Or space things out for a humorous effect and want to make sure it appears the way they think it will. Also, as you can see by the other posts its more than just an IE problem. So shoo troll don't bother us.
I would like to add though that when I go to edit my post it works fine, but if I click the "advanced" tab, it redirects me to an error page. b:cry
Oh no, I spelled something incorrectly. Oh look, an edit button.0 -
NightRage - Raging Tide wrote: »Oh no, I spelled something incorrectly. Oh look, an edit button.
Which will then crash when you submit, forcing you to **** around and manually return to your post to check it again because, lol, the preview button still wont ****ing work.
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Might I suggest PWE just reinstalls the VB Software, forgets adding all the **** little modifications like these **** avatars and just uses it as its own thing? You know, a forum?
Itd look fine if it were plain VB with a nice PWE/TB skin. Just enforce some rules on avatars OR create a gallery selection only.
It would also bloody work. Which is fairly important I think.0 -
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Operating System: Windows XP Professional[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Noskrad - Heavens Tear wrote: »Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Feel free to ban customised font and colour use too if you follow my ideas.
Some of them are really annoying / impossible to read or just plain annoying.
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Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: No
Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
I'm not having the preview button issue but I am having the one I quoted from Sangodoc.
Also, when I edit a post the post is changed, but I get sent to an "error" page that says, "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator". I notice also that the body of the message is in the URL, like for this one I saw:http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?message=I%27ve+had+this+problem+with+Opera+versions%2C+9.x%2C+10.x%2C+and+I+just+posted+this+using+%22Preview%22+with+Opera+11.0.%0D%0A%0D%0AExperiencing+the+%22Preview%22+button+issue%3A+Yes%0D%0A%0D%0ABrowser%3A+Opera+11.0+32-bit%0D%0A%0D%0AOperating+System%3A+WinXP+Professional+SP3%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C+when+I+edit+a+post+the+post+is+changed%2C+but+I+get+sent+to+an+%22error%22+page.&reason=&wysiwyg=0&deletepost=&reason=&x=50&y=6
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Frankie, I sent in a ticket a while ago, they said it was a known problem (with opera) and they didn't seem to rushed to fix it. Hmmm.... The preview or edit functions haven't worked for me since you put up the new forums...
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: Opera 11
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
better late then never I suppose,...I quit. Nothing ever changes @ PWE or PW CN . Expansion was over hyped. Guild bases (that looked cool) can be destroyed, so why waste the time if your a in a small faction like me.
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Thanks Dorset. I quit. Nothing ever changes @ PWE or PW CN
-ZeroDefects-"trollin trollin trollin. keep those flames a rollin. keep that post count growing. flamebait!" -Vitenka- "You are modifying the game files. That's not allowed. The freaking end."0 -
*ticket...I quit. Nothing ever changes @ PWE or PW CN . Expansion was over hyped. Guild bases (that looked cool) can be destroyed, so why waste the time if your a in a small faction like me.
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Thanks Dorset. I quit. Nothing ever changes @ PWE or PW CN
-ZeroDefects-"trollin trollin trollin. keep those flames a rollin. keep that post count growing. flamebait!" -Vitenka- "You are modifying the game files. That's not allowed. The freaking end."0 -
speaking of issues with the "Preview" button i cant find one when i go to edit my old posts.
would be really nice to have that optionKilling level 80's with a lvl 60 is a lot more fun than killing level 90's with a level 100.0 -
Test Preview.
EDIT: Failed. It appeared. Opera 11.00, Build 1156.
But these forums hate Opera, anyways.0 -
Furries - Dreamweaver wrote: »speaking of issues with the "Preview" button i cant find one when i go to edit my old posts.
would be really nice to have that option
When you hit "edit" you see the "Advanced" button? Its supposed to bring you to the full editor (The one you originally make a post on) Which HAS the non-working Preview. The one were talking about.
Shamefully, the "Advanced" button doesnt work either b:surrender
Seriously, uninstall-install the VB software and dont touch it would be the best thing they could do
--Whoever messes with the forums evidently doesnt know what theyre doing, the VBulletin logo is still displayed as the addressbar / Favorites picture, and even I can change that if im given access to the control panel >_< (VB 2 only, I have not looked at VB 3 yet b:avoid)
EDIT:
In fact, since I keep making posts here, I may as well just write a full list about what does not work on here in its entirety, point out the pros and cons of a full reinstall and then just post it all at once. Save me making this many posts :P0 -
frankieraye wrote: »Hey guys, I've gotten a few reports of IE users being unable to use the "Preview" function here on the forums. I've also experienced the issue first-hand. What happens is, upon hitting the "Preview" button, your post goes up immediately without giving you an actual preview.
I'd like to find out how many of you are experiencing this, as well as the versions of Windows and IE that you're running. Also, if you're running IE and not experiencing this issue, I'd like to know that as well.
And finally, if you've experienced the issue on a different browser, go ahead and post here too.
So here we go, I'll go first:
Experiencing the "Preview" button issue: Yes
Browser: IE 8 64-bit
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional
I've reported this problem, for the past 2 years since i've been posting on these forums. Its not a new issue. Happened with IE6.
Yes
IE 6
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