[neilep]

When I'm reading through the main forum menu the screen keeps jumping around. I presume this may be something to do with the alternating messages at the top of the screen. I don't usually have problems with messages like this but when they make the whole screen jump it is rather annoying.

Are ewe riding a camel ?

[Make it Lady]

No but I might stick a lit one somewhere if you are not careful!

[DrChemistry]

Its not really a problem, but a spelling mistake instead.

In the Fact/Fiction section theres a question:
Island of Hawaii is made up of a volcano?

The answer:
It's True Hawaii is actually a string of islands each of which is a volvano.

Since I am a complete newbie at this, I hope i've found the right place to point it out []

[Variola]

Its not really a problem, but a spelling mistake instead.

In the Fact/Fiction section theres a question:
Island of Hawaii is made up of a volcano?

The answer:
It's True Hawaii is actually a string of islands each of which is a volvano.

Since I am a complete newbie at this, I hope i've found the right place to point it out []

I am impressed []

In fact I am so impressed I am going to award you a FOG medal, usually reserved for those more established members.

If you haven't come across the term FOG yet, here is a link to explain it.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=18900.0

And welcome to the forum Dr C  []

[DrChemistry]

Thank you Variola. Purely coincidence though [] Needless to say, I am a Fan Of Genuineness, and like to see things correct, Scientific Facts or English Spelling []  (And that comes from a person who actually makes loads of spelling mistakes himself).

Thank you for you medal and the welcome greeting  []

[Chemistry4me]

Now that you've entered you can never leave...mwaahaahaa

[Don_1]

I am a Fan Of Genuineness,

Well, I have spotted your first mistake................. you came here!!!!

[Karen W.]

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I CAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNTTTTTT

POOOOOOOOOSSSSSSTTTTTT THEEEEEEE

SIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTE ISSSSSS SOOOOOOOOO
SLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW
TOOOOOONIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!

[Variola]

Dearest TNS techy people...well Daveshorts!


Do you think we could fix whatever is wrong in the biography bit on users profiles? There is lots of random things put in with it, I spent ages fiddling about with mine but I still can't get it to read properly.

I'll use the Beaver's as an example

 I have a PhD in psychology from Cambridge, a BSc in computer science from Brunel &amp; an MBA from the Open University. My speciality is addiction/dependence. I am interested in all aspects of science especially particle physics and cosmology. Although I don't understand the maths involved in relativity &amp; QM I understand the concepts &amp; enjoy discussing them from a philosophical point of view.<br />Oh, I'm also totally off my trolley!"

I think it might be to do with punctuation, with mine I found I got different bits and pieces up according to which punctuation I changed. It's not a major thing but it makes it difficult to read about other folk.  []

[Chemistry4me]

Are those your own eyes Variola?

[Variola]

Are those your own eyes Variola?

Nope, but they are not far off. Mine are accompanied by specs. []

[DrChemistry]

@Variola:  If you thought the last typo was FOG worthy, then check out this one:

White bread and the wonder of enzymes

"Take half a slice of bread and chew it and chew it and chew it! Even if the bread becomes disgusting, you should still keep chewing amd remember - don't swallow or you'll spoil the experiment!"

I do realize that typos may be of much smaller priority than Bug Fixes or other enhancements, but I thought I'd just point it out anyway.

[Variola]

You are really getting in the FOG mood aren't you DrC  []

I'm still baffled as to why the biography on user profiles reads in a strange way.


Amd.....that's my sort of typo!!! One I would often be caught doing. Hence I get fogged into oblivion on here!

[DrChemistry]

I think I should give myself a surname. DrChemistryFOG. Sounds good to me []

I checked what could cause the weird biography and I think it happens because of the following reason:

The Text Area allows you to make newlines, however when it is inserted into the database it only recognizes text (probably because of the settings of the table in the database. If that is the case changing TEXT to VARCHAR [talking from a MySQL point of view] might do the trick. I can check that once I find time to do it), and hence the breaklines are turned into the text version of that very tag. The profile page can only display text and not html tags, it therefore posts the message just directly from the database without recognizing the html code. The biography should be stripped for html tags and then replaced with tags that would work in that very system.

That could be the problem, although I fear it is not that simple. That is my best guess without having a look at the code. But I think we can leave that for the Admins []

[Variola]

he Text Area allows you to make newlines, however when it is inserted into the database it only recognizes text (probably because of the settings of the table in the database. If that is the case changing TEXT to VARCHAR [talking from a MySQL point of view] might do the trick. I can check that once I find time to do it), and hence the breaklines are turned into the text version of that very tag. The profile page can only display text and not html tags, it therefore posts the message just directly from the database without recognizing the html code. The biography should be stripped for html tags and then replaced with tags that would work in that very system.

Umm... was that English??  []

I will take your word for it... I expect the tech support will sort it soon!

[DrChemistry]

I told you my English could be awkward sometimes []

So do I. But by the way, just for reference, did this problem occur recently, or has it always been like that?

[Variola]

Hmmmm I think it has always been like that... []

[Chemistry4me]

I love the "Test Test Test<br /><br />Test Test<br /><br />Test !!!&lt;br \&gt;!!!!<br /><br />Test <br /><br /><br />Test test"

It says so much about you. []

[Karen W.]

Ok Dave...help The PM's are not working properly on and off kind of thing!

[DrChemistry]

I love the "Test Test Test<br /><br />Test Test<br /><br />Test !!!&lt;br \&gt;!!!!<br /><br />Test <br /><br /><br />Test test"

It says so much about you. []

Forgot to remove it again after the test []

P.s. I am not as interesting as the biography states []