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Well that worked I’ll try on Chrome in a bit.

Now Chrome still on iPad Pro.

It does now seem to be coping with stuff from this forum at least now.

They did a little fix about 2 weeks ago for that but yes I’ve still seen the odd user who’s breaks on forum quoting.

I’ll test copying from another site next.

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Still seems to the odd one that yes has html code in but it’s not every post like it was and still seems to be when people copy the username into the text.

Ah, yes of course it's all our own fault 😉

I know that's not what you mean, but "it only happens occasionally" or "it's because you pasted in this way" isn't a valid excuse, it shouldn't happen at all whatever the user did, and as I pointed out above it would actually be really simple to fix (do you think if I spent an hour or so checking exactly what's going wrong and providing a bolt on fix it would be implemented? - I think it would be possible just with client side js)

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Copying and pasted in Chrome.

I know that’s not what you mean, but “it only happens occasionally” or “it’s because you pasted in this way” isn’t a valid excuse

It’s not an excuse at all I’m not making any excuses I’m highlighting when it happens.

Well testing those has highlighted one thing for me, it runs bloody slow on Chrome.

It’s not an excuse at all I’m not making any excuses I’m highlighting when it happens.

Apologies for having to point this out again Drac but you and Cougar bit have a bit of an issue with the way/position you are posting. at times they read like you are representing those who do not speak - for those who know it's OK we just start to filter your posts out but others may think your providing an official STW response.

It does quite a few times sound like a flippant I'm all right what's your problem.

It should come as no surprise that it's running slow on Chrome, it's been pointed out repeatedly.

I’ve tested previously on Chrome before Mike and it wasn’t too bad but today it was very sluggish.

Still seems to the odd one that yes has html code in but it’s not every post like it was and still seems to be when people copy the username into the text.

Happens every time I change the text of a post, like this.

But not if I just add things to the end.

So Rusty if you were to copy a post and change a part of the text, say to shorten the quote, then it breaks the quoting?

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Still seems to the odd one that yes has html code in but it’s not every post like it was and still seems to be when people copy the username into the text.

Happens every time I edit the text of a post.

But not if I just add things to the end.

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<div>Oh, it's fine, works just like it does on those old fashioned forums :lol:</div>

Not tried editing quotes.

It's standard text as well. If<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> I edit the post, it throws up random HTML, which I have to edit to remove.</span>

Phone keyboard still borked as well, just on this site.

Very random.

Like I said DezB it seems to happen still for a few members.

Cheers Rusty I’ll test that when I get a chance.

Like that.

Appears to happen <span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">when line spacing is altered during editing.</span>

Although the code in this post appeared without any editing, before I added this sentence.

It would be nice if, as a subscriber already logged in with my Subscriber account, I didn't keep getting the reminder  pop-up to go subscribe or buy the latest edition, please.

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Like I said DezB it seems to happen still for a few members.

Cheers Rusty I’ll test that when I get a chance.

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Like I said DezB it seems to happen still for a few members.

Cheers Rusty I’ll test that when I get a chance.

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Like I said DezB it seems to happen still for a few members.

Cheers Rusty I’ll test that when I get a chance.

Ironically, I'm actually reading the mag atm.

Yes, it's annoying.

Drac - those last three posts of mine.,...

The first included copying the P icon.
The second was only text.

The third time, it wouldn't let me Copy the P icon at all, but I then Pasted the result as Plain Text.

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It would be nice if, as a subscriber already logged in with my Subscriber account, I didn’t keep getting the reminder  pop-up to go subscribe or buy the latest edition, please.

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They're just pre-emptively assuming that given the mess they've made of the place you'll unsubscribe, and then you'll be a suitable target for their advertising

EDIT: Oh look, Cmd+C, Cmd+V works just fine 🙄

Just checked again - I can't seem to copy the P icon now. It won't highlight when I select the area/block I want to Copy.

Cheers Scotroutes I’ve never actually tried with the P copied so here it goes.

Or maybe not as I can’t copy the P either.

Some folk can - and I did previously.

All attempts on the same PC/OS/Browser btw. (W10/Chrome)

Yeah I see that I’ll try on my iPhone next.

https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/linux-running-tcpdump-on-boot/#post-9938687

is a good example of tags being extraneously added - I edited the original post and C&P plain text from another editor. It's also a good example of another bit of broken forum - I ended up doing it that way when I found that it's not possible to type code in by hand properly on here e.g.

[code]This is a test

it should all be one block of code

but it isn't[/code]

Is that the /code Quote Aracer?

I’ve never used that for about 10 years not sure if that’s what you’re talking about?

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It would be nice if

...I could change my username to <div><div><div>, just for teh lulz.

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Is that the /code Quote Aracer?

Yeah, kind of handy for techy stuff as it forces a fixed width font. TBH I'd normally C&P code from somewhere, eg as above:

[code]body {
font-family: "Verdana" !important;
}[/code]

...so hadn't come across the issue of writing code directly on the forum before

Every page I open has a wee animation of

If you actually close it with [x] it shouldn't come back for 24 hours at least.  If that's not the case then either you're blocking cookies or it's broken.

@aracer - I replied on the other thread, try using backtick.  [ code ] [ /code ] should also work.

If you actually close it with [x] it shouldn’t come back for 24 hours at least. If that’s not the case then either you’re blocking cookies or it’s broken.

Yeah, it was closing for me for the 24 hours but then it popped up this am again when it shouldn’t appear until about 8pm tonight. On Chrome it reappeared within about 12 hours and again after about 30 minutes.

If you actually close it with [x] it shouldn’t come back for 24 hours at least.  If that’s not the case then either you’re blocking cookies or it’s broken.

Comes back more frequently for me, not blocking any cookies so I'd suggest broken along with unwelcome and pointless. And for those of us using multiple devices Phone, Tablet, Home Laptop, work PC that's a fair few more, also if you open a few tabs once it's unlocked itself it's popping up a lot. That and it doesn't even display properly and looks like some bad 1990's floating text on mobile.

I do however have a pile of 15 copies of this months mag next to me just in case anyone needs one #AdvertisingWorks

It came back on demand for me yesterday. Until I blocked it. Scroll all the way to the bottom, then it reappeared conveniently to make it easier to find in the page inspector tools.

The only cookies that would be blocked within one session would be criteo, skimresources and facebook, all of which are permanently blocked. I presume it's not one of them. st cookies are all whitelisted.

Certain frowned upon plugins make it go away on a computer, but it's still bloody annoying on the mobile. I strongly suspect my local newsagent won't have much in the way of stock of an esoteric British MTB mag, so I might have to take you up on your offer Mike.

It's great news for my goldfish. Thanks to his limited memory capablities he always forgot that the mag was on sale. Now he no longer has an excuse.

Yeah, it was closing for me for the 24 hours but then it popped up this am again when it shouldn’t appear until about 8pm tonight. On Chrome it reappeared within about 12 hours and again after about 30 minutes.

ive had it twice this morning on my chromebook.

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slow.

How long does it take to transfer to a server that can . . . you know . . . handle forums? STW is dying of death, a sad, self inflicted and utterly avoidable slow death.

We already did this. Every post is being re-typed onto the new servers during the school holidays.

I believe the contingency plan is to hire some chimps to do it instead on the basis that the quality of posts will improve .

I believe the contingency plan is to hire some chimps to do it instead on the basis that the quality of posts will improve .

Thats just silly, there’s no chance of the quality of posts being improved.

The replacement of a proper post history with details of a response with the current daft list of your replies with no thread title and no details about if there has been further responses.

@convert Glad it’s not just me that’s annoyed by this.

This pop up thats not a pop up but a slider does it reappear every day?

I've had to close it everyday so far on desktop, mobile and tablet. what fun

It would appear so.

How many copies of the magazine have you bought now?

With reference to the “buy Singletrack pop up”

Yeah I seen that it appeared once I closed it and it’s never appeared again

Thats bollox, closed it numerous times over the past few days on iPhone/iPad/MacBook.  I’m all for letting the work experience kids play loose with their awsum coding skills but please refrain from taking the piss out of us