Known Bugs and Issues

[Div]

The following is the current list of known bugs and issues with the site that I have collated from the comments I have seen post the upgrade.

These are divided into sections, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile and App. Feel free to contribute to the topic with issues I have missed but always refer to this opening post for the details of known issues and/or fixes.

Please consult this list before reporting an issue and report any new problems into us my emailing support@pieandbovril.com

1. Desktop Issues

1.1 Flicker between pages as team theme is applied. The default colour scheme applies for a few seconds before the users team theme displays.

1.2 Quotes can disappear if the user tried to edit a quote they have pulled into their post

1.3 Users are signed in "anonymously" by default on the board

2. Tablet Issues (iPad, Android, Kindle - when not using our app)

2.1 There is no emoticon or post formatting capability when using the desktop theme on an iPad

3. Mobile Issues (when not using our app)

3.1 YouTube size is too big for mobile platform (reported on Android)

3.2 Users cannot easily skip to specific page numbers from inside a topic on the mobile skin

3.3 If user clicks the back button the black "loading" image stays on screen

3.4 Mobile theme does not show the time of a post, only the date

3.5 YouTube clips are not displayed Fixed 13th Feb @ 2155

4. App issues (iOS and Android)

4.1 Quoted users name is not displayed on the displayed quote when on the App Fixed 13th Feb @ 2330

4.2 YouTube clips are not displayed Fixed 24th Feb

4.3 New lines are being ignored on posts so all text appears in one long line. Line breaks are added if the post is edited Fixed 14th Feb @ 1540

4.4 Some emoticons are not displayed in posts, instead the HTML code markup is shown

4.5 Following the fix we applied to 4.1 users are now only seeing one topic posted under the "Participated" tab in latest content Fixed 14th Feb @ 1540

4.6 When a user quotes another user on the app the quote is not displayed properly in the resulting post, even though it appears ok in the desktop forum. Fixed 24th Feb

4.7 Some users are reporting line break code "<br>" appearing when they are using the App

[paranoid android]

Since updating to Windaes 10, I can no longer post smilies or copy links into P & B threads - the f**k is that about?

[capybara]

Still cannot edit on my laptop

[wunfellaff]

Newline problem returned for me on stock android browser. Plus if quoting a post it just hangs as "saving post" when I try to reply.

Possibly related problems? Ie I think all my quoted replies included a newline?? Edit....see, this meant to have newline.

Edit 2 and after edit 1 the newline has taken....

[54_and_counting]

Notifications dont go away on the mobile site, you need to take them away on the desktop site

[capybara]

Trying to open P&B App on new phone but i cannot get it to work, is there a problem or is it just me?

[welshbairn]

All avatars and signatures etc have disappeared from the threads on the laptop version.

Bump. Is it only me? Bit annoying, can't find any setting to fix it.

[Div]

Still having an issue with "double quoting" on the app.

When I quoted Div's post, which says "Thanks for that Ric", it also quotes Ric's post in full.

I will test tomorrow and add that to the bug tracker if I can reproduce.

Ta.

[capybara]

Cannot edit my own posts? says I don't have permission.

[Jimmy85]

Tell you what Jimmy, PM me your name and address and I'll send you your money back.

That's a very generous offer. Appreciated.

As a way of reciprocating you PM me your address and I'll send someone round to pick up your toys.

[tommyboy]

Anyone else keep getting signed back out when using Chrome.

Yup.Most of yesterday afternoon and right now.Signs me out and won't let me post.

[Jambomo]

Personally I don't think they really get in the way of the App at all.

Maybe it's because I access the site on the iPhone but I do find it quite distracting as it tends to all right across the middle of the thread and there doesn't seem to be a way of closing it.

As I said in my earlier post, I am happy to pay for the site as I understand you have costs and spend a lot of time working on it. How do you sign up for the membership?

Maybe I am just grumpy but I get surrounded by ads all the time so would like a way to not have to have them on sites I go to for enjoyment.

[Div]

Since updating to Windaes 10, I can no longer post smilies or copy links into P & B threads - the f**k is that about?

 

Nothing to do with Windows 10 anyway my friend. What browser are you using after upgrading?

[Div]

I really need a bit more information to help me trace these apparent slow downs.

There is no issue whatsoever on the server or the website at the moment. I am sitting looking at traffic and performance and it's all absolutely fine.

So, those that are having issues like above can you tell me;

Exact time that you think the board is running slowly

Whether you are using app or mobile or desktop

What browser you are using if it's desktop

What theme are you using if it's desktop

These things will help me to better understand what the issue might be.

I'm totally baffled as to why some people seem to experience such slowness when I never seem to.

[Div]

Ok, that will be fixed when I get the iOS update out.

Meanwhile I'm going to close this topic as most of the stuff it refers to is now out of date.

We'll tackle one issue per one topic in this section going forward I think, easier to track that way.

[BFTD]

Yep. Started happening with me about a year ago, I think.

 

Probably just the site begging us to stop posting TBH.

 

Edit: I think it's been happening more often in the past few months too.

[Jamaldo]

Well done Div

[Rugster]

For some reason whenever a video is embedded in a post, I can't see it, just a blank white space where it should be? Desktop version.

Same here on iPad, desktop version.

[Div]

Not sure if you've noticed but you have an issue with the tapatalk stuff. To see what I mean look at the main forum page view source, at line 72 onwards and you'll see..

var tapatalk_ipad_msg = 'Pie and Bovril now has it's very own App for your iPad and it's free ! Click here to download and install or just press cancel to proceed to the forum.';
var tapatalk_iphone_msg = 'Pie and Bovril now has it's very own App for your iPhone or iPod Touch and it's free ! Click here to download and install or just press cancel to proceed to the forum.';
var tapatalk_android_msg = 'Pie and Bovril now has it's very own App for your Android device and it's free ! Click here to download and install or just press cancel to proceed to the forum.';

All these JavaScript vars are defined using single quotes, however the string value inside them also contains single quotes, thus terminating the string and throwing a JS error (several of them).

To resolve this, either use double quotes for the definitions, like so...

var myVar = "It's now safe to use 'single quotes' in here";

or escape the single quotes in the strings, like so...

var myVar = 'It\'s new safe to use \'escaped single quotes\' in here'; 

Thanks for that Ric.

[Ludo*1]

Some of the 'mini-pictures' on P&B are not loading for me and it takes a while to refresh such as the red dot button, mailbox & alert buttons. Is this on my end or is this an actual problem?

Anyone?

[Jimmy85]

The site has been running laughably fucking bad for weeks and weeks now. Pages taking yonks to load, timing out etc. No problems elsewhere on the web.