SBARC Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 For some unknown reason, since the most recent restoration of the ARC forums due to a corrupted table in the database the forums are not formatting for some ARC forum members on some devices. Here is a fix for this problem discovered by ARC forum member Mstor I will quote his exact words... "I figured it out. If you are experiencing the problem where the formatting of the forum is basically gone and is all text, do the following. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find the link labeled "Theme". Click on it and select "Old ARC (default)". That fixed the problem for me." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Hah! I didn't experience the formatting problems others mentioned (I'm viewing on an iPad with Safari), but I I went ahead and checked the Old ARC format anyway for giggles and that fixed the missing text in dialogs problem I and others reported last week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Slartibartfast said: Hah! I didn't experience the formatting problems others mentioned (I'm viewing on an iPad with Safari), but I I went ahead and checked the Old ARC format anyway for giggles and that fixed the missing text in dialogs problem I and others reported last week. Yup...I noticed the quote function is working properly. So perhaps that was the first sign of the problem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 5 hours ago, SBARC said: the forums are not formatting for some ARC forum members on some devices. Everything looked fine for me on my PC, until I made a new post. Then everything went wonky. Fortunately I had already read Mstor's fix which fixed everything for me. I was going to suggest that you explain the fix on the home page but see you already thought of that. Perhaps this thread should be pinned for a few days in case confused users don't think to go check the home page. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 5 hours ago, SBARC said: Yup...I noticed the quote function is working properly. So perhaps that was the first sign of the problem? I noticed it too. I'm just glad everything seems to be working the way its supposed to. I pretty much just stumbled onto the fix. Just lucky I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 (edited) Oh thank god I looked at this. It was all sorts of messed up for me the past day or so. Thanks to who ever found the fix! Edited November 2, 2019 by achterkirch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Zactoman said: Perhaps this thread should be pinned for a few days in case confused users don't think to go check the home page. Good idea...I pinned this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Wow, thanks! For a while there I thought the site's been hacked : ) Thanks, Mstor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnightprowler Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 16 hours ago, Slartibartfast said: Hah! I didn't experience the formatting problems others mentioned (I'm viewing on an iPad with Safari), but I I went ahead and checked the Old ARC format anyway for giggles and that fixed the missing text in dialogs problem I and others reported last week. That's strange because I HAD the problem on a I Pad with Safari. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Theme - Old ARC (default) = works for me! In reckon the site is hacked, mayby not on purpose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 8 hours ago, cag_200 said: Theme - Old ARC (default) = works for me! In reckon the site is hacked, mayby not on purpose. 'Twas a corrupted database table. Depending on which table, it can reek havoc on a database's data. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Great work Mstor, now maybe after dinner I can upload my final pics of my A-6E build. Fingers crossed. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocat Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Ah, good. Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I was having the issue using Firefox (70.0.1) on Win10 - absolutely HUGE squares with a letter, and all text, links etc vertically-stacked down the left of the page... ....found the fix, and it's worked - thanks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 8 hours ago, andyf117 said: I was having the issue using Firefox (70.0.1) on Win10 - absolutely HUGE squares with a letter, and all text, links etc vertically-stacked down the left of the page... ....found the fix, and it's worked - thanks... Your's is the same set up as mine and I was having the exact same symptoms. Essentially, all the fancy html formatting was gone. Weird huh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Thanks Mstor! Worked like a charm. I was going bankers trying to figure out the issue. Happy modeling! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Model-Junkie Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Thanks for the tip, the site is formatted fine when I was not logged in. I had resorted to logging out just be to able to browse the forums Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Excellent work Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 And another AI chatbot has joined the forums. Reported. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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