1 Reply by unixwolf

(47 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Smartys wrote:

No need to be sarcastic: check the file for yourself
http://dev.punbb.org/browser/trunk/upload/register.php

It IS impossible with an unmodded register.php

OK, just to make this very clear for you, the following IS sarcasm.

Is English a second language for you?  Congratulations on being the first to actually be able to prove a negative.

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2 Reply by unixwolf

(47 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I've said "That's impossible".

Is it impossible that the site is running with error_reporting(0) and some unanticipated error condition occurred?

I did not check the code for myself as it is not my site, and I was trying to help someone without technical resources.  I doubt they modified any code, but it's not "impossible".

In fact, something did go strange when I first registered to the site.  My browser locked up and I rebooted.  When I went back to the site, I could login and get to the forum, post, etc., but my profile email field was blank.  I could apparently form email to other members, but they never received it until I entered the email address.

Let us just say that this trouble ticket would be marked "Unable to reproduce".

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3 Reply by unixwolf

(47 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Smartys wrote:

Users provide an email address upon registering

I hate to disappoint you but there must be some set of conditions which permits this.  My forum profile email address was blank.  Hide email, allow form mail was set.  I could post to the forum.  I could form email to other members.    Understandably, no one could form email to me, but it would look like it was working.  Once I entered an email, I could not delete it, but at first, it was not there.

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4 Reply by unixwolf

(27 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

deadram wrote:

No way to win there, unless you included some code to help support IE7 better,

As with most problems, the real solution is education.  EVERY site you work on should detect IE7 (and other non-compliant browsers) and display something like the following:

"The browser you are using (print useragent info here) is not standards compliant and may incorrectly display, or even fail to display, some information we are providing to you.  In order to properly view the content of this and many other sites, you should obtain and install a browser that IS standards compliant, or contact your browser supplier, asking them why their product does not meet widely accepted professional standards.  If they are unable to give you a satisfactory answer, you should replace your current browser with one which is compliant. (insert a link here to a google search for "standards compliant browser")"

If EVERY Linux based site did this, perhaps a significant number of users would find out there is an option.  Don't blame it on users too stupid to change.  Inform them it is the result of predatory, anti-competitive actions of their browser supplier.  Even my wife was able to install FireFox.

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5 Reply by unixwolf

(47 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

FYI: NotSoHotMail considers your registration Email to be Spam!!!! (yeah, I know. Who's surprised?)

When a user has not provided an email address, the email form will still come up, accept input and then apparently discards it into a black hole somewhere, with no indication that anything is amiss.  Any way to get it to, in this case, say something like "This user is not currently accepting messages"??

This is not on my own site, but on one I visit, but they have no developers.  I am a PHP/MySQL developer and I'm trying to guide them into the light.

If there is currently no way, might this be a useful enhancement?

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