Spoil Tags not working and not concealing

darthsLair on 16/6/2008 at 12:47

Hi All,

I have recently changed computers, and on this different computer the spoil tags do not conceal. I have looked all through
out Fan Missions and all the words that are supposed to be concealed are not.

This,evidently is occuring on my computer only, as others I have
asked on the forum are having no problems with this.

I checked under internet options, but nothing helpful there.

Thanks to anyone and everyone who can assist me:weird:

Nameless Voice on 16/6/2008 at 19:13

Well, for a start you could mention which browser you're using...

Internet Options? Sounds like Internet Explorer to me. Try a proper browser:
(http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) Firefox
(http://www.opera.com/) Opera

darthsLair on 16/6/2008 at 21:46

Hi NV,

I am using FireFox, and looked under options, but to no avail!:erg:
Sounds like you know what to do if it is Fire Fox? By the way, I have
the latest updates.

Thanks in advance for any help.:thumb:

Nameless Voice on 17/6/2008 at 01:07

Oh, right. :o

Well, it sounds to me as though some styling feature is disabled, and preventing FF from loading the proper style for the spoilers.

There are a few ways to disallow styling and colouring of elements, but those would also break other parts of the forum (e.g. removing the bluish background and so on).

Turning off JavaScript will obviously break the click-to-reveal behaviour, but the spoilers themselves should still appear with the proper colours.

In other words, I haven't really got a clue. :)
Maybe someone else has an idiea?

darthsLair on 17/6/2008 at 02:21

I know, this is a tough one. The logical thing for me to do, is to note all of
the Internet Options on my Previous Computer, and change the current one.

If this works, I will note what I had to change, and edit this post.

Thanks Nameless Voice!:thumb:

darthsLair on 21/6/2008 at 04:45

This was a simple solution! I uninstalled FireFox3, and Went back using FireFox
1.0.7 :idea:

I upgrade my JavaScript from 5.0 to 6.0, and I thought that might solve the
issue with FireFox3, but to no avail:eww:

According to surveys, alot of trouble with the newer version. I like the Features of the 1.0.7 FireFox is Cool!!:thumb:

The Brain on 21/6/2008 at 09:55

Umm, JavaScript is embedded with browsers. You probably just upgraded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)) Java, not (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript) JavaScript. Upgrading Java runtimes is good to do sometimes, too.

darthsLair on 21/6/2008 at 13:34

Thankyou! You are correct, I updated Java Runtime Environment to 6.0
I will check into JavaScript update as well:thumb:

The Brain on 22/6/2008 at 07:34

Uhh. If you want to upgrade your JavaScript then you need to upgrade/update your browser like you did earlier. There is no separate package for JavaScript unlike Java have.

David on 22/6/2008 at 07:39

The only thing I can think of is that your browser has (for some reason) a custom/user stylesheet which is changing the class for the spoilers