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After I log in, anytime I try to do anything in the forum I get a javascript error:
JavaScript Error:
[http link deleted] line 129:
missing ; before statement.
base += ‘!tz=’ + new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
………………………^
I’ve emailed the webmaster/taunton with no response, and got no useful response in the Using Breaktime subforum.
What a PITA.
What’s going on, and how do I (they?) fix it.)
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Necer seen such an error. Have you downloaded an updated version of your browser lately ?
*Bob,Since I must have the most useless, antiquated computer on the forum, I would say that since this has never happened to me, you must be the only one.MD
*Bob, blame hubcap! Seriously, over in CT I think I recall hearing of this and it had to do w/a Mac. Are you on a Mac?
*Bob: I started getting error messages on my (ancient) Netscape 3.01 when going to and from the main board of Breaktime recently:gobbledeguck. . . ."missing semi-colon before statement", blah, blah, blah. . .I haven't changed anything on my computer in a long time, but am thinking it is time to download an updated version of Netscape. -David
*BobI'm getting the same error message 3-4 times everytime I change pages. "JavaScript Error: http://webx.taunton.com/WebX, line 131: (lines are 87, 131, 1175 & 1177 everytime)missing ; before statement.base += '!tz=' + new Date().getTimezoneOffset();...........................^"I'm running Netscape communicator 4.05 on a pc. This only happens if I log in with my name & password. If I come on as a guest user, it doesn't happen.
*Yea, I'm using an antique version of Netscape (4.01). As a general rule, I prefer not to upgrade until I absolutely have to.did something change with the forums here? I've noticed that with the error (which I only get after logging in) a "Calendar" button on the button bar is unfilled: is this some new feature, or did I just overlook it before?Bob
*I think that some of the problems here only occur with the "fatter" versions of the browsers. Probably just about any version of IE, and the 'communicator' versions of netscape. I use Netscape® Navigator 4.08 the stand-alone. Without communicator, and I don't have the error problems. I do still have a blank button, a button that is grey/blue, and those new arrows are too large. I'd like to see the arrows stay the same color they are, because it is now easier to scroll down to the new posts, (the word 'new' is bright red, and the purplish buttons don't register on my aging eyes as false 'new' alerts anymore.), but I'd like to see them smaller, and without the shadow.
*Well, I have Netscape Communicator 4.51, and I never get these error messages you're talking about. The new arrows are bigger and uglier. The "Change Subscriptions" box is blank (but holding the pointer over it brings up the little box that says "Change Subscriptions" and clicking on it still works), the "Message Center" button is grey, and the "Calendar" button is missing but the word "Calendar" appears on the white background. Clicking the Calendar "button" goes to a lovely calendar that (today) shows July 9 through August 5, with todays date indicted by a touch of shading on the 16. As near as I can figure, nothing can be done with this calendar besides look at it. Clicking the Calendar button also opens a new window which diplays the "404 Not Found" message in a large black font on a white background.I think there is a possibility that the "404 Not Found" message is not what the programers intended.Rich Beckman
*Try turning off Script Debugging and Script Error Notification in your browser and see what happens. I have both turned off and don't get the error messages. They are in the Avanced section of Internet Options if you are using IE.As a separate thing I do get the blank boxes with a little "x" in them though for some icons, like the calendar. Since they are shown as "Not Available" when I check Properties maybe that is the way the Webmaster has it set up.
*i have two blank buttons and message center is grey blue. ?que pasa?
*Ditto what Rich said for me too. . .Netscape 4.6, no error messages etc. . . When the Calender button first appeared, just before the last breakdown, selecting it started up java, and after a long delay a lengthy list of instructions for using the calender which were mostly mind numbing bafflegab but I got the impression it was meant to be some sort of datebook, or "day minder" feature for us. Methinks that the new Sysops are playin around, adding "features" without bothering to find out if anyone is really interested.The timing suggests it's at fault for the recent breakdown... code violation :) Kinda sucks compared to the old days when we used to be involved with the tinkering!!!-pm
*Bob, I don't have a clue as to what your problem is, but I will try to find someone here who does. Andy
*Andy:What about the blank boxes for "Change Subscriptions" and "Calendar"? In fact are the blank boxes with the little red x what the webmaster intended?
*Fred,
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*Bob: A few questions: What operating system are you using? How are the date, time and time zone set on your computer? If you click EDIT, PREFERENCES..., and ADVANCED, do you have the first 5 boxes checked?
*Fred, again, I'm not sure. Likely Joe is on to a solution; he is much more computer savvy than I am. All of our web guys are at a Dreamweaver conference this week, so I'm afraid the liklihood of us implementing anything is slim for a spell.Andy
*Andy:No real problem. I just thought that while you were getting input on the nitnoy I'd add an item. When the folks get back from their vacation it'll just be something for them to do.
*How come when I check out a thread with "new" messages I dont see them all. I hate it when you only see some of the new messages, then you go back, and its still marked "new". Then you gotta go back again.I've probably got something set wrong.
*Andy,
View Image © 1999-2000"The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it." Aristotle