# Major bugs in SDMB re-skin fixed. What do you think? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 6, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663 "2017-09-06T18:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/541 "2017-09-23T16:40:15Z")
Still getting zapped, I see. Happened again today. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/542 "2017-09-28T04:57:49Z")
And zapped again. Happening more often, it seems like. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/543 "2017-09-29T09:34:03Z")
The moderator list at the bottom of each forum is missing on the new skin. Found by **dalej42** : [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=837578](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=837578) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/544 "2017-09-29T09:36:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And zapped again. Happening more often, it seems like. It’s my understanding that this is an underlying problem in the version of vBulletin that we are using. It’s unrelated to the new mobile skin options. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/545 "2017-09-29T14:48:26Z")
**ECG** , any idea if items are still being worked on? There haven’t been any changes in the last few weeks, and there are still some significant bugs. Are reports getting lost in this 11-page thread? The biggest two in my mind are formatting in CODE tags, and spoilers being displayed in quotes. There are other annoyances, but those two need to be fixed quickly. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/546 "2017-09-29T18:07:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > **ECG** , any idea if items are still being worked on? There haven’t been any changes in the last few weeks, and there are still some significant bugs. Are reports getting lost in this 11-page thread? > > The biggest two in my mind are formatting in CODE tags, and spoilers being displayed in quotes. There are other annoyances, but those two need to be fixed quickly. The code to fix them has already been submitted in this thread, too. I really thought we’d at least get those done before deprioritizing everything. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/547 "2017-09-29T23:40:23Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > **ECG** , any idea if items are still being worked on? There haven’t been any changes in the last few weeks, and there are still some significant bugs. Are reports getting lost in this 11-page thread? Ed wants everything in one thread, presumably since it is easier to look through one thread than to try to find multiple threads in ATMB. So definitely keep posting in this thread. I know that other things are going on besides the mobile re-skin, but I don’t know what they are and I don’t know what is currently being worked on. I’ll see if I can find anything out for you. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/548 "2017-09-30T07:09:10Z")
\*Taking an eternally-long sign." Ed. you are as Dumb Like a Dog as I. Any updates are both surprisd as well as appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/549 "2017-09-30T12:32:48Z")
Why is it still the case that clicking on “THE STRAIGHT DOPE” in the upper left corner takes you to the front page of the Message Board, and not to the Straight Dope’s portal page? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/550 "2017-09-30T12:40:46Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Why is it still the case that clicking on “THE STRAIGHT DOPE” in the upper left corner takes you to the front page of the Message Board, and not to the Straight Dope’s portal page? It just does that on the new skin. The old version takes you to the Straight Dope home page. Down on the bottom, next to the theme chooser, though, there is a link to the home page. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/551 "2017-09-30T18:16:40Z")
The new theme’s behavior on the logo is the norm on forums, as far as I can tell. I suspect changing that requires changing some default. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/552 "2017-09-30T21:49:14Z")
So let’s get it CHANGED. I’ve mentioned it before. It used to be the easy way to get to the main page for things like searching for a thread someone was referencing. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/553 "2017-10-01T00:20:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And zapped again. Happening more often, it seems like. > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > It’s my understanding that this is an underlying problem in the version of vBulletin that we are using. It’s unrelated to the new mobile skin options. Oh. Okay. Fix it! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/554 "2017-10-04T00:24:13Z")
Hey, I just noticed another BUG that I don’t recall anyone has mentioned yet. (To be sure, I haven’t read this entire thread.) When a post with a spoiler is quoted, and the quote includes the spoiler, the spoiler is shown OPEN in the quote box, not closed. The “Show” button is present, but doesn’t do anything. This is serious. Spoilers shouldn’t be shown until the user clicks on “Show” – even when the spoiler is part of a quote box. Here’s an example that I found [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20514715&postcount=11): > [@Apparently, it's okay for Republicans to be gun victims (Vegas massacre).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/9): > > I wonder if this is how the thread would’ve played out if the comments were made by a conservative commentator, about Democrats. > > It’s the SDMB. I don’t wonder this at all. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/555 "2017-10-04T03:59:48Z")
Yep. Already covered, and I even told them what they needed to do to fix it. > [@BigT](#): > > And this fixes Spoilers inside quotes: > div[style\*=“display: none”] { display: none !important; } ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/556 "2017-10-04T16:17:17Z")
You ever get the sense that TPTB have… well, if not “given up”… at least “severely de-prioritized” fixing SultanTheme because the original skin is now available? The fact that **BigT** has identified working fixes and provided them, but they’re not being implemented… tells me that the new skin isn’t being fixed any longer, or under the terms of the original implementation contract (that was paying for the contractor tech to set up the new theme). No urgency. “WONTFIX Workaround available” Just guessin’ here. TPTB don’t owe us much in the way of insight into their site development process, so all we can do is speculate. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/557 "2017-10-04T17:58:33Z")
Totally minor and inconsequential: “The Straight Dope” logo at the top of the page - the hyperlink used to take you to the home page for The Straight Dope, but now brings you to the SDMB main page. It’s nice to be able to just click the SD logo and be brought to the home page, if one wishes to just do some reading after looking thru the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/558 "2017-10-04T18:15:47Z")
I am curious to know why any of you are using the new version. At the very start of the change, as soon as I could, I reverted to the original and never thought of trying the new one once I saw some of the problems, so I don’t really see what’s the benefit of the new one. Educate me? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/559 "2017-10-04T18:26:22Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Totally minor and inconsequential: “The Straight Dope” logo at the top of the page - the hyperlink used to take you to the home page for The Straight Dope, but now brings you to the SDMB main page. > > It’s nice to be able to just click the SD logo and be brought to the home page, if one wishes to just do some reading after looking thru the SDMB. Already covered: > [@cochrane](#): > > It just does that on the new skin. The old version takes you to the Straight Dope home page. Down on the bottom, next to the theme chooser, though, there is a link to the home page. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/560 "2017-10-04T18:43:01Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I am curious to know why any of you are using the new version. At the very start of the change, as soon as I could, I reverted to the original and never thought of trying the new one once I saw some of the problems, so I don’t really see what’s the benefit of the new one. Educate me? I presume because the old version sucks on mobile (except on some Apple devices, suggesting Apple has worked around the problem somehow). The old mobile solution, Tapatalk, is becoming progressively worse. (Heck, that’s why I think Ed decided to update the board in the first place.) It’s also why I don’t just tell them “Try my userscript. I’ve fixed all that.” As far as I know, there is only one browser where Userscripts actually work, and that is the obscure Dolphin Browser, which has a TamperMonkey extension. (Firefox has one, too, but I’ve never gotten it to work.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663.md?page=29)