# Today I've been getting "Script Errors - Illegal character line 1" on SDMB. Do you? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 9, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702 "2000-08-09T14:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Easy\_Tokyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Easy\_Tokyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Easy_Tokyo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/1 "2000-08-09T14:52:13Z")
It says error is in “Character 30” If it’s happening to others, then it’s probably a typo in the Doctype statement. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/2 "2000-08-09T15:06:35Z")
Nope . I’ve never seen that error . ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/3 "2000-08-09T15:33:45Z")
I’ll refer this to our tech guys, but they probably know already and are doing whatever arcane mysteries they perform to keep the board running. your humble TubaDiva Administrator who has no idea what it is they do, but has seen a lot of dead chickens around here lately . . . ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/4 "2000-08-10T12:23:18Z")
It’s not the chickens, it’s the chanting–are they doing the chanting right? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/5 "2000-08-10T16:10:23Z")
It’s the ritual dance, that’s what they’re supposed to be doing. This is true proof that “It ain’t the meat, it’s the motion.” 🙂 your humble TubaDiva So what did they do with all them chickens? And who’s going to clean up the mess? ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/6 "2000-08-10T16:19:41Z")
I just got a script error, too, although I didn’t note the line#. Are you on Internet Explorer 5.5? They changed from Beta to official version this month. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-ive-been-getting-script-errors-illegal-character-line-1-on-sdmb-do-you/28702/7 "2000-08-10T19:29:28Z")
The IE version shouldn’t make a difference… This sounds like a server-side problem, not a client-side one, which means that Jerry et al (there’s others?) are the proper ones to be performing the arcane rites, not us mortals.