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add a link error page -- description
OK, I'm working on my templates. The default one's are great but mucking around my templates A.) makes them fit into my site better and B.) helps me learn how LinksSQL and Links are different.

One problem -- I think I've run across a potential "bug"
Well, I'm just working on a non-net connectted box (OS X -- basically BSD)

when I just click "Add Link" on the Add a Link page an error of course occurs, but in the description box I get this:

<font face="Arial,Helvetica" size=2 color="white">


</font>

Ummm, I'm pretty sure it's the font declaration that I made in the CSS area.

I've only cleaned up the form.txt by adding tabs and returns to make it easier to read and have only added 1 new font declaration in the CSS area all else is just cosmetics.

Hmmm, wonder why this would occur. It's not major but it's a pain to select all to over-write in the description box.

any clues?

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Make sure that you simply have:

Code:

<textarea name="Description" rows="5" cols="40"><%Description%></textarea>


NOT

Code:

<textarea name="Description" rows="5" cols="40"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><%Description%></font></textarea>


If you want to reduce the size of text in the TEXT BOX, then put the font anchors around the textarea anchors...

Code:

<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><textarea name="Description" rows="5" cols="40"><%Description%></textarea></font>


Regards,

Eliot Lee
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yep it was the font tags. actually the orginal also had < % body_font % > in it too.

Next problem, I wonder if this is a browser related problem or not but I get "tab"s in the field from the start is this normally or a OS / browser related problem.


thanks Eliot

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Check to make you have NO spaces between:

<textarea></textarea>

COPY the codes I provided above and you should NOT have any spaces!

Regards,

Eliot Lee
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Re: add a link error page -- description In reply to
lol

thanks again, always the little things.

appreciate it.

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You're welcome...

Regards,

Eliot Lee