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[bigboppercole]

For what it is worth mine is 260.19.21 installed with sgfxi.

I just upgraded to 260.19.29 via smxi, and the line shows up after ctrl++.

Al

[Davo]

We are looking for a mod that will add the post number. So far all we have found simply add a 1, 2, 3 post number to a thread.

There's this one http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/p ... viewtopic/
It's a validated mod, which was written for 3.0.5 but author says it will work on all 3.0.x
It would put the post number on the left-side, before the RE:Topic_title bit

To have it placed instead on the far right (which would seem more logical IMO), the author has this tip
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p12011555

Here's what it would then look like in practise: http://www.russianavantgard.com/phpBB3/ ... 1e3ca68#p8
This board uses the same subsilver2/getaway as mepiscommunity (except they are using getaway_green).
Clicking the number gives a javascript pop-up for a direct link (not sure I like that myself, but this could be stopped in ACP).
Right-clicking the number would have "Copy link address" ...there probably are quite a few other mods around with similar functionality.

[Utopia]

makes me suspect that it is an X server

The lines was seen at the test forum using Firefox and internet explorer 8 (in VMware on the same computer).
Now after going live, I can only see them with Firefox. On the same screen, without changing anything.
Henry

[richb]

We are looking for a mod that will add the post number. So far all we have found simply add a 1, 2, 3 post number to a thread.

There's this one http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/p ... viewtopic/
It's a validated mod, which was written for 3.0.5 but author says it will work on all 3.0.x
It would put the post number on the left-side, before the RE:Topic_title bit

To have it placed instead on the far right (which would seem more logical IMO), the author has this tip
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p12011555

Here's what it would then look like in practise: http://www.russianavantgard.com/phpBB3/ ... 1e3ca68#p8
This board uses the same subsilver2/getaway as mepiscommunity (except they are using getaway_green).
Clicking the number gives a javascript pop-up for a direct link (not sure I like that myself, but this could be stopped in ACP).
Right-clicking the number would have "Copy link address" ...there probably are quite a few other mods around with similar functionality.

I do not know if it is the same one, but Karen has it installed on the test forum. problem with it is that the number changes order depending on whether a user has his display settings ascending or descending by time posted. So the same post can have a different number for different users. Not very useful if a descending poster references the number for an ascending user or vise versa..
I think the best solution is the hover solution detailed by oldhogshead . http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 36#p255536

[bigboppercole]

...I think the best solution is the hover solution detailed by bigboppercole . http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 36#p255536

To give credit where due, that was oldhoghead, not me;)

Al

[richb]

...I think the best solution is the hover solution detailed by bigboppercole . http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 36#p255536

To give credit where due, that was oldhoghead, not me;)

Al

Thanks, I am a little frazzled trying to keep up. I corrected the post.

[carlops]

Guys, let's not get too worked up about the lines. It's a browser issue. I have it on several sites using Firefox with a 120% zoom factor. Don't waste effort on something we cannot fix and that we are not responsible for. Let people file a bug with mozilla.

Examples of a site that has the same quirk is http://nu.nl, a dutch news site.
http://www.mepisimo.com is another forum (simple machines) that is affected.

[richb]

Guys, let's not get too worked up about the lines. It's a browser issue. I have it on several sites using Firefox with a 120% zoom factor. Don't waste effort on something we cannot fix and that we are not responsible for. Let people file a bug with mozilla.

Examples of a site that has the same quirk is http://nu.nl, a dutch news site.
http://www.mepisimo.com is another forum (simple machines) that is affected.

I agree, partially, but I also see it with Google Chrome, very faint and only at 120% zoom, but it is there.

EDIT: I see no lines on the sites you listed. This is a very strange phenomenum.

[Davo]

random horizontal lines....have never seen this on any other web-site

It's true you can't find it on other forums, not on the phpBB forum either. Can't be a software bug (because no one else has it) - just a matter of configuration. We can trust peregrine to fix it or we can help her doing it, by trying to figure out what's wrong.
Henry

This is definitely .css related. One of the .css files (system.css, style.css etc) will have defined something with border-blabla: 1px (probably 1px, maybe 2px).
When Firefox renders the page, it's rendering engine will fill in the blanks so-to-speak (it makes some assumptions).
Thus, if something border-related is at (1~2 px), it'll be inserted it in somewhere on the page.
Look at the .css files, try to figure out where and then toggle to border: none (or use DOM to inspect the page).
Google (webkit) will also "interpret" the page, Opera won't. An example of the horiz line is (3rd post, 1st screenshot) http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showt ... p?t=239835
Hope this narrows it down a bit - it's definitely border and ditto some .css file

[KrispyKritter]

I agree with Davo. I have seen this happen on some of my web pages and had to fix the css for it. Firebug might help in finding it. hr with a given length does weird things as pages scale.