Upgrading to 4.2 and need a little help

[Ba'al]

Hey guys,
I am working on our Dev site and i am having a little problem with the Threadview, the background is transparent and the member info is out of whack and has been this way since i started to work on it.

Any help on what is wrong and what i can do to fix it would be greatly appreciated.

I thought there was a problem with the script so i copied the script from our working site and replaced the present script with no change.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/10/51.png

[Ba'al]

No clues?

[Lynne]

How about a link to the page?

It looks like you have messed up the CSS for the page.

[Black Snow]

Is your style/theme compatible with 4.2.0?

[Ba'al]

How about a link to the page?

It looks like you have messed up the CSS for the page.
I hadnt even touched the CSS, we uploaded the upgrade, we assigned Admins, i went in to post a thread and it was that way, anyway heres the link.

http://dev.cowboys-forum.com/showthread.php?2-Test&p=4#post4

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Is your style/theme compatible with 4.2.0?

It is the default style that came with the upgrade.

[Lynne]

That is not the default that comes with vB4 - the colors aren't the same, there isn't a vbulletin banner (I doubt the vB guys are Cowboys fans!), etc.

Create a new style with no parent:

Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Style
Parent Style: No Parent Style
Title: Default vBulletin
Allow User Selection: Yes
Save

That should create a totally default style.

[Ba'al]

That is not the default that comes with vB4 - the colors aren't the same, there isn't a vbulletin banner (I doubt the vB guys are Cowboys fans!), etc.

Create a new style with no parent:

Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Style
Parent Style: No Parent Style
Title: Default vBulletin
Allow User Selection: Yes
Save

That should create a totally default style.
ok i'll try it again, when i say default i mean i havent actually went in and changed the CSS code as far as physically changing the code, i did change the title image and color scheme by changing hex codes. But the forums page was already screwed up when i changed those things.

I have also noticed that when i do create a new style and implement it, every page except the forums page changes to that new style, the forums page remains the same as it was, the activity page, the blogs page etc. etc. changes to the new style but the forums page doesnt change.

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ok i created a new style titled 'Default vBulletin' and it changed everything except the Main Forum in the Sub-Forum Catagory, heres a link, click Main Forum and you will see what im saying, i have tried once in the Main Forum to change the style to 'Default vBulletin' but it doesnt change.

http://dev.cowboys-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?1-Main-Category

[Lynne]

If you want the totally default style, just append &styleid=6 to the url - http://dev.cowboys-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?1-Main-Category&styleid=6 But, as you said, the threadview won't change for some reason, so disable your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit includes/config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

[Ba'al]

If you want the totally default style, just append &styleid=6 to the url - http://dev.cowboys-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?1-Main-Category&styleid=6 But, as you said, the threadview won't change for some reason, so disable your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit includes/config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
I havent added any mods or plugins because of this issue, should i still disable the plugin system?

[Lynne]

Well, *something* is causing the issue. Did you check to see if you have assigned the style to the forum in the Forum Manager?

[Ba'al]

Well, *something* is causing the issue. Did you check to see if you have assigned the style to the forum in the Forum Manager?
Ok i checked the Forum Manager and you were correct, it was set to 'test default style' so i changed it to the new 'default vbulletin' style and that part is good, but im still having the original problem, the threadview is still out of whack,any ideas?
http://dev.cowboys-forum.com/showthread.php?2-Test

I also noticed the Articles and Blogs sections are the same way, a transparent background in the content area.

[Lynne]

This is messing things up - do you recognize it?

<strong><font color="#800000Ba\'al</font></i></b></strong>
Perhaps the html username markup for the usergroup? Can you please remove it.

[Ba'al]

This is messing things up - do you recognize it?

<strong><font color="#800000Ba\'al</font></i></b></strong>
Perhaps the html username markup for the usergroup? Can you please remove it.
That did the trick, thanx im not even going try figuring out how you saw that string to ask me to delete it lol

[Lynne]

firebug is a wonderful tool for looking for problems. :)

[Ba'al]

firebug is a wonderful tool for looking for problems. :)
lol After i told the owner of the site it was fixed i figured it out, she used Firebug, dammit lol i have Firebug on Firefox i just dont know how to use it.

[Lynne]

lol After i told the owner of the site it was fixed i figured it out, she used Firebug, dammit lol i have Firebug on Firefox i just dont know how to use it.
Practice and you will learn. :)

[Ba'al]

Practice and you will learn. :)
I will,thanx lol We have been having another problem on the active site, when someone posts an Article or an Admin tries to update the Rules it wont let us save our work, its one of the reasons we are working on the dev site.

The owner isnt in a hurry now and we would like to figure out why the Articles and Rules pages arent working correctly, is it possible that you could use your magic to see where problem may be.

http://www.cowboys-forum.com/content.php

[Lynne]

I can't tell just by looking, but I would try using a totally default style, see if that fixes it. If not, try disabling all your plugins except those for the blogs/cms and see if that fixes it.

[Ba'al]

I can't tell just by looking, but I would try using a totally default style, see if that fixes it. If not, try disabling all your plugins except those for the blogs/cms and see if that fixes it.
Will do,thanx it was working until we upgraded to 4.1.11 thats when it went in the tank.