Okay, I've made the instructions very clear in case people were replacing only the commented out line (but surely not) - find that code and REPLACE the WHOLE SECTION.

It should work.

It won't work. You got way too many brackets with the eregi stuff now.

Uh... count the brackets carefully. :) It does work. Because it's the same code running on my forums for the past 6 months.

Then you muist have a magic site. ;)

One on the left and 2 on the right and it still works?

("Netscape6/",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))

Boofo... look at that line of code carefully. COUNT the number of brackets.

Don't confuse the OR bits with the AND bits... :) The Netscape is joined with the Mozilla variables...

If you can't count, I can't help you.

P.S - vB.org is definitely not magical, but it has this code installed... ;)

Let me break it down for you, since you obviously can't count, yet insist on trying to be smart.

if (eregi("MSIE",$HTTP_USER_AGENT)

this first part - opens a new bracket, the IE one is open and closed, 1 bracket still needs to be closed...

|| (eregi("Mozilla/5",$HTTP_USER_AGENT) &&

Opens another bracket, the Mozilla is open and closed, so we have 2 brackets to be closed now.

!eregi("Netscape6/",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {

The Netscape variables are open and closed, so then we close the 2 brackets.

See?

Next time, count, before trying to criticize code released by others.

Erwin, I was counting before you were even born. ;)

This is the line I was referring to.

And I have looked over at vb.com for this fix and I didn't see it anywhere.

Edit: You're not even using eregi in your new code, by the way.

Yes you must have a magic site because I have done this three time and still get the same error even after you changed your directions. Are you sure you did not change something somewhere else maybe? I don't think I am that bad I have installed mods before.

attroll, try this. I'm not very good at counting so it may not work. ;) Let me know.

[disable]// ###################### Start gettextareawidth #######################
function gettextareawidth() {
// attempts to fix idiotic Nutscrape textarea width problems
global $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

if ((eregi("MSIE",$HTTP_USER_AGENT) || (eregi("Mozilla/5",$HTTP_USER_AGENT) && !(eregi("Netscape6/",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))))) { // browser is IE
return "{textareacols_IE}";

} elseif (eregi("Netscape6/",$HTTP_USER_AGENT)) { // browser is NS 6
return "{textareacols_NS6}";

} elseif (eregi("Mozilla/4.",$HTTP_USER_AGENT)) { // browser is NS4
return "{textareacols_NS4}";

} else { // unknown browser - stick in a sensible value
return 60;

}

}[/disable]

Yup that did it with yours Boofo. I don't know if it actiually works with Mozilla though. I will have to wait until one of my users comes online to find out. But at least I am not getting any errors now.

THanks Boofo

No problem. Let me know when you get any Mozilla users if it works ok. ;)

Wow when I view my web pages with IE 6 after getting this hack to work it makes it really hard to read. Should I or can I change this a little to get my IE to view better. Which one would I change teh 70 and if so what can I change it to?

Wow. I just noticed something. Every web site I visit with Internet Explorer has changed to a smaller pixel or something and when I go into my computer properties it is set right but something is wrong here. I thin I will change it back maybe. What has this mod done?

I am attaching the updated text file I made since vbulletin wants to parse everything.

It works great on my site. You must have changed something else along with it. Look at the file I have attached and make the necessary changes there.

I got my problem fixed thanks to help from Boofo. It was not the hack that caused the problem. It was a case of staying up longer then I should have working on hacks. I was getting lame brained and did something without realizing I even did it.

You probably didn't touch anything to do it. It has happened to me before. I think there must be some sites that do that for whatever reason. Glad you got it working. ;)

That code worked for me as well. I figured the missing / in Erwins post after mine was the prob, but I was getting the same parse errors, but all seems good now both in IE and Moz.

Looks like Firebird is having the same issue as Netscape.. :(