Before I try the things you have all posted above (and thank you for them), I would like it to be known that this happened suddenly, with no back-end changes. I logged in and it was like that. So something that already exists somehow created this issue. Being that there are multiple problems with the page, what should be done first? You all seem to know this better than I do, so I figure certain things should be done before others.
Again, thank you all for your help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynne
There is no style.css file in default vB4. So, that file is from a modification/style you uploaded.
You have many problems with that page. I threw it into an html validator and got 74 Errors, 32 warning(s). And yeah, you can ignore many of what it says, but having two <DOCTYPE> and <html> and <head> and <body> tags in a page is a BIG NO-NO and it will screw up your page.
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Can you tell me where these are and how to address them? Thank you for chiming in Lynne, you've always been a big help!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave
There's definitely something wrong with your forum:
The source contains the following:
HTML Code:
<img src=?http://i.imgur.com/SQ1BnJU.jpg?/>
You are supposed to use double quotes, not backticks for the src.
Also at around line 475 in the source, it includes a page with html/body tags. HTML is invalid. (It's one of your block modules?) |
Dave, where did that image come from?! It says the site will shut down as of 4 days ago.... EDIT: I just searched in templates and this came up in the 'header' template under the current active style but no others... It shows my google ads after it.
Code:
<body>
<div>
<img src=?http://i.imgur.com/SQ1BnJU.jpg?/>
<script type="text/javascript">
google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2427967321404401";
google_ad_slot = "6801652175";
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
</script>
<!-- ads -->
<script type="text/javascript"
src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
<center>Watch versus cycling in this video clip.<br>Versus Cycling is some
great videos to watch!
</div>
</body>
Clearly the cycling text and the imgur image link is not from me, and I am the only one with access to the back end to edit things... Now what? I removed the above code and it changed nothing, so I put it back without those two parts of the code I just mentioned.
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Originally Posted by ozzy47
Well first off I would upgrade to at least vBulletin 4.2.2 Patch Level 2, since there is security issues in earlier versions.
As far as upgrading, read the manual, http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade
It may or may not fix your issues. |
Thank you ozzy. Regarding the update, it says to do a database backup. The methods shown in the backup link (
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...atabase_backup) I am unfamiliar with. Do I need anything additional to do any of the methods on that page? I apologize if these are more 'entry level' questions. I'm overwhelmed with the abundance of issues going on with the website right now.
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As a current update: I removed the following code entirely and things are back to normal, minus the google ads:
Code:
<body>
<div>
<center>
<script type="text/javascript">
google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2427967321404401";
google_ad_slot = "6801652175";
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
</script>
</center>
<!-- ads -->
<script type="text/javascript"
src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
</div>
</body>
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