True. The “broken page” icon in my image is actually rendered by the browser itself, not the website. On my desktop computer, for example, it just replaces the icon with the alternate text (“TouringPlans Discussion Forums”) without the icon. That is a browser decision. But the CAUSE of the issue is that the link to the image itself is broken. What is weird is that if you scroll up to the top of the page, the image returns properly. I think, then, the bug is in the code that modifies the heading bar. When you first go to a thread topic, the heading bar only shows the Touring Plans logo (which links to the categories page) because you can see on the screen the thread title.
But if you scroll down, the thread title disappears, causing the forum software to modify the heading bar to now show both the TouringPlans logo PLUS the thread title. But it is in this modification where the link to the image is broken, and so we end up only with the alternate text.
Ah. Now, see, your browser isn’t even rendering the alternate text. It is JUST showing the broken image link. That’s what the empty box is supposed to be: the TP logo.
For those who aren’t familiar with HTML, an image tag looks like this:
The “src” is the location of the graphic. The “alt” is the text the browser can decide to display if it can’t display the image for any reason. So, the “src” here would be the path to the TP logo, and the “alt” would be “TouringPlan Discussion Forums”. But each browser can decide for itself how to render that “alt” if the image isn’t displayable.
I think mine always says saving before I post, I thought it was just a slow connection. ETA yes now I’ve posted, I’m sure it has always done that for me.
@OBNurseNH I have no idea what @linsalt is talking about either and it sounds too technical for me to understand anyway.
That’s the forum software’s way of saying, “Shut up. Give someone else a chance to talk!”
I understand why the software has such protections…but it is annoying because it doesn’t understand context. It isn’t like this is real-time conversation. You read through a bunch of posts and individually reply to different posts. It seems the forum software would prefer you reply to everyone in a single post, which is just tedious for the readers of the forum.
Oh ok. I read a bit of that thread but I’m not following it. I’m not sure that this has improved the user experience but maybe it’s a work in progress!
