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workingText in Search Results glitches up.
Sometimes after I used the search bar for the site, I notice a weird glitch with the text in the results. It specifically happens in the greentext directly below the page titles (so, where it says stuff like "TV Tropes > Tropes" or "TV Tropes > Quotes", etc). The text glitches up and says "TypeError: Vars.breadcrumbUrl is undefined: Vars.breadcrumbUrl.crumbs". It happens only occasionally and disappears when I refresh the page, but it's still an odd glitch.
Edited by chasemaddiganworkingNumbers for video ratings not always showing
Sometimes a video doesn't show its number of ratings until I rate it myself. For the example below from Stepping Out to React I can reproduce this bug every time on my system Win 10 with Chrome.
Before rating:
After rating:
After clearing: The rating shows with four decimals
workingMy followed pages section isn't always updating
Sometimes when I make an edit, my followed pages section isn't always updating the latest one. It shows on my edits and the trope page's history. So what gives?
workingTime Out Message Not Appearing
The message that normally shows up when you press the Save button on a page you're editing after it's timed out and someone's edited in the interim hasn't been appearing.
workingPM Search Glitch
In a similar vein to the video page glitch, I've noticed that if I search for a specific phrase in my inbox (say, "indentation"), and try to go to the second page of that list, it kicks me to the normal second page of the inbox. I don't actually know how to get to the other page of "indentation" messages, and while I could just skim for them like normal, that defeats the purpose of using the search feature. IDK if it happens with tropers, mostly because I don't seem to have long enough message chains with anyone to see.
workingCan't just make an edit, then tab into the edit reason box and hit Enter / Return to save the edit.
Enter / Return causes a newline instead of saving.
workingTLP Draft box overflows the page in edit mode
Shouldn't the page extended to fit the textarea?
Edited by Amonimus
workingVideo descriptions have br instead of newlines
It was reported at A Bloody Mess that "Paint Bath" has this description.
I've seen something like this more than a few times and wonder if the uploader reacts this way to newlines.
I've uploaded a video with
Test Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
and it turned into
workingMinor issue with page acknowledging updates
There is a minor issue with this page:https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/MaverickSolutions It won’t acknowledge updates. I can still update it and the updates will show on the page, but the "last updated" counter won’t change. It says the last update was several days ago when i just updated it today. It’s not really hurting anything, but it is annoying.
workingLine context issue
I've noticed that since the update, when you're in History and you click on the changed lines URL, it won't take you to the line in question. For instance, here, it says the content in question is on line 213, when in actuality it's on line 425.
Edited by rmctagg09workingCloudFlare Errors
I keep getting cloudflare errors when trying to edit pages. My edits are all just small Black Sheep wick removal stuff, and today is the only day this has been an issue. In trying to re-do the edit after the error, it just sends me back. To make things weirder, the edit apparently did go through according to page history (where I accidentally spammed Characters.The Crumpets), but that page still remains in the related tab for Black Sheep.
Edit: To be clear, it's a 504 error. I'm on Chrome, Window's 11 Desktop
Edited by WarJay77workingForum History Lacking Page Buttons
I noticed that when looking up a troper's forum history, it only takes me to their first page and lacks numbers to move forward. This may be because the URL is just "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/forum_troper_posts.php" while to get to the numbers you need to add ?fortroper= into it. Of the few I've checked just now, mine included, all had this issue but IDK if it's related to anything specific or if it's universal.
workingSearching with night vision on doesn't look right
Whenever I search for a trope, the area where the results are would be white and the text from the pages would be gray, which makes it hard to read. It looks normal when Night vision is off but when it's on it will look like that. Does anyone else have this issue with searching?
workingnegative sign-up date
could not find this in any of the previous bug reports so forgive me if it was already reported
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=128628&type=att#comment-128628 This troper has a -0001 year date; i have seen the Jan 2001 dates before but nothing like this
workingpagination not working on "My Videos"
If you go to Recent Videos and select "my videos" it shows you your most recent video uploads, up to 25 per page. But if I try to click the next page button it takes me to page 2 of "all videos" instead.
workingPutting quote marks in title makes it not show after updating
Like said in the title, if you write a forum title surrounded by quote marks "like this" (possibly if they're there at all but I haven't checked that), the title field shows as blank in profile settings even though the update went through and the title shows up on the forum
Edited by Zanreo
Confirming the issue from here, I have added WesternAnimation.Kung Fu Panda 4 to the Following and see its icon, but it doesn't appear in Followed Pages at all.