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Character Link and Wiki Link buttons not working in specific campaigns for players
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on what's happening, or at least other people who might be having this problem may come forward.
I've got two campaigns that I'm a player in where the wiki links and character links buttons don't seem to do anything when you click on them. I asked two other players on different computers and different networks to try them out, and they aren't working for them either. Oddly, when the DM let me use his login, it worked just fine. It also works just fine for the other campaigns that I'm a player or GM in. I tried stripping out all of the CSS code, and even everything on the front-page just in case, for those campaigns in case something was interfering, but that didn't get it working either. Does anyone have suggestions of what might be going on? I'm really hoping this is a case of user error.
Thanks!
I've got two campaigns that I'm a player in where the wiki links and character links buttons don't seem to do anything when you click on them. I asked two other players on different computers and different networks to try them out, and they aren't working for them either. Oddly, when the DM let me use his login, it worked just fine. It also works just fine for the other campaigns that I'm a player or GM in. I tried stripping out all of the CSS code, and even everything on the front-page just in case, for those campaigns in case something was interfering, but that didn't get it working either. Does anyone have suggestions of what might be going on? I'm really hoping this is a case of user error.
Thanks!
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1) What browser are you using - name and version preferably.
2) When you log in to different accounts (GM etc) - I'm assuming you are a) using the same computer, b) using the same browser for both accounts - yes?
3) Does changing your browser (use firefox instead of chrome or what have you) - yield a different result? Not a fix - but it does help narrow down where a bug may be IF a bug for the OP crew. And can work as a temporary fix.
1) I tried both Chrome AND Firefox, both latest version. Though, I admit I haven't tried IE 10/11 yet. I never use it, but I can give it a shot when I get home to see if that makes a difference. The other two players were one on Firefox and one on Chrome.
2) I logged in for both the GM and my accounts on both chrome and firefox and on two different computers on two different networks. I did my best to experiment.
3) Nope. Exactly the same result which is that clicking on the button takes the focus off the content/edit box and does nothing when logged in as myself and works fine when logged in as the GM.
I appreciate the troubleshooting help! I tried to go through all the variations that I could think of, but sometimes dealing with a frustrating problem makes me miss obvious stuff. Considering that the GM's account works fine and the OTHER campaigns I'm a part of have no issues, I'm curious if this is a campaign specific permission thing that got messed up during the the reforge or... who knows what.
However can you point out the specific problem one so I look at some of the code behind that is visible just to see if I notice anything?
edit: typos...I have keyboard gremlins.
Those are the two I heavily customized, so I wondered if it was the CSS. But I tried stripping all the CSS out and ran my experiments again with no change. On top of that, I tried copying the CSS code into a test campaign which wasn't having the same trouble -- and it didn't change anything. The test campaign worked with no issues. Which is why I'm wondering if it's linked to something funky on the backend of specific campaigns. This would also make sense since only some people seem to be having these issues and not all of them have customized their campaigns. Just a theory, though.
The other two players - do the buttons work for THEM or is it just you locked out?
Thank you so much for helping out! I was starting to think I was losing my mind or just being a dummy and messing something up on my own. Granted, that last part might still be true. :)
Thanks again! Don't do anything irreparable on my behalf, though.
I have managed to replicate HALF of your issue. I suspect there is a two fold thing going on and will need to poke some more. So I can - as a player in my campaign rather than the GM - embed character links but not wiki links.
My campaign shares something in common with your two campaigns that is different from all of your other campaigns.
They all have : in the name. I suspect - but OP will have to confirm for us - there may be a bug in the algorithm that takes the "name" of the campaign and turns it into the URL - which is then munging up the database query that populated the module (popup) that occurs when you use the Link buttons (probably due to a unclean bit of query code somewhere along the line).
If that makes ANY sense whatsoever to you.
[[mylink | Link]]
Bit more work, but until they sort out what exactly is causing it (if this is what's causing it).
I have GM only wiki pages (and wiki button doesn't work) but no GM only characters (and characters DO work).
It broke the character link for my "player" as soon as I made a GM only/secret character...
Crazy... Do you think it's related to the GM Only items or a combination of GM Only and colons in the title?
I was trying to figure out why I could only replicate half of the issue...
Fun bug!
All the same, fun or no, thanks so much! It was driving me batty, and now we have something to present to the Devs that should help everyone who's been dealing with this issue.