We seem to be experiencing a bug with the text editor. We are aware of the problem and our tech support is trying to resolve the issue. There's no need to submit further reports.
What does this mean for now?
If you've been using the rich-text editor, you used to see every change "in real time". For example, if you marked a word in bold, it would be bolded in front of your eyes. This is also called a WYSIWYG or "What You See Is What You Get" interface. It's very intuitive to use and you can type away and forget that there's actual code behind these special effects.
We've always also had a code-based editor where your changes show up as code in text format, instead of creating the desired effect in front of your eyes. If you're reading my post and the bug hasn't been fixed yet, then this is what your text editor is like right now. It means that if you want to underline a word and use the underline button, instead of seeing the word underlined, you'll get to see the code that does that. In this case, it's the letter U surrounded by [ ] right before the underlined bit and then the same thing with a slash / at the end of the underlined bit. This is basically how this code works.
It means you'll get to see the code and it may look messier than usual but everything should be working. You can use the Preview function to see what your post will look like before posting.
Who is affected?
Everyone. As far as we can tell, this affects all browsers. Of course, if you were already using the BB code mode, it's all "business as usual" for you
My apologies about the inconvenience! We're working on resolving this issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!
What does this mean for now?
If you've been using the rich-text editor, you used to see every change "in real time". For example, if you marked a word in bold, it would be bolded in front of your eyes. This is also called a WYSIWYG or "What You See Is What You Get" interface. It's very intuitive to use and you can type away and forget that there's actual code behind these special effects.
We've always also had a code-based editor where your changes show up as code in text format, instead of creating the desired effect in front of your eyes. If you're reading my post and the bug hasn't been fixed yet, then this is what your text editor is like right now. It means that if you want to underline a word and use the underline button, instead of seeing the word underlined, you'll get to see the code that does that. In this case, it's the letter U surrounded by [ ] right before the underlined bit and then the same thing with a slash / at the end of the underlined bit. This is basically how this code works.
It means you'll get to see the code and it may look messier than usual but everything should be working. You can use the Preview function to see what your post will look like before posting.
Who is affected?
Everyone. As far as we can tell, this affects all browsers. Of course, if you were already using the BB code mode, it's all "business as usual" for you
My apologies about the inconvenience! We're working on resolving this issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!
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