Can't change settings...sig corrupted? (FIXED)

[salfter]

When I go into the forum profile page (name, timezone, sig, etc.), it appears that the edit box for my sig contains the remainder of the page code. Since the remainder of the code includes the "submit" button for the form data (and since the defined behavior for that button is to run some JavaScript instead of the usual HTTP GET or POST), this means I can't edit my settings. There might also be some garbage that shows up along with my sig, but I won't know if that happens until this message is posted.

Edit: looks like my sig is badly mangled too, and I can't fix it. 😕

Edit #2: see two messages down for the fix. Now my sig is fixed and I can change other settings again.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I had the same problem as you. Redoing my signature using Fusetalk code fixed the problem and made the changes permanent.

For example, using Fusetalk Code, your signature should look like this:

{B}Got {L=Waffles}http://www.johnkerry.com{/L}?{/Q}

except change the { } to brackets [ ]

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I had the same problem as you. Redoing my signature using Fusetalk code fixed the problem and made the changes permanent.

That wouldn't have worked, as the "Update Profile" button was missing.

I found a way to fix it, though:

1) Use Mozilla's "Save Page As..." to dump the HTML to disk.
2) Load the file into WordPad, seek out the errant sig data, and delete it. Change all subseqent occurrences of &amp;lt; to < and of &amp;gt; to >.
3) Prepend "http://forums.anandtech.com/" onto all occurrences of profile.cfm in the source.
4) Load the edited copy, scroll down to "Update Profile," and click it.

It's a pain in the ass and probably not something the average user would try, but it's a workaround until whatever caused it is fixed. (Maybe it was a one-time glitch in moving a database from one machine to another, or something like that.)