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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: 2gus4tav on April 10, 2012, 10:28:54 PM
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All:
Some of you have noticed that the search function has been hacked, with search results linking to an online casino site. I plan to attempt to fix this problem on April 12. Since I am not an expert at this, it is possible that I will screw everything up and the Board will be down for some undetermined amount of time. If that happens, I will get some outside help to fix this -- but it may take several days or so. I have everything backed up, though, so nothing will be lost.
Scott
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Scott,
Thanks for working on this problem, and thanks for everything else you do behind the scenes to keep the Mahler Board up and running. I along with many others here consider it a wonderful resource, and we appreciate your time and effort very much.
James
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Thanks, Scott,
Many of us have met friends here that we value very much.
The Board gives us access to the combined intelligence of many rather brilliant individuals and friends who love Mahler.
Is there any way we could make financial contributions to the support of the Board?
We just want an opportunity to show our thanks for access to others who love Mahler as we do.
Constantin
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Thanks to the help of Herb Randall, I seem to have fixed the search function (i.e. no more being redirected to an on-line casino site).
As part of my problem solving, I upgraded the forum to its Version 2. Previously I did regular maintenance updates to Version 1 when prompted. There appear to be some lingering formatting incompatibilties after doing the full upgrade (you'll notice some buttons and drop-down boxes are missing labels, etc.). I will strive to fix these in the coming weeks.
Thanks for your patience and kind words!
Update: I chose a different Theme for the forum which appears to have fixed the formatting problems. As an FYI, a Theme is a pre-designed overall layout and look for the forum.
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Look what happened with my username:
It was strangly metamorphosed into " Stürmisch Bewegt "!
I had to register again. but the dieresis was not accepted on the u!
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If it is of help, on American keyboards, the u with an umlaut is produced using the Alt key + 0252
Alt + 0252 should produce the umlauted u ?
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But I see from my posting above that the umlauted u that I typed appears above as a question mark.
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If it is of help, on American keyboards, the u with an umlaut is produced using the Alt key + 0252
Alt + 0252 should produce the umlauted u ?
I produced the umlauted "u" using alt + 129: ?
This is from a reliable chart I've used for 20+ years and comes from the DOS years. ;)
Wade
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I just generated an umlaut and a dozen or so other common diacritics with my Mac. They each rendered as a question mark when posted, though they had appeared as intended in the message preview window. I hope this is only a temporary glitch.
James
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If it is of help, on American keyboards, the u with an umlaut is produced using the Alt key + 0252
Alt + 0252 should produce the umlauted u ?
I produced the umlauted "u" using alt + 129: ?
This is from a reliable chart I've used for 20+ years and comes from the DOS years. ;)
Wade
What appeared as an umlauted "u" in my earlier post now appears as a question mark. There definitely is still a glitch. For the time being, maybe we should use "e" after the "u", "o", or "a".
Wade
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In Switzerland, they very often use "ue" instead of "u mit umlaut".
Roffe
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Sorry all. Not sure what to tell you on the diacritic issues (assuming that I am using the correct term). The Board has an option to select your own language. The option has been "on". I really don't see any other settings that I can change that would be relevant to this issue.
I'll try to research later in the week.
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I updated the forums language files for german, french, dutch, english, and english UK. This does not appear to correct any of the character/diacritic problems for existing (i.e. old) posts, but I am wondering if it is a fix for any new posts?
Please advise?
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Let me try an umlaut and an accent mark: h?bsch cre
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Darn! it still doesn't come through with the umlaut or accent mark. hubsch crei
hubsch had an umlaut on the u and crei had an accent mark on an i
h?bsch cre? (The proper marks appear here as I typed them, but I'm afraid they still reproduce in another form.)
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Okay thanks. I've been trying to get help from the SMF board on this, so please keep checking this thread to help troubleshoot if any of their suggested changes help fix this problem.
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Thanks, 2gus4tav, for all your efforts on this.
For many this issue seems trivial, but for those accustomed to this punctuation, it is like being forced to mispell certain words--and with no Spell-Check to correct them.
I'm sure many of us appreciate your work to try to solve it.
Constantin
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Okay, I think I've fixed it????
Please advise.
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TEST
Götterdämmerung
café
em dash: —
James
EDIT: Looks like you've done it, Scott! Congratulations and thanks.
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And I will try the German and Spanish words I tried earlier: hübsch (with an umlaut on the u) creí (accent on the i)
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Scott,
By Jove, I think you've done it!
Thanks for your tenacity!
--Constantin
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On a Mac you use option-u and then type the letter where you want the umlaut. As in Hübsch.
There are also French grave and acute accents available. Option-e yields an acute accent (sloping to the right) over the next letter. French for doctor: médecin.
French grave is option-`(accent key to the left of the number row). French very: très.
There are other diacritical marks accessed in similar ways.
These show on my screen and may show up in the post.
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On a Mac option U + letter equals an umlauted letter as in: ü. So, I believe it works this way: hübsch, Furtwängler, Götterdämmerung. If five umlauted letters show in this message, it works on a Mac.
Tom in Vermont