When the Forums reject your post...

[Raona]

On and off I've had this bizarre situation arise where I would submit a reply and FK would come back with a blank screen, and my reply would not be added. It usually happened when I quoted something verbatim from another source, or cut and pasted something from a word processor. I finally figured out, with certainty, what's going on, so in case this has been driving you nuts (maybe it's just me!), here's the deal:

The phpBB system that powers the FK forums will lurch if you throw it a "fancy" punctuation character, including those automatically put in by some word processors (thank you Bill Gates). Specifically, a "real" apostrophe rather than a single quote, or a true dash rather than two hyphens, or directional quotation marks cause trouble most often.

So if you cut and paste into a forum posting from another source, go through and delete and then re-type any dashes and/or apostrophes and/or quotation marks (single or double) in your text. If you can't find them all, cut most of the text, submit, and then edit the post, adding in a bit more each time. If you get the blank screen, hit the back button on your browser, look for special characters, and try submitting again.

If that doesn't do it, the Gods are probably just out to get you.

[Saranya]

...the Gods are probably just out to get you.

I knew it! *mutter*