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Mar 9, 2016 16:12:03 GMT -8 Azy said:

Mar 9, 2016 16:01:43 GMT -8 Teg said:

That can't be true because it also triggers when a value is set in that field.

it does seem weird doesn't it? It kinda looks like the value is set in the location field, then stripped out again after so the user never sees it. if it errors and you get that DNCE nonsense, it stays in there and isn't stripped out. Then you see it displayed, always appended to whatever's in the location field.

So is that after a page load or a shoutbox message or what?

[Teg]

So, I turned the plugin back on for HogEx, and as I'm going through people's profiles, I'm not seeing the error at all. I even removed my location, saved and had no error. Edited my location and again no error. I'm not sure why it would be fine all of a sudden after months of not working properly. Same instance on PF.

[Azy]

It seems to happen entirely randomly, whenever it feels like it :\
Tell me more about this location scrubber? Was I on the right track? Are data being temporarily stored in the location field? To what end?

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Mar 10, 2016 14:01:01 GMT -8 Azy said:

It seems to happen entirely randomly, whenever it feels like it :\
Tell me more about this location scrubber? Was I on the right track? Are data being temporarily stored in the location field? To what end?

Yes. It looks like data is being manipulated in the location field. Possibly to interact with proboards backend functions. And then the scrubber is a regex meant to remove this value after it gets the required data. So if say you post in the shoutbox and that runs his first code but not the scrubber then you are in trouble. Currently the scrubber runs on page load and page change. So after searching, likes, and other moderations might cause this issue where it is not run

[Azy]

Mar 10, 2016 22:42:58 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

Mar 10, 2016 14:01:01 GMT -8 Azy said:

It seems to happen entirely randomly, whenever it feels like it :\
Tell me more about this location scrubber? Was I on the right track? Are data being temporarily stored in the location field? To what end?

Yes. It looks like data is being manipulated in the location field. Possibly to interact with proboards backend functions. And then the scrubber is a regex meant to remove this value after it gets the required data. So if say you post in the shoutbox and that runs his first code but not the scrubber then you are in trouble. Currently the scrubber runs on page load and page change. So after searching, likes, and other moderations might cause this issue where it is not run

You mean I was right? Well, damn...
I'd have to have a deeper look at the source then, try and figure out what conditions cause a misfire. Why ARE date being stored that way, as opposed to a key? To save on user keys? (I don't know the prerequisites for the plugin, perhaps I should check that out lol)

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Mar 11, 2016 2:22:42 GMT -8 Azy said:

Mar 10, 2016 22:42:58 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

Yes. It looks like data is being manipulated in the location field. Possibly to interact with proboards backend functions. And then the scrubber is a regex meant to remove this value after it gets the required data. So if say you post in the shoutbox and that runs his first code but not the scrubber then you are in trouble. Currently the scrubber runs on page load and page change. So after searching, likes, and other moderations might cause this issue where it is not run

You mean I was right? Well, danngg..
I'd have to have a deeper look at the source then, try and figure out what conditions cause a misfire. Why ARE date being stored that way, as opposed to a key? To save on user keys? (I don't know the prerequisites for the plugin, perhaps I should check that out lol)

Language cough. Cough. Keys not necessary. A global variable could accomplish the same results. I wouldnt understand the reasoning unless i studied it deeper. It is an old plugin so perhaps it could be written better. There is more than 9000 ways to make a code do the same thing.

[Azy]

I was thinking a localstorage variable, but didn't know if user specific data needed to be stored. If even a global variable would work then yeah, even more strange!
I may try and code something myself, but don't know if it's better to wait till V6 rolls out, or not. Having never coded a plugin before

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Mar 11, 2016 3:08:27 GMT -8 Azy said:

I was thinking a localstorage variable, but didn't know if user specific data needed to be stored. If even a global variable would work then yeah, even more strange!
I may try and code something myself, but don't know if it's better to wait till V6 rolls out, or not. Having never coded a plugin before

Msg has recently made a surplus of posts on learning plugins. Im sure he might know some links that helped him start out. Plus the development board is a friendly place

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