content on pages duplicated on 3.0.5

rreptile · Post by **rreptile** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:23 pm

I installed phpBB3 3.0.4 earlier this year. Here are the problems that I encountered then because of php settings on the host server:
style and time not showing on 3.0.4
Captcha image not showing

Recently, the host server settings were upgraded. The styles, time and captcha image in 3.0.4 showed up correctly. I decided to upgrade to 3.0.5.

The styles, time and captcha image in 3.0.5 showed up correctly. Twice. (At least the captch image DID show up twice. Now it doesn't show at all because I have disabled registration - I think)

In order to do anything at all for installation and after installation, in the admin panel, all styles must be disabled because only the second version of the page (with forms) will work. The second version of the page is cut off on the right side so that anything from the middle of the page to the right is invisible (including submit buttons).

For posting, the styles can be enabled but the second version of the page must be filled in.

Has anyone else seen this before and if so, does anyone know how to fix it? (Without switching to a paid host....)

(I hope that made sense.)

board's URL: llizard.cwahi.net/phpbb3
Version of phpBB3: 3.0.5
fresh install after failing to update 3.0.4 (error messages)
uploaded AND chmodded via FTP
MODs installed: none
When the problem started: immediately
webhost: free
level of expertise (be honest): just enough to get in trouble

RMcGirr83 · Post by **RMcGirr83** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:34 pm

rreptile wrote: webhost: free

How did you "update"?

rreptile · Post by **rreptile** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:51 pm

RMcGirr83 wrote:How did you "update"?

I used (or thought I did) the update instructions on phpBB. When these failed, I deleted all files and installed everything from scratch. I did not bother trying to use the existing database and started a new one.

Post by **Brf** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:17 pm

Your page has a bunch of junk coming up before the HTML headers:

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<!-- Start Quantcast tag -->
<script type="text/javascript">
_qoptions={
qacct:"p-ef5r5fFc32Lmo"
};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.quantcast.com/p-ef5r5fFc32Lmo" target="_blank"><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-ef5r5fFc32Lmo.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/></a>
</noscript>
<!-- End Quantcast tag -->
<!-- Start of StatCounter Code -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var sc_project=4037539; 
var sc_invisible=1; 
var sc_partition=31; 
var sc_click_stat=1; 
var sc_security="67a4631e"; 
var sc_remove_link=1; 
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js"></script><noscript><div class="statcounter"><img class="statcounter" src="http://c.statcounter.com/4037539/0/67a4631e/1/" /></div></noscript>
<!-- End of StatCounter Code -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-438725-2");
pageTracker._setDomainName(".cwahi.net");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>
<!DOCTYPE html

rreptile · Post by **rreptile** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:03 pm

Brf wrote:Your page has a bunch of junk coming up before the HTML headers:
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<script type="text/javascript">
_qoptions={
qacct:"p-ef5r5fFc32Lmo"
};
</script>

[...snip...]

Yes, this is something that is added by the webhost. It should not be affecting the way that the pages load. The quantcast coding was not an issue with 3.0.4.

However, the webhost technicians are working at resolving this and the duplication is getting fixed. (I hope.)

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I still think that phpBB3 is on the unwieldy side and much prefer the no-longer supported phpBB2

Post by **Brf** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:05 pm

You can't put content before the header that way. It screws up the cookie.

I have seen this happen on other hosts too, where the host is injecting code, and it causes the page-content to be displayed twice.

rreptile · Post by **rreptile** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:30 pm

Brf wrote:You can't put content before the header that way.

Thank you for your reply. Yes, you are right. My webhost is working on resolving this so that the quantcast code will NOT be inserted where it should not go.