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Will.Spencer
Sat 27th May '06, 4:00pm
I installed vBulletin and imported from phpBB2.x.

Many of my forum posts are messed up like this:


Why Dogs Don’t Surf The Web…

Can’t help attacking the screen when they hear “You’ve Got Mail.”
Fire hydrant icon simply frustrating.
Too difficult to “mark” every website they visit.
Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they’re browsing www.pethouse.com (http://www.pethouse.com/) instead of working.
Three words: Carpal Paw Syndrome
Keep bruising noses trying to catch that MPEG frisbee.
‘Cause dogs ain’t GEEKS! Now, cats, on the other hand…
Barking in next cube keeps activating YOUR voice recognition software.
SIT and STAY were hard enough, GREP and AWK are out of the question!
SmellU-SmellMe still in beta test.
Annoyed by lack of newsgroup, alt.pictures.masters.leg.
Saliva-coated mouse gets mighty difficult to manouever.
Butt-sniffing more direct and less deceiving than online chat rooms.
Can’t stick their heads out of Windows XP.

See the original at: Why Don't Don't Surf the Web (http://www.tech-faq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=634).

I've tried to run cleaner.php, but all I get is a blank screen.

Here are my configuration options from cleaner.php:


$active = true;

$do_posts = true;
$do_sigs = true;
$do_thread_titles = true;
$do_pm_text = true;
$do_pm_text_title = true;

$replacer = array(
"\xe2\x80\x99" => "\'",
"" => "",
"" => "",
"" => "",
"" => ""
);



Yes, I know that I have only one item on my replacer array -- but even that one item does not work.

Have you seen this behavior before? Can you recommend a fix?

Thanks!

Steve Machol
Sat 27th May '06, 5:35pm
I haven't seen this before. Try emptying this to see if it helps:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Censorship Options -> Blank Character Stripper

Will.Spencer
Sat 27th May '06, 10:25pm
That didn't seem to have an effect.

Would I need to rebuild something after setting that option?

Thanks!

Steve Machol
Sun 28th May '06, 3:32am
Sorry, I don't know how to fix this then. Are you using a different language pack or character settings?

Will.Spencer
Sun 28th May '06, 5:39am
Different than what? :o

I haven't purposefully configured either of those options.

Colin F
Sun 28th May '06, 6:54am
Different than English :)

Can you check directly in your database (using phpMyAdmin) how the data is stored.
If it's stored like this in the post or thread table already, then try to rerun ImpEx if possible.

If that's not possible, or the data in the database is correct, please open a support ticket, providing AdminCP, FTP and phpMyAdmin login details as well as a full description of the problem.

Will.Spencer
Sun 28th May '06, 7:27am
Ahh... I only speak English -- and I'm barely proficient at that!

Our security policy does not allow FTP access. There is no phpMyAdmin, but I can install it if necessary.

I opened a ticket with support. You might want to tell them to fix this frightening little typo:



Thank you for posting a sales request with the vBulletin issue system. You have been emailed details about how you can view the replies to your query.
You may also view your ticket online by going here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../issue.php?issueid=365669&authcode=2cad9527).
You will receive an email notification when a support rep replies to your issue.
Thanks,
vBulletin Support
One of the members just pointed out that many of the threads have every post repeated twice repeated twice.

I don't want to do a wipe and re-import, because there has been considerable change since the import. But, of course, that may be a necessary troubleshooting step.

Steve Machol
Sun 28th May '06, 1:34pm
Thanks. Thaat has been fixed. :)

Will.Spencer
Wed 31st May '06, 9:41pm
Colin and Jerry fixed both issues.

Thanks guys! :)