Post New Reply button issue after upgrade to 4.2.1

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*snort* So having to double-click is a feature? Just discovered this. Whoda thunkit....

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Additional info: Viewing html page source code versions for non-reg and registered users shows identical code for this particular oddly-functioning button link. Also, when single clicking the link when...

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Upgraded a forum from 3.7 to 4.2.1 and was just opening it up to new regs and posts when I noticed an issue I don't understand.

When I single-click on the + Post New Reply button, I get that...

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It looked like the instructions Steve had given back then may not apply anymore, with more current versions of mysql. So instead, I ran a phrase search looking for the one character that appeared in...

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I'm helping the owner of another company with this, and the position at his company in charge of the forum has been a revolving door the last several years, so I can't really say and there's nobody to...

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And though the Delete option appears, when I try to delete I'm told it's part of the Master Language and therefore undeletable.

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Running a Phrase search for the odd looking "Ð" character it appears all phrases that are garbled are somehow custom phrases. Some are duplicates of existing standard phrases, some are unique...

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Good idea. I ran that and found quite a handful of files that didn't belong, and rather than taking them out piece by piece, I just deleted every vB file except config.php and re-uploaded 4.2.1 (and...

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Bump

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Another clue: On Page 4 of GLOBAL Phrases, there appears to be something like an old cat header iteration partway down the page, and after that break, the phrases (at least for awhile, again I didn't...

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More clues - decided to look in the Language Manager and this is the first thing I saw:

Note: MOST of the phrases are not garbled like that. I didn't look through every single one, but...

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I downloaded a fresh copy, uploaded install folder only and re-did the upgrade, with no change.

I uploaded the entire fresh copy of 4.2.1 and re-did the upgrade, with no change.
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Re-uploaded same files, but I guess that answers my question.

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Tried it twice, still no change. Any other ideas? Possibly a bad download? Or bad unzip?

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I'll give that a try now....