Anyone use Firebug to find errors in thier site code?

by Guest January 13th 2009, 15:21

On another site we are on we are having problems with a couple things, so one of us used firebug to find errors. What we found was alarming and it turns out no errors were are fault but Forumotions!

Take a look:

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Code:: Unknown property 'scrollbar-face-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 7) Unknown property 'scrollbar-highlight-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 8) Unknown property 'scrollbar-shadow-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 9) Unknown property 'scrollbar-3dlight-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 10) Unknown property 'scrollbar-arrow-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 11) Unknown property 'scrollbar-track-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 12) Unknown property 'scrollbar-darkshadow-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 13) Unknown property 'scrollbar-face-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 16) Unknown property 'scrollbar-highlight-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 17) Unknown property 'scrollbar-shadow-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 18) Unknown property 'scrollbar-3dlight-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 19) Unknown property 'scrollbar-arrow-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 20) Unknown property 'scrollbar-track-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 21) Unknown property 'scrollbar-darkshadow-color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 22) Expected colour but found '#'. Expected colour but found '#'. Expected end of value for property but found '#'. Error in parsing value for property 'border'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 49) Unrecognised at-rule or error parsing at-rule '@import'. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 477) Error in parsing value for property 'margin-right'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 581) Error in parsing value for property 'margin-left'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 585) Expected colour but found '#'. Error in parsing value for property 'background'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 723) Expected colour but found '#'. Error in parsing value for property 'background'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 727) Expected colour but found '#'. Error in parsing value for property 'color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 741) Expected colour but found '#'. Error in parsing value for property 'color'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 746) Error in parsing value for property 'height'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 754) Error in parsing value for property 'height'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 759) Error in parsing value for property 'width'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 760) Error in parsing value for property 'width'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 765) Expected colour but found '#'. Expected colour but found '#'. Expected end of value for property but found '#'. Error in parsing value for property 'border'. Declaration dropped. [Break on this error] undefined 28-ltr.css (line 803) test for equality (==) mistyped as assignment (=)? [Break on this error] unction(b,a){for(var i=0,length=a.length...em=b[i++])a[pos++]=elem;return a},unique jquery.js (line 11) anonymous function does not always return a value [Break on this error] n h.apply(this,arguments)});g.data=e}var...rguments.callee.elem,arguments)});handle jquery.js (line 11) reference to undefined property D.cache[a][d] [Break on this error] eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,r){e=function(c)...r|serialize|pixelLeft'.split('|'),0,{})) jquery.js (line 11) variable text redeclares argument [Break on this error] var text = '<img src="' + smiles[i][...'" border="0" smilieid="' + i + '" />';\n en.js (line 168) variable div redeclares argument [Break on this error] var div = document.getElementById(div);\n en.js (line 383) variable object redeclares argument [Break on this error] var object = hdr_ref(object);\n en.js (line 734) function hdr_expand does not always return a value [Break on this error] }\n en.js (line 749) variable object redeclares argument [Break on this error] var object = hdr_ref(object);\n en.js (line 753) function hdr_contract does not always return a value [Break on this error] }\n en.js (line 768) variable object redeclares argument [Break on this error] var object = hdr_ref(object);\n en.js (line 772) function hdr_toggle does not always return a value [Break on this error] }\n en.js (line 790) function ajax_submit_chatbox does not always return a value [Break on this error] }\n en.js (line 1371) assignment to undeclared variable b_help [Break on this error] b_help = "Bold text: [b]text[/b] (alt+b)"; en.js (line 35) assignment to undeclared variable i_help [Break on this error] i_help = "Italic text: [i]text[/i] (alt+i)"; en.js (line 36) assignment to undeclared variable u_help [Break on this error] u_help = "Underline text: [u]text[/u] (alt+u)"; en.js (line 37) assignment to undeclared variable q_help [Break on this error] q_help = "Quote text: [quote]text[/quote] (alt+q)"; en.js (line 38) assignment to undeclared variable c_help [Break on this error] c_help = "Code display: [code]code[/code] (alt+c)"; en.js (line 39) assignment to undeclared variable l_help [Break on this error] l_help = "List: [list]text[/list] (alt+l)"; en.js (line 40) assignment to undeclared variable o_help [Break on this error] o_help = "Ordered list: [list=]text[/list] (alt+o)"; en.js (line 41) assignment to undeclared variable p_help [Break on this error] p_help = "Insert image: [img]http://image_url[/img] (alt+p)"; en.js (line 42) assignment to undeclared variable w_help [Break on this error] w_help = "Insert URL: [url]http://url[/u...[url=http://url]URL text[/url] (alt+w)"; en.js (line 43) assignment to undeclared variable a_help [Break on this error] a_help = "Close all open bbCode tags"; en.js (line 44) assignment to undeclared variable s_help [Break on this error] s_help = "Font color: [color=red]text[/c...r] Tip: you can also use color=#FF0000"; en.js (line 45) assignment to undeclared variable f_help [Break on this error] f_help = "Font size: [size=x-small]small text[/size]"; en.js (line 46) assignment to undeclared variable k_help [Break on this error] k_help = "Scroll text: [scroll]text[/scroll] (alt+k)"; en.js (line 47) assignment to undeclared variable e_help [Break on this error] e_help = "Fade text: [fade]text[/fade] (alt+e)"; en.js (line 48) assignment to undeclared variable r_help [Break on this error] r_help = "Blur text: [blur]text[/blur] (alt+r)"; en.js (line 49) assignment to undeclared variable j_help [Break on this error] j_help = "Flip text h: [fliph]text[/fliph] (alt+j)"; en.js (line 50) assignment to undeclared variable v_help [Break on this error] v_help = "Flip text v: [flipv]text[/flipv] (alt+v)"; en.js (line 51) assignment to undeclared variable m_help [Break on this error] m_help = "Text align left: [left]text[/left] (alt+m)"; en.js (line 52) assignment to undeclared variable d_help [Break on this error] d_help = "Updown text: [updown]text[/updown] (alt+d)"; en.js (line 53) assignment to undeclared variable t_help [Break on this error] t_help = "Text align center: [center]text[/center] (alt+t)"; en.js (line 54) assignment to undeclared variable g_help [Break on this error] g_help = "Text align right: [right]text[/right] (alt+g)"; en.js (line 55) assignment to undeclared variable x_help [Break on this error] x_help = "Strike text: [strike]text[/strike] (alt+x)"; en.js (line 56) assignment to undeclared variable y_help [Break on this error] y_help = "Host an image"; en.js (line 57) assignment to undeclared variable z_help [Break on this error] z_help = "Insert a smiley in your message"; en.js (line 58) assignment to undeclared variable h_help [Break on this error] h_help = "Visible text by those who have...this topic : [hide]text[/hide] (alt+h)"; en.js (line 59) assignment to undeclared variable sp_help [Break on this error] sp_help = "Hidden text can be displayed ...n it : [spoiler]text[/spoiler] (alt+o)"; en.js (line 60) assignment to undeclared variable wo_help [Break on this error] wo_help = "A World of Warcraft object : [wow]17104[/wow]"; en.js (line 61) assignment to undeclared variable ft_help [Break on this error] ft_help = "Text font : [font=Verdana]text[/font]"; en.js (line 62) assignment to undeclared variable jt_help [Break on this error] jt_help = "Justify text : [justify]text[/justify] (alt+j)"; en.js (line 63) assignment to undeclared variable sub_help [Break on this error] sub_help = "Put as index: [sub]text[/sub] (alt+m)"; en.js (line 64) assignment to undeclared variable sup_help [Break on this error] sup_help = "Put as exponent: [sup]text[/sup] (alt+n)"; en.js (line 65) assignment to undeclared variable tab_help [Break on this error] tab_help = "Insert a table"; en.js (line 66) assignment to undeclared variable hr_help [Break on this error] hr_help = "Insert a line break : text[hr]text"; en.js (line 67) assignment to undeclared variable fl_help [Break on this error] fl_help = "Insert flash : [flash(width,length)]url[/flash]"; en.js (line 68) assignment to undeclared variable vd_help [Break on this error] vd_help = "Insert a video (youtube, dailymotion)"; en.js (line 69) assignment to undeclared variable _help [Break on this error] _help = ""; en.js (line 70) assignment to undeclared variable bbcode [Break on this error] bbcode = new Array(); en.js (line 73) assignment to undeclared variable bbtags [Break on this error] bbtags = new Array('[b]','[/b]','[i]','[...flash(width,height)]','[/embed-flash]'); en.js (line 74) assignment to undeclared variable session_input [Break on this error] session_input = (session_id ? '<input t...="sid" value="'+session_id+'" />' : ''); en.js (line 586) illegal character [Break on this error] if (document·cookie.length > 0) {\n forum.htm (line 28) reference to undefined property persistedState.panelState[panel.name] [Break on this error] (no source for chrome://firebug/content/firebug.js) firebug.js (line 976) reference to undefined property panelBar1.selectedPanel [Break on this error] (no source for chrome://firebug/content/chrome.js)

by Guest January 13th 2009, 15:32

I too use firebug and usually get similar results to you.

by Doctor Inferno January 13th 2009, 15:57

No errors from Firebug for my site - or is there something wrong with my Firebug?

Looks like there is a whole lot of junk in the CSS?

by Guest January 13th 2009, 15:59

Doctor Inferno wrote:No errors from Firebug for my site - or is there something wrong with my Firebug?

Looks like there is a whole lot of junk in the CSS?

I just tried it on a site with no text in a css and got almost the same reading.

by lilypad January 13th 2009, 17:42

No, but I will try it. I've used a different one and found a few, tried to correct them. LOL!

by Brandon February 22nd 2009, 06:01

Seems pointless

by Jalokim February 22nd 2009, 13:14

When using Adobe Dreamweaver for web design... and editing forumotion themes ... i often scan the scripts with the built in debugger. The exact same bugs appear. But in dreamweaver it describes which browsers are effected.

Internet Explorer 5 and lower doesn't recognize a load of CSS script, including minus codes and z-index. And a whole lot more.
The scan only shows that your forum won't work as great on older version browsers. IE6, all firefoxes and safari's will work perfectly. Opera might have a few problems but not as dramatic as IE.
Every webdesigner knows what IE fix means and does to people.

by Cornelia February 22nd 2009, 13:27

It depends of the version you use. You're likely to find more errors with a longer CSS.

I'm more used in using the Web Developer extension than the Firebug extension. The WD tool allows you to directly validate your Web pages' XHTML and CSS via options available in the toolbar. You can also directly view the CSS with another shortcut, and you have a lot more features (disable shortcuts, cookies, css, forms, images, informations, etc.)

The CSS code contains some invalid properties, such as the scrollbar properties who are Microsoft-made and come from phpBB2's times, and those CSS hacks who are meant to correct IE5/IE6's poor style management. And when there are transparent colors, we simply see "#" instead of transparent who is a valid value.

by RikaComet February 22nd 2009, 14:02

i know this is offtopic but how can a guest post or start a new topic here without registering?

by kjmj14 February 22nd 2009, 14:06

You just need to go over your forum permission, then check all the settings you want for your forum.

by RikaComet February 22nd 2009, 14:08

i was talking about... are guest allowed to post here at support forum?
do they have permissions... i doubt that they don't~

by Jalokim February 22nd 2009, 15:00

RikaComet wrote:i know this is offtopic but how can a guest post or start a new topic here without registering?

look at the date

by Guest on Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:21 pm

you have plenty time to ban and delete a member from here

by RikaComet February 22nd 2009, 17:45

shouldn't this thread be locked then...why revive it~~

by Luky February 22nd 2009, 19:11

Indeed this topic should have been locked and it is from now on. Guests are not allowed to post on the support forum . A member posted this then his account was deleted Topic locked