Thomas Emme

Many of my forum users have had issues where the reply-text-box has no text input area, only the opportunity to add an attachment. This has happened to me also. Doesn't seem to matter if the person wanting to reply to a topic is using a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop, or which browser he/she is using (I've had reports of various Chrome iterations, Opera, and Android mobile browsers being affected.) Clearing the system cache from ACP works temporarily. As does having the user clear browsing data/cookies through whichever browser they're using. But it seems like the issue soon re-appears in as little as a few minutes or as much as several days later. Some of my users are now replying with attached images (of oh so many things, since they can't type a reply or new post) to let me know the issue is still there. I'm really beating my head on the wall over this one... I do use two custom themes, both from IPSFocus, with system and themes all updated to the latest available versions. I believe the documentation to access my site is available, but if for some reason it's not, I can get it updated as required during the following evening ( I work out of town M-F daytime.) -signed: Monte L. for Tom E.

Thank you, Nathan. I've been trying to find the solution to that very same issue. Had to look fairly closely to find the "patch available" item.

Update: Success. Previous "compact" tables are now showing as "dynamic". I entered the following as an SQL query through PHPMyAdmin: SELECT table_name, table_schema, ROW_FORMAT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE engine = 'InnoDB' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = '<YOUR DATABASE NAME>' AND ROW_FORMAT = 'COMPACT' ... then opened a new window to the same DB SQL query page, and copied the following query (adjusting the <compact_table_name> as needed : ALTER TABLE <compact_table_name> ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC; After doing this one at a time for the half-dozen or so entries I had to work on, I re-ran the original query (to identify compact row_formats) and came up with nothing. Edit: And the Administrator Notification pointing to "compact" row_format issues, is gone.

I contacted my web host (my site being on a shared server) and they said they couldn't change to tables to Dynamic without altering things for every site on that server. Not what I was intending at all. Something tells me my host is wrong though... especially if the post above was successful in altering individual tables to Dynamic. Unless he's hosting his own? Will spend some time identifying which of my DB tables are not InnoDB powered and try manually resetting them. *After DB backup made*