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Title: Spell check
Post by KarlW on Aug 15^th, 2013 at 6:27pm

Hi everyone,

Ok, My spell check used to work and now it doesnt. Can someone enlighten me on this please. Is this a computer setting or sight?
It's bad enough being wrong all the time. I would like to atleast look smarter. :D

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by crackerclicker on Aug 15^th, 2013 at 7:08pm

I don't know about automatic spell checking, but in the upper right hand corner above the reply box is a "Check spelling" option. I assume it only checks your spelling the one time though. I'm using the Google Chrome browser these days so it automatically checks as I type, and someone pointed out some time ago that when it shows that you misspelled something you can right click it for options.

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by KarlW on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 2:14am

crackerclicker wrote on Aug 15^th, 2013 at 7:08pm:

but in the upper right hand corner above the reply box is a "Check spelling" option

Larry,
yes, I use this box all the time But know it be broken.

crackerclicker wrote on Aug 15^th, 2013 at 7:08pm:

I'm using the Google Chrome browser

Maybe I will try a new Browser and see what happens.
thanks

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by Tom Roberts on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 8:12am

Karl,

After I was dragged kicking and screaming and forced to update to IE10, I noticed that the check spelling option didn't find misspellings anymore....But the IE 10 was doing it anyway as I type. Chrome behaves the same.

What browser are you using?

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by KarlW on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 10:10am

Tom Roberts wrote on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 8:12am:

What browser are you using

Home IE7

Just went to Chrome at the shop last week. gonna change it to IE10 I guess.

thanks :)

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by Tom Roberts on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 11:54am

OK guys,

I looked into this deeper. The forums spell check feature is dependent on an external service. This service died at the location that it was being linked from.

Good news is that It isn't dead. The spell proxy was still available at a different URL. So....I was able to edit that part of the YaBB script that makes the spell check work and redirect it.

Thanks to Dandello on the YaBB forums for this solution.

This happened about the same time I went to IE 10 so I thought it was just me and my browser. Since you brought this up, I tried in on an older XP machine with IE8 on it and it was broken there too. So then I know we had a real issue on the boards and went searching for a fix.

Looks like we have it going again... [smiley=jump.gif]

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by Derreck on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 3:41pm

Tom Roberts wrote on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 11:54am:

The spell proxy was still available at a different URL. So....I was able to edit that part of the YaBB script that makes the spell check work and redirect it.

What? You lost me. Can you post the PSD of that please? ;)

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by Tom Roberts on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 4:37pm

Derreck wrote on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 3:41pm:

What? You lost me.

The psychotheoplasmic feedback machine needed an adjustment..... :o

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by crackerclicker on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 4:46pm

Tom Roberts wrote on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 4:37pm:

The psychotheoplasmic feedback machine needed an adjustment.....

I think there's an App for that :D.

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by daveyK on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 5:32pm

It's just a click away ::)

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by Mick on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 7:32pm

Tom Roberts wrote on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 4:37pm:

psychotheoplasmic

[smiley=scratch-head02.gif]

spell_check.jpg (470 KB | 498 )

Title: Re: Spell check
Post by crackerclicker on Aug 16^th, 2013 at 9:41pm

That's ok Mick, it looks like you can "add" it to the "dictionary". ;D