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New Post 3/3/2008 3:07 PM
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  Gabe
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Changing DOCTYPE stops Chat from loading 

If I try to change the doctype of the current skin via the DNN .doctype.xml method or the inline vbscript method it cases the SwirlChat module to not load.  Is there any way to set the doctype to XHTML transitional without breaking the chat?

 
New Post 3/4/2008 12:15 PM
  Gabe
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Re: Changing DOCTYPE stops Chat from loading 

I've also now tried changing the default value for the DocTypeValue var in the default.aspx.vb file to XHTML transitional, once again this causes the chat module to fail loading.  Is this a documented bug?  I haven't found any other mention of it either in the help docs or this forum.

 
New Post 3/7/2008 9:19 PM
  Will Gillen
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Re: Changing DOCTYPE stops Chat from loading 
Modified By Will Gillen  on 9/27/2008 10:30:34 AM)

Currently, the SwirlChat Module is not fully XHTML Transitional 1.0/1.1 compliant.  The SwirlChat module will only work on a standard HTML 4.0 Transitional Skin.  We have it in our roadmap to find and correct any non XHTML compliant references and get them fully compliant.

EDIT:  Please refer to reply below concerning a fix for this issue.


-- Will Gillen, Swirlhost Inc.
 
New Post 7/22/2008 4:06 AM
  Engin Ulusoy
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Re: Changing DOCTYPE stops Chat from loading 

We exactly have same problem with our CSS XHTML Skin Pack. Please provide us a fixed version, i am pulling my hair here since it wasn't documented anywhere else :)

 
New Post 7/22/2008 3:19 PM
  elindydotcom
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Re: Changing DOCTYPE stops Chat from loading 

oh, wow.  I'm glad I saw this thread before buying this module.  I'll have to wait until this issued is fixed.

-eLindy

 
New Post 9/27/2008 10:18 AM
  Will Gillen
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Re: Changing DOCTYPE stops Chat from loading 

We have been digging and digging through all of our code and testing for XHTML compliance for some time now, and have finally found the culprit for this very elusive bug concerning XHTML compliance of the SwirlChat module.  For those of you running XHTML (or "pure CSS") skins and containers, here is the quick fix for the problem:

  1. Find the file "<dnnroot>\DesktopModules\SWIRLChat\CSS\UI-Default.css"  (However, if you are running any of the other Swirlchat skins like "aero", "vista", or "gray", you'll need to find the appropriate file such as: "UI-Aero.css" or "UI-Vista.css" or "UI-Gray.css"
  2. Edit the file in a text editor.
  3. Find the line that reads:  height: 400;
  4. Change the line to read:  height: 400px;
  5. Save the file.
  6. Clear your browser cache.
  7. Reload your site.

This small but VERY significant oversight in our CSS has caused the chatroom to fail to render in "pure CSS" based skins.  Please apply this fix and give our team feedback here by replying to this thread with your findings.  We are watching this bug thread very closely.

Thank you all!

 


-- Will Gillen, Swirlhost Inc.
 
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