News page text is a mess.

Rose14 · 04-08-2003, 09:41 PM

Pardon me if this is a known issue that I've missed in other threads, but the text in my League News page is missing several words, including team names.

For example, it will say "Player Name () and Player 2 Name () are the players of the week." I'm assuming the team names are supposed to be between the ( ), but it is always blank, regardless of my team.

I've also found some incomplete sentences with various words missing.

dangarion · 04-11-2003, 01:17 AM

The reason the team name is not showing is because there is no abbreviation for the team under team setup. I noticed this same thing on one of my leagues.

Go through all your teams under team setup and set the abrv.

Good luck!

Rose14 · 04-11-2003, 08:37 AM

Thanks! I had abbreviations for all of the teams, but some of them were only 2 letters. I think that was the problem.

I made all of the abbreviations 3 letters long and that seems to have corrected the problem.

JML · 04-11-2003, 01:31 PM

I don't know. I've seen this before with 3-letter abbreviations. BTW, check the players who are POW when this happens... they probably didn't get credited for it. I've always checked league news for these errors, then used the 3rd party editor to add in the POW stat.

I've noticed this problem since v3.

Rose14 · 04-11-2003, 01:36 PM

Hmmm. The mystery continues.

Treches · 04-11-2003, 01:39 PM

Do you guys have any link (html page preferably) or screenshot that I could see?

JML · 04-11-2003, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Treches
Do you guys have any link (html page preferably) or screenshot that I could see?

Well, here's an example of a 2-letter abbreviation being recorded properly (in v4).

Still looking for an example of the missing abbreviation. (Of course, now that I'm looking, none of my current leagues have one of these errors!)

Edit- deleted attachment to resize it, and now I can't reattach! Trust me, there was a screen shot here...

JML · 04-11-2003, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JML
Well, here's an example of a 2-letter abbreviation being recorded properly (in v4).

And here's one from v5.

I haven't seen the problem in v5, though I saw it pretty often in v4. The leagues I saw this in are long gone, though.

sporr · 04-11-2003, 02:25 PM

Yep, we've been using two letter abbreviations with no ill affects in both OOTP4 and OOTP5.

Rose14 · 04-11-2003, 06:15 PM

Ok, thanks. But that means we're back to square one. Anyone know what DOES cause the problems if it's not two-letter abbreviations?

I had way too many "()" appearances for a while in my custom league.

Treches · 04-11-2003, 06:21 PM

Well, if I could see the stuff I may be able to help, otherwise...

sporr · 04-11-2003, 06:54 PM

Did you do any editing to the league structure? Expansion, moving teams from one division to another, etc.? That's usually where I have seen it happen.

cooper_gd · 04-12-2003, 08:16 AM

Sporr:

I just created a 20 team fictional league and left all teams where they were. No expansion, no shifting. Nothing.

Treches:

I don't have a screenshot, but my example in the first message in this thread is word for word, with the exception of player names. Next time it happens I'll take a ss and post it.

04-08-2003, 09:41 PM	#1
Rose14 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 76	News page text is a mess. Pardon me if this is a known issue that I've missed in other threads, but the text in my League News page is missing several words, including team names. For example, it will say "Player Name () and Player 2 Name () are the players of the week." I'm assuming the team names are supposed to be between the ( ), but it is always blank, regardless of my team. I've also found some incomplete sentences with various words missing. __________________ John Dowd is a eunuch.

04-11-2003, 01:17 AM	#2
dangarion All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 569	The reason the team name is not showing is because there is no abbreviation for the team under team setup. I noticed this same thing on one of my leagues. Go through all your teams under team setup and set the abrv. Good luck! __________________ DanGarion GM - Los Angeles Dodgers The Peanuts and Cracker Jack Baseball League PCJBL!

04-11-2003, 08:37 AM	#3
Rose14 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 76	Thanks! I had abbreviations for all of the teams, but some of them were only 2 letters. I think that was the problem. I made all of the abbreviations 3 letters long and that seems to have corrected the problem. __________________ John Dowd is a eunuch.

04-11-2003, 01:36 PM	#5
Rose14 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 76	Hmmm. The mystery continues. __________________ John Dowd is a eunuch.

04-11-2003, 01:39 PM	#6
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	Do you guys have any link (html page preferably) or screenshot that I could see? __________________ The Computer Baseball League

04-11-2003, 01:31 PM	#4
JML Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The act or process of locating. Posts: 2,154	I don't know. I've seen this before with 3-letter abbreviations. BTW, check the players who are POW when this happens... they probably didn't get credited for it. I've always checked league news for these errors, then used the 3rd party editor to add in the POW stat. I've noticed this problem since v3.

04-11-2003, 02:25 PM	#9
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Yep, we've been using two letter abbreviations with no ill affects in both OOTP4 and OOTP5.

04-11-2003, 06:15 PM	#10
Rose14 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 76	Ok, thanks. But that means we're back to square one. Anyone know what DOES cause the problems if it's not two-letter abbreviations? I had way too many "()" appearances for a while in my custom league. __________________ John Dowd is a eunuch.

04-11-2003, 06:21 PM	#11
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	Well, if I could see the stuff I may be able to help, otherwise... __________________ The Computer Baseball League

04-11-2003, 06:54 PM	#12
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Did you do any editing to the league structure? Expansion, moving teams from one division to another, etc.? That's usually where I have seen it happen.

04-12-2003, 08:16 AM	#13
cooper_gd All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PopBunker.net Posts: 1,011	Sporr: I just created a 20 team fictional league and left all teams where they were. No expansion, no shifting. Nothing. Treches: I don't have a screenshot, but my example in the first message in this thread is word for word, with the exception of player names. Next time it happens I'll take a ss and post it. __________________