Hi, I was posting a trip report to the "Fishing with Fiberglass Rods" forum, and at some point got the dreaded "internal server error" message, so just decided to continue it in the next post in the thread. But when I try to add a reply it doesn't take me to the full editor, just the bottom of the page.

It's the "Autumn brookies" thread.

Is something wrong with the forum ? Did I do something wrong ? Are the admins just sick of me ?

Thanks, that's probably it. I'll be more careful next time !

First, the "500 Internal Server Error" comes up when a very small portion of your text is confusing the phpBB software that runs the forum. I don't know if this is unique on our forum or simply a bug in phpBB.

The fix is to find the troublesome text and rewrite it. For instance, cut out half the post and hit the Preview button, if the remaining text posts, the issue was in the text you cut (or vice versa). Paste the cut text back into the editing window and cut a smaller portion. Continue until you find the problem. Usually the trouble is text near the end of a paragraph. Rewrite the text and it should be good to go. Note, this is difficult to do on a cell phone.

Second, you can't reply to your own post. Simply edit the existing post to add the new material.


Tom

Thanks again everyone. Good to know I'm not the only one, and I learned a few tips. Notepad, how I love thee