Can't text directly on certain forums??

Pinger said:

I can't seem to type text in certain forums such as AT&T discussions or Windows Forums ect... I have to write out my reply using Pages or in a mail draft then copy it and paste it in the forums text box..
Anyone else experiencing this with their iPads??

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Yes, I've noticed this as well. On some I can type just fine, like on MacRumors, but on others I can't even click it to type nor can I paste text. Strange. It must be the specific forum host (e.g. VBulletin, phpBB, etc.) that doesn't support iOS.

I belong to another forum that you can't directly from iPad, iPhone, or android phones, if you have all the different options on. It is older forum software and it would need to be updated in order to work.

A couple of work arounds we have done have been to either, pick in our user option, to have basic messages (which will mean no smilies or formating). But then when you are back on a computer you either have to change it back or not have all of that. The other is that we click on the html button and type our text in that area. it also means if you know the html code for any formating you want (ie bold or a smilie) you can put it in there.

It seems to be more of an out of date forum server issue than an iOS or android issue.

Hmmm...

Not sure then. Maybe try the work arounds. But if it is newer then I would think Apple will update for it. I only have safari on the iPad, do you use that or a different browser? If the same, wonder if there is someone that downloaded a different browser that could see if it is a device thing or a browser issue.

I've found that I can't type directly into one forum I use whilst using iCab, but I can type in the same forum using Safari. I had no problems using the iPad 1 to type text into the forum. It's a bit bizarre...

Some of the "advanced" text boxes break under iOS, haven't really figured out what specifically causes it to break, but it seems the problem at least for me.

My other "can't type in box" problem is iOS itself, sometimes I can't type emails or in any text box and just have to quit the app (kill it in the multitasking bar) and relaunch, but that's a separate issue that I'm venting about.

I had this problem on a forum I am on. It turns out that my settings for my sign on info was the problem. Once I turned off the setting to use RTE (rich text editor) then I could post no problem.

by settings I mean the forum settings, not iPad settings.