I am currently evaluating DNN and ActiveForums and ActiveSocial modules, and found a problem. Basically, clicking the Add Friend popup in members list yields the following in IE: http://i56.tinypic.com/33d8ho7.png

I've gone thru the templstes and themes, but was unable to find anything referencing the popup.
ActiveSocial module is mission critical to my site, and if this problem cannot be easily resolved, we may end up looking for a different system than DNN altogether. Please help.

Also, the versioning in the topic is wrong: I am using DNN v5.6.2, and AS v1.9.2

Thanks!

Add this to any of your css files on the page:

#txtFriendMsg {height:20px;}

Hmm, thanks! This works, although is obviously a kludge.

On a side note, I wonder how this manages to slip into a release...

An issue like this is bound to happen, because of the fact that Active Social is loaded "inside" of the DNN skin. Some times the skin .css interferes with the Active Social css, resulting in this or other odd layout behavior.

You could modify your css, but the work-around I provided should be just as good. Having said that, you may run into a similar problem with other text areas like that. For example, adding a note or event on a profile activity tab.

Nice. Thank you, Ben.

Posted By Ben on 28 Apr 2011 09:42 AM
You could modify your css, but the work-around I provided should be just as good. Having said that, you may run into a similar problem with other text areas like that. For example, adding a note or event on a profile activity tab.

How do I fix this? This is happening to on my website.

What I did was use Firebug to inspect the element (textarea) then get either the css class or ID (#txtFriendMsg). Then just set a static height on it. It is kind of subjective to what is going on in your site skin. You might be able to just change a line in your skin.css that is affecting textarea elements, and have it affect all of them in AS. Alternatively, you could just add a separate line for each one.