Ah. There was a little discussion about that ten pages back, starting here.
Short answer: I still don't know.
It has to do with the way BV is retrieving stuff from the database, because all those characters are stored just fine. When I'm done with the recode (which I was working on until I stopped to write this), maybe it'll fix itself. I'm changing it to interact with the database the same way the forum does, so...
This host is by far the best one we've had, and we've had several. We've been through plenty of hosting problems in the past and don't need outside consultation. The one problem with this one is so rare and so fleeting that changing to a different host because of it would be a major overreaction.
Speaking of overreactions, you need to calm the hell down; your response was completely uncalled for and more than a little puzzling. The intent of my message was in the first line:
Tagging is not a terrible idea, and would be pretty easy to implement, but I want to get what we have working properly before I start adding more new stuff.
Why don't you guys run your own host, or something?
Seriously, I run my site off my home computer, and offered to even host this site when it was hacked, before... If your host is that skanky, try changing it... (no offense)
I don't know how to put it any plainer than this: we don't want or need your help with anything related to running or maintaining this site.
If you find errors or whatever, mention them. If, by looking at the error, you can say, "Hey, it might be related to this thing in PHP," go ahead and mention that too. But please stop trying to code for us or solve hosting problems we don't have.
Been a while since I read the rules, but I seem to remember examples of what's a good and a bad description, and an example of the bad was along the lines of "OMG, shes like so sexy you haz to dl dis hack!".
You should read them again. Because you made this up entirely.
Yeah, you're not allowed to look at the forum's source. I appreciate that you are trying to help, but please stop trying to code for me.
That error occurs only if you've enabled the "new PM" alerts. It doesn't matter how many PMs there are; it was a problem with a function not being called when it should be. I'm not sure how it got that way, because I don't recall ever messing with that file, but it should be fixed now.