I got really frustrated with the signup thing when I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong and the popup alert was meaningless to me because I couldn't copy the text to translate it.
What helped me a lot was to catch the content of the alert boxes with a bit of javascript.
Code:
window.alert = function(text){
console.log(text);
}
That way instead of popping up an annoying alert box it just wrote it in the console so I could copy / paste it to google translate and figure out what it said. (turned out I had the capatcha right, but I couldn't use upper case in the secret question or something weird like that)
I did this in Chrome. The other inferior browsers are semi-similar-ish but I don't feel like writing out a how-to for those, things....
1. Load up the signup page (and google translate the page if you want). (if you need to verify your username is valid / not used, do this first then reload the page again)
2. Right click anywhere on the page and select "Inspect Element"
3. Click on the Console tab
4. Enter this line of code and press enter:
Code:
window.alert = function(text){console.log(text)}
It should repeat back to you in black text "function (text){console.log(text)}" on the next line.
Test that it is working by typing in the following: The word "hello" should appear in black text under the command you just entered.
If a pop up box with the word hello appears, a red error is logged in the console, or the console returns a blue text "undefined", you did something wrong.
5. Now fill out the forum and submit it all while leaving the console open, if there is a problem with what you filled out, it will be logged in the console where you can then copy and paste it to google translate and figure out where to go from there.
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