Read Posts keep coming up as Unread

[stugster]

After reading a post (lets say Knowing the Mind of God thread) I'll close the window in a vain attempt to stop wasting every minute of every day on UKBF... but to no avail, I open a new window and type in the URL.

I go to the forums, get into the Time Out section, and see there's a new post in the "KTMOG" thread. But, there isn't. For some reason, the thread title/link is coming up bold as if it's unread....

Anyone else having this horrible dilemma?! My time is being wasted 4 times over, instead of just once!

 

[dave_n]

i'm having ithe same but only on this site...I use another fishing forum that is the same software and that's ok...usually it takes about 12 hours to develop...only in FF not in IE tho

 

[Brian McIntosh]

Same for me. Never thought of posting about it! It would be good to get it fixed. I don't know if logging out would help as I log in automatically.

 

[Brian McIntosh]

I've just logged out then in again and that seemed to sort things out.

 

[dave_n]

brian...just a logout or did u close the browser completely?
I have to close the browser down usually

 

[Brian McIntosh]

I just logged out and in again without closing the browser.

 

[AdamW]

I get it all the time, assumably something cookie related?

Read, not read .. very confusing !

 

[The Wholesale Forums]

Clear your cache/cookies and temporary Internet files and that should fix the issue you are experiencing.

 

[Dawg]

If you put in
http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/search.php?do=getnew
(and keep it as a fave), that should sort it out.

 

[stugster]

It's very strange! Even posts that I have made appear "new" to me!

 

[dave_n]

IE or FF?....

 

[stugster]

FF. Problem only appears when I close the window and re-open it. Tres Strange

 

[dave_n]

anything in the error console?

 

[stugster]

Nothing of obvious value:


Warning: Error in parsing value for property 'display'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=53047&page=2
Line: 0

 

[sabian1982]

Same here, i keep getting them in my control panel telling me there are answers to existing threads that i have subscribed to even when there aren't or i was the last person to respond!

 

[dave_n]

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=251782

 

[stugster]

Those Plugins are forum specific, not user specific.

 

[RayB]

How do you log out of UKBF - I have never tried it

 

[Darren Falkingham]

Hi,

vBulletin has 3 options for how it deals with unread posts:
- inactivity / cookie based
- database (no automatic forum marking)
- database (automatic forum marking)

We tried the 3rd (and most accurate) approach, which tells you exactly what you have and haven't read....however, it seemed to mess up the subscribed threads views, removing all the entries (much to the annoyance of RayB - sorry again Ray!).

We're currently back on option 1, so I'm not 100% sure how it actually flags unread posts.

I can try option 2, to see if it's any better, but I must warn you that it might have the same impact of hiding your recent subscribed threads under 'My UKBF'. Also you'll suddenly see the whole forum turn bold and blue as it starts to track things!

Let me know what you think.

 

[stugster]

Ray just sent me a PM telling me it should just all be switched off for a few weeks.

I think that's probably the best option Darren! Just turn the forums off for a while


(I'm kidding)

I don't know what option would be best - perhaps send a post to vBulletin? Their support is usually quite good in regards to these bugs.

 

[stugster]

Gah! It just did it on this thread too! And here I am checking to see who replied at my joke.... nobody. absolutely nobody.

 

[Darren Falkingham]

Gah! It just did it on this thread too! And here I am checking to see who replied at my joke.... nobody. absolutely nobody.

Tee hee!!!

Will check out vBulletin's forums - you're right, there's always good stuff on there.

 

[RayB]

And here I am checking to see who replied at my joke.... nobody. absolutely nobody.

That happens to me all the time - I'm used to it now

 

[stugster]

GAH! It did it again. Also, when I click a link from the email notification, it doesn't take me to the post in question, but a few pages previous.

 

[dave_n]

mine seems to be stable at the mo

EDIT: titsup now