Read Posts keep coming up as Unread

stugster

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Feb 1, 2007
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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!
 

Darren Falkingham

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Jul 3, 2007
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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.
 
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