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Out of Character => OOC Discussion => Archived OOC Posts => Topic started by: Mike on August 04, 2009, 02:26:45 PM

Title: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Mike on August 04, 2009, 02:26:45 PM

This link refuses to work for me anymore.
I know there are posts I can see the orange but it always tells me there are no posts

annoying

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Arianna_Fireau on August 04, 2009, 02:45:53 PM

Click the "Show all unread posts"?

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Mike on August 04, 2009, 02:47:10 PM

Did you even read what I wrote?

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Torvald Magnusson on August 04, 2009, 03:13:52 PM

I suspect it is something specific to your account, settings or browser as I have no issue with seeing unread posts in Firefox 3.5

One thing I have noticed in the past is if you navigate away from the page and then go back, it is considered a new visit as far as that link is concerned so you won't see anything under unread posts since last visits.

Many posts you did not get to before going forward will still show as unread because they don't care about your last visit date, just whether you have read the post.

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Arianna_Fireau on August 04, 2009, 03:23:42 PM

*points to Vance's post*

If you travel away and then go back sometimes... It's no longer considered "since last visit".

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Alexander Amarandus van Bokkelen on August 04, 2009, 04:58:21 PM

Vance does tech support for a living now.

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Torvald Magnusson on August 04, 2009, 05:00:47 PM

*shrug* Just trying to help

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Kazimir Perun on August 04, 2009, 11:24:14 PM

That function has never worked for me at all.  I assumed it was just broken.

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Mike on August 11, 2009, 08:35:25 AM

Marc can you check my forum permissions? maybe it was turned off in my move down from admin.

Cant be my browser or computer settings cause i use numerous computers.

This morning I logged in for the first time since friday and it displayed no new posts since my last visit.
Kat posts like 1000 an hour

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Justin Northwood on August 12, 2009, 05:59:01 PM

I haven't quite figured out why "Show New Posts since Last Visit" works only intermittently.  It doesn't appear to have anything to do with permissions settings, though I'm working on it.

Is there another problem with your permissions though?  i.e. cant post new threads/replies in certain forums?

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Justin Northwood on August 14, 2009, 08:12:09 PM

I looked at the php and there's no reason the "unread" action shouldn't be working equally for everyone.  I'll need to continue to look into it.  In the meantime, i'd say just use the recent posts list at the bottom of the forums index...  There's a hundred of the most recent posts down there and I've rarely seen a day go by where all hundred were filled with "Today" posts (and I've spent a lot of time on the forums).  Of course, that doesn't really help if you're not on the forums once every day or so. :)

What I do is just use that, and for each thread I need to look at, I right-click >> Open In New Tab, then start going through them.  Works the same with Internet Explorer and Firefox, as long as tabbed browsing is enabled somewhere in the settings.

Title: Re: Show Unread posts since last visit
Post by: Kiara on August 21, 2009, 01:59:10 PM

this does the same thing to me you might just want to hit the link that does come up its what I do..