marks all previous posts as old.

leandean · 04-24-2006, 10:59 PM

Something perplexing has occurred the last couple of days. When I log in and join a forum, all the posts from the time of my previous session are marked new. However, when I switch forums, all posts previous to the time I logged into this session are marked as old.

For example, tonight I logged in around 0430GMT, went to the SuSE forum and all was well. Now when I went to the software forum, all posts prior to 0430 were marked as old. I checked general and hardware and they show the same. Hmmm.

titanium_geek · 04-25-2006, 01:22 AM

thinking algorithmicly, this is probably the most simple way, it is easy to follow the computer's thought process.

How easy would it be for a cooky or whatever to register the time visited at each individual subforum? might be taxing on the server.

I have seen this a lot, though your post, leandean, gives the impression that it is something new. Could you clarify?

titanium_geek

leandean · 04-25-2006, 11:28 PM

I first saw it Saturday last. This morning in the shower (where I do my best thinking) it occurred to me that it may be a rogue cookie. So, of course, I forgot about deleting them until after I logged on tonight

I'll leave myself a note on the machine so I'll delete tomorrow. And yes, it's still occurring. The first forum I visit is fine. Any after that show new after the time I logged on to this session. Everything older is marked as 'no new post' even though I haven't logged on for 24 hours.

kencaz · 04-25-2006, 11:36 PM

I have noticed a similar problem in the past weeks but thought it may be something on my system. I usually login to New Posts each day. Usually about 12 pages worth, however, It never updates. I can finish reading and posting and it will remain the same number of posts until I log back in again.

I do remember that I would read a post and upon using the back button there would be updated New Posts but this is no longer the case. It's not a hardship but kinof annoying that I have to re-login each time to see updates...

KC

jeremy · 04-26-2006, 12:23 AM

The "new post" is completely session based and does not take forum into account. Once you visit and a session expires, new threads start accumulating from that point.

--jeremy

leandean · 04-27-2006, 11:58 PM

It's fine now. But that still doesn't explain why it was like this for three straight days. When after I logged on I never left the forums or left my machine so the session shouldn't have timed out. Just one of those things I guess.