New post flag not appearing

**deathtongue** · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:43 am Post subject: New post flag not appearing

Hi,

When I log into the forum, the flag on each topic that usually indicates there is a new post is not appearing. This seems to have started only a day or two ago.

I have been logging in from the main page and then clicking the "Forum" menu option, thereby using the new integrated login functionality (which works great). I haven't been able to test if the new post flags work when logging in the original way.

I surmise this may be related to the new "Who's online" menu option, I think it started happening about when that was added.

Thanks for your work on this great website!
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

I've noticed this problem as well. Here's an explanation of how the marking of new posts is handled and why the problem exists:

The new post flags indicate new posts since your last login (not strictly topics that you haven't clicked). You can test this on almost any forum on the web: if you login, logout, and then login again, all topics will be marked as read. Before, I had the main login and forum login separated, so you were able to see all new posts since the last time you visited the forums. Now that they have been integrated (due to popular demand), forum topics with no new posts since your last login will be marked as read everytime you login to the site (regardless if you visit the forums or not).

So I guess this is the one downside to integrating the logins. At some point I may be able to modify the code to mark topics as read since the last time you visited the forums, rather than since your last login.
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**Matt** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 3780 Location: Bethel, Vermont

I have a similar problem; I only ever get the new topic buttons when I login on my laptop; never when I login elsewhere, even though I see new topics and posts.

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

I just noticed a flaw on the Home page that would log you in everytime if you have cookies set (even if you're already logged in). This has been fixed, and may have been contributing to marking topics as read. Let me know if the problem still exists.
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**Matt** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 3780 Location: Bethel, Vermont

Still exists :(

**deathtongue** · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

Yup, still happening to me too...

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**OtherBill** · Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 65

Oddly enough, it's not happening to me, mostly.

From what I can tell, when you log in to the website, it automatically logs you in to the forums (this is good), and somehow that counts as a forum visit (this is bad). So, when you go to the forum pages, the timestamps show that your last visit was just a moment ago, so...well, there aren't any new messages since then.

On the other hand, if you use cookies to keep yourself logged in, the new message flags work just fine.
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**Mike** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Quebec, Canada

I got the same problem : I didn't login ScoreHero for a week and then, yesterday, there was no "NEW POST" icon in the forum !?! In fact, the thing bothering me is that I don't want to go over every subject again just to read new posts !!! and now all I can do is hope that recent posts are dumb or useless, so I didn't miss anything ! :P

EDIT : now it works again ! excellent !
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**Mike** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Quebec, Canada

After some tries this week, I found that :
- if the FIRST thing I do is log myself in the forum, new post icons are there !
- if I log in scorehero, and then log in the forum, there's no new post icons !
PLEASE fix that problem soon ! PLEEEAAASE ! :cry:
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**deathtongue** · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

Actually this has started working for me again over the last couple days. As far as I know I haven't changed the way I log in... I am still logging into scorehero and then navigating to the forum.

Thanks!
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

Yeah, as far as I know it should work now. It's been working for me. You just need to make sure you check the forums each time you login since the new posts will only show since your last login.

If it still doesn't work for someone, please explain your exact setup: specifically how you logged in, when you visited the forums, whether you're setup to remember the login with cookies or not, and when your last login time was. Then I'll be able to trace the cause of the problem, since the way I see it now there is no known problem.
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**Matt** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 3780 Location: Bethel, Vermont

Appears to be working now.

**Mike** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Quebec, Canada

Everything seems ok now ! Great !
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**Matt** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 3780 Location: Bethel, Vermont

Problem fixed