Problem with "VIEW NEW POSTS" button

[alexgtp]

When I click on "view new posts" I would only get new threads or existing threads which had new posts added to them since my last visit.

Since the upgrade to the new format this is no longer happening.

I click on "view new posts" and I am getting about 10-11 pages of posts I have already read. Not just new posts and threads.
Is their an option somewhere now that you have to check?

Any ideas?

 

[junkman_56]

I have the same issue.
I'm guessing it's one of the "left over" issues with the upgrade.

 

[hermit11]

I've noticed this too, but I also noticed you can distinguish if anything new was posted by looking at the colored buttons on the left. Everything is explained at the bottom of the page.

 

[bfreebern]

Clear your cache.

 

[alexgtp]

I've noticed this too, but I also noticed you can distinguish if anything new was posted by looking at the colored buttons on the left. Everything is explained at the bottom of the page.

Does not always work.


I visited the forum 30 min ago. I went by the colors of the buttons to read threads. All were white which means no new posts.
I came across 6-7 threads which were new.

Also Brandon clearing out a cache would not help in this issue (or will it please explain if it does). As it would remove the info needed by the forum to know what my last visit consisted of. So no way to compare previous visit to current.

 

[rectifythis]

I am experiencing the same thing myself. I am at 8 pages of new posts, most of which I have seen. I have cleared cookies, and try from both work and home with same results. Also, since the new site revamp, the site takes longer to navigate, on any computer I'm at.

 

[Brickhouse]

Same problem here. I remember this happening a ways back and Rod said to clear your cache as Freebern is saying. Gonna try that out.

 

[JHawk]

I am having the same problem. I have cleared my cache. I see on the home page that it says my last visit was three days ago -- I am on at least twice a day!

 

[JHawk]

Is anyone else still having this problem, or is it just me??

 

[BrewMeister]

I had the same problem.

I found what seems to be a fix.

After selecting the "View New Posts" link, it displayed 24 pages of new posts.

I then clicked on the "Mark all forums as read and return to index" link near the top. I logged-out, and all seems to be good now.

Won't know if it remains correct till some time passes... ??? YMMV.

 

[bfreebern]

Try this thread and see if it works:

View new posts

 

[tomthirtysix]

I had the same problem.

I found what seems to be a fix.

After selecting the "View New Posts" link, it displayed 24 pages of new posts.

I then clicked on the "Mark all forums as read and return to index" link near the top. I logged-out, and all seems to be good now.

Won't know if it remains correct till some time passes... ??? YMMV.

Try this thread and see if it works:

View new posts

I did both of these things, and it's still not working for me.

 

[LilBastage]

I had the same problem.

I found what seems to be a fix.

After selecting the "View New Posts" link, it displayed 24 pages of new posts.

I then clicked on the "Mark all forums as read and return to index" link near the top. I logged-out, and all seems to be good now.

Won't know if it remains correct till some time passes... ??? YMMV.

Try this thread and see if it works:

View new posts

I did both of these things, and it's still not working for me.

It seemed to work fine for me right after I did both of these tricks, but the next day it was back to not working. I'm sure Rod is still working on getting it taken care of.

A minor inconvenience, for sure, but not the end of the world.

 

[tomthirtysix]

It seemed to work fine for me right after I did both of these tricks, but the next day it was back to not working. I'm sure Rod is still working on getting it taken care of.

A minor inconvenience, for sure, but not the end of the world.

No, not at all. I was just posting to let JHawk know he's not alone.

 

[LilBastage]

Mine seems to be working just fine now after Firefox did it's update to 2.0.0.9 this AM. Perhaps it was an issue with Firefox?

It's been working since I did the upgrade, which is much longer than it was last time it started working.

 

[BrewMeister]

Mine seems to be working just fine now after Firefox did it's update to 2.0.0.9 this AM. Perhaps it was an issue with Firefox?

It's been working since I did the upgrade, which is much longer than it was last time it started working.

Well as of this morning, it appears nothing I've tried has corrected the problem for any length of time. To date, I've cleared the cache & cookies, marked all as read, upgraded FireFox and still as of this morning the "View New Posts" listing was incorrect. ???

 

[SBellew]

Seems that the board code is not passing the correct data to the cookie for the 'View New Posts' link to work properly. You can force it to push the data to the cookie by clicking the 'Mark all forums as read and return to index' link at the top of the 'Posts since last visit' page.

What I do is to read the topics, hit the 'View New Posts' link again to ensure that nothing was added while I was reading, then only after i make sure that I have read everything, click the 'Mark all forums as read and return to index' link. No need to sign out, the next time I open the site and hit 'View New Posts' link, only the new ones show.

Cigarpass might check to see if this is an option in the board settings. Or, may be a known bug, need a software update or just how the software operates. Don;t know much about the IP Board software to say for sure.