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PetrosA

PetrosA

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I don't know where else to post this since there is no "General" forum here. Is anyone else having issues with threads either not showing up as read or all the threads getting marked as read at once, suddenly? I've cleaned out my cache and all the other things you normally do with issues like this, but it keeps repeating. It's making it mighty hard to keep track of threads...

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I have had an issue from time to time with the threads I read staying marked as not read. I usually exit mozilla and get back on and the issue is resolved.
 
WOW! I was going to make this EXACT same posting earlier today, but never got around to it.

Yesterday I contacted a friend that is a forum administrator at a different forum that uses the same vbulletin software to see if he knew why this was happening over here, but he could not find any setting for it in his system.

I am wondering if there is not some sort of setting that is "marking all threads as Read" upon each visit, but unfortunately, with either a short timeout or by posting a new reply, the system must be assuming that you have started a new session. I don't know.

There are at least 4 forums that I visit that use the vBulletin software, but this is the only forum that behaves this way. Not only does it mark the thread as read, but then it removes the little button allowing you to jump to the first unread posting.

I hope we can get this fixed.

Just a quick followup, I notice this most when I make a posting to a thread, and when I click on the "Quick Links", "Today's Posts" to finish reading the rest of the forum, then all of the threads show up as being read.
 
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There were two cookies on my system that were set to expire at the "end of session", and I deleted both of them. Since then, one has been restored, but not the second one. As soon as I deleted one of the two (can't remember which one) all of the postings that had previously been shown as being read since my last visit (aka 30 seconds previous) suddenly returned as being unread, including my own previous posting.

I think it is a cookie issue, but I also want to reiterate that I visit at least 4 forums that use this same vBulletin software, and this is the only one with the issue.

After I click on "Post" for this reply, I will see if I can determine what has changed, if anything, and make an update.
 
Rick Christopherson said:
After I click on "Post" for this reply, I will see if I can determine what has changed, if anything, and make an update.
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Well, as soon as I made the previous posting, both of those cookies I mentioned above were restored. However, the read/unread function appears to be working correctly.

Me thinks that the forum administration found and fixed the problem, but just hasn't told us about it yet.:confused:
 
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