Flyertalk can't seem to remember last viewed post
Jun 29, 2011, 4:35 pm
#92
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Upon the first run through of my subscribed threads, it seemed to be fixed, bringing me to posts timestamped last night or today. But a second notification of a new post brought me to something earlier today that I had already seen instead of the new post.
Jun 30, 2011, 7:12 am
#95
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One thing that I did late yesterday, though, was mark all forums read. I wonder if that made the difference for me.
Jun 30, 2011, 10:20 am
#98
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"Mark this forum read" doesn't fix the problem. Posting in a thread where this occurs makes no difference (in this thread, I'm taken to Post 37, even though I made post 98). Mark all forums read doesn't fix it, either.
Seems to be getting worse for me rather than better.
Seems to be getting worse for me rather than better.
Jun 30, 2011, 2:19 pm
#101
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Well, the database is marked correctly, because it says that you last viewed this thread at Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:13:15 GMT, which is the exact time you posted your reply. If it's not directing you to the proper place, then it's got to be an issue with your setting to view 40 threads per page.
We will continue to investigate.
We will continue to investigate.
Since it seems that many other users are reporting similar problems persisting even after the configuration change, I believe there is still an underlying issue that needs to be corrected on the server side. The issue is not corrected by adjusting the length of time last post viewed is kept in the database.
Jun 30, 2011, 11:42 pm
#102
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So vB itself does not have the magic url feature? The code that adds that feature is something created by IB? Or does it come from a third party plug-in IB uses?
And what about the View First Unread link that appears on the thread pages? Is that a feature of vB itself or is it also added on? We have no evidence of malfunction for that code, do we?
I know from experience that debugging takes something like a minimum of 10x as long as anyone's most outrageous guess as to how long it ought to take, but I'm still puzzled as to why this problem is proving so hard to track down. We know the data is good, we know one piece of code consistently produces the right result for all browsers, we know another piece of code intermittently produces the wrong code for some browsers. Is that an accurate summary of what we know?
Jul 1, 2011, 1:34 am
#103
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That change was made years ago, though, and the problem seems to only now be surfacing. But the link code may not be core vB...
Jul 1, 2011, 12:00 pm
#105
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Sorry Silver Fox; as I hope you can see, we are working this problem very actively, including daily participation in this thread by our actual technical lead, IBDick. Lots of members are constructively aiding in this process as well by providing details of their experience with the issue, which we deeply appreciate. Snark? Not so helpful.
We apologize again for the delay in resolving this; some things just are not easy to do and this frustrating glitch is unfortunately one of them. IBDick and I will keep updating this thread with our progress as we track down and fix the problem. Please keep the technical details coming!
Paul O'Brien
Community manager
FlyerTalk
We apologize again for the delay in resolving this; some things just are not easy to do and this frustrating glitch is unfortunately one of them. IBDick and I will keep updating this thread with our progress as we track down and fix the problem. Please keep the technical details coming!
Paul O'Brien
Community manager
FlyerTalk