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doc Nov 5, 2001 12:14 pm

FWIW, this is one of those threads that somehow appeared to do a "switcheroo!" http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/003256.html

dan at WebFlyer Nov 7, 2001 3:37 pm


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by doc:
FWIW, this is one of those threads that somehow appeared to do a "switcheroo!" http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/003256.html
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When I click on that, I end up in FT Travel's OMNI. Is that what happens to you? Which OMNI did you start in?

cactuspete Nov 7, 2001 3:51 pm


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dan at WebFlyer:
When I click on that, I end up in FT Travel's OMNI. Is that what happens to you? Which OMNI did you start in?</font>
And in which OMNI did you originally start the thread?

dan at WebFlyer Nov 7, 2001 4:12 pm

Here's what we think is going on:

Whatever Forum you start an OMNI thread in (be it FT Miles, FT Travel, FT Airports, or FT Dining) is the Forum that "owns" it from then on. This is regardless of where you post a reply from. So, if I start an OMNI thread in FT Travel, and you view it from FT Miles, and even reply to it from there, you'll still end up in Travel's OMNI.

This is a side-effect if using a single OMNI across multiple Forums... When UBB starts a thread, it creates an HTML template based on the Forum you started in. This template wraps around the actual post content and stays with it from then on. There may be a chance that when we update threads across all the boards (which we haven't done too much lately, due to the increase in performance) that the ownership will change, but I doubt it. Of course, the next time we update, we'll see...

cactuspete Nov 7, 2001 4:39 pm


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dan at WebFlyer:
Here's what we think is going on:

Whatever Forum you start an OMNI thread in (be it FT Miles, FT Travel, FT Airports, or FT Dining) is the Forum that "owns" it from then on. This is regardless of where you post a reply from. So, if I start an OMNI thread in FT Travel, and you view it from FT Miles, and even reply to it from there, you'll still end up in Travel's OMNI.
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OK, that's what I thought originally. Thanks. But one of the threads where this was happening was one that I started, and I am almost 100% certain that I started it in Miles, because I rarely if ever access FT from Travel. I'll be more careful next time.

On another or related issue (again, not a big deal, just a curiosity), this OMNI thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/003262.html
is 2 pages long. However, if you access it from the Miles OMNI page/list of threads, it shows only one page. If you access it from the Travel OMNI page/list, it shows both page 1 and 2.

doc Nov 7, 2001 7:33 pm


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cactuspete:

OK, that's what I thought originally. Thanks. But one of the threads where this was happening was one that I started, and I am almost 100% certain that I started it in Miles, because I rarely if ever access FT from Travel. I'll be more careful next time.

On another or related issue (again, not a big deal, just a curiosity), this OMNI thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/003262.html
is 2 pages long. However, if you access it from the Miles OMNI page/list of threads, it shows only one page. If you access it from the Travel OMNI page/list, it shows both page 1 and 2.
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Agreed. FWIW, I too have seen cases where the thread was seemingly started in MilesBuzz orignally - and yet a 'transfer' to Travel occurs. There are also several threads that do the same thing regarding "revealing" thread numers (1,2,3) such as:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/002964.html

Anyway, "no biggie" as some of my West Coast friends say! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

dan at WebFlyer Nov 8, 2001 10:25 am

as far as the misnumbered thread listings (showing two pages when there are actually three, etc.)...

That could be caused by posting a reply to an OMNI thread from a different Forum than you're seeing the listing in, which isn't spurring your Forum to update its thread count. In other words, if I reply to a thread from FT Travel, FT Miles isn't going to know there's been a thread update until someone posts to that same thread from FT Miles. Each Forum uses its own thread index script...

again, an unfortunate side-effect...


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