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Jul 21, 2002 | 1:11 pm

chexfan

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Lightbulbs... revisited

OK, I just don't get it. Why can't I ever get lightbulbs on this UBB? I'm used to it by now, but I really would like them. Honestly, I would!

I access FT Miles via http://www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/Ul...assCookie=true and there is nothing in the "Lightbulb Column"

I access FT Travel via http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...assCookie=true and the same is true.

No lightbulbs.

I have lightbulbs from other UBBs (on 6.05). I'm using IE 5.5.

I think I've tried everything that has been mentioned in the other threads and I am about to give up. Any suggestions (from the basic to the advanced) to help me see the light?

Muchas gracias in advance.

Jul 22, 2002 | 9:55 am

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I've never gotten them to work on my system either. We were thinking it was a cookie issue, especially since we share them between five boards, but we've never gotten all the bugs worked out.

Jul 22, 2002 | 10:20 am

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Lightbulbs work just fine for me in FT Miles. I've never had lightbulbs in FT Travel. As a result, I never visit FT Travel a second time in one day; it's too much work to figure out if there are new posts. (The first time I visit in a day, I can pull up all the new threads for the day, so that visit is an easy one.) I'd love to have lightbulbs in FT Travel. Any suggestions?

Jul 22, 2002 | 10:25 am

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My experience is exactly the same as SanDiego1K. Light bulbs work fine for me in FT Miles, but never in FT Travel.

chexfan, perhaps try editing your cookies file and zapping all of the webflyer.com- and flyertalk.com-related entries. That might do the trick and restore light bulbs for your FT Miles.

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Jul 22, 2002 | 10:41 am

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FewMiles... I have zero flyertalk or webfler cookies... Hmmm... perhaps a root cause???

SAN- you only visit FT Travel and Omni once a day???

Such a travesty!

Jul 22, 2002 | 11:02 am

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Originally posted by SanDiego1K:
Lightbulbs work just fine for me in FT Miles. I've never had lightbulbs in FT Travel. As a result, I never visit FT Travel a second time in one day; it's too much work to figure out if there are new posts. (The first time I visit in a day, I can pull up all the new threads for the day, so that visit is an easy one.) I'd love to have lightbulbs in FT Travel. Any suggestions?

I'll check the settings again for Travel and compare them against Miles to make sure our cookie behavior matches.

UPDATE: Well, the cookie settings all matched, but I did find some inconsistencies between the boards (minor things) and have updated the threads on Travel, Dining and Airports. Hopefully that won't introduce new problems, but if it does, you know where to post them

[This message has been edited by dan at WebFlyer (edited 07-22-2002).]

Jul 22, 2002 | 11:38 am

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Quote:

Originally posted by chexfan:
OK, I just don't get it. Why can't I ever get lightbulbs on this UBB? I'm used to it by now, but I really would like them. Honestly, I would!

I access FT Miles via http://www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/Ul...assCookie=true and there is nothing in the "Lightbulb Column"

I'm not a UBB expert, but see if you can find a string to feed the CGI that does not involve "BypassCookie" on the theory that the lightbulbs use cookies and if you are bypassing 'em.....

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Jul 22, 2002 | 12:48 pm

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Originally posted by ClueByFour:
I'm not a UBB expert, but see if you can find a string to feed the CGI that does not involve "BypassCookie" on the theory that the lightbulbs use cookies and if you are bypassing 'em..... .

Good point... I should have noticed that earlier. If you're bypassing the cookies UBB sets, then it doesn't know whether a post is "new" to you or already viewed. Here's the shortened link that should turn bulbs back on for you:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/Ul...i?action=intro

Now, this may cause other cookie-related problems, depending on how you browse FT and the navigation you use, but give it a try...

Jul 22, 2002 | 12:54 pm

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FWIW, my experience is also exactly the same as "SanDiego1K." The light bulbs typically work just fine for me in FT Miles, but never seem to function in FT Travel.

-Mark

Jul 22, 2002 | 5:26 pm

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Quote:

Originally posted by dan at WebFlyer:
Here's the shortened link that should turn bulbs back on for you:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/Ul...i?action=intro

We have a winner!

Jul 22, 2002 | 6:05 pm

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My experience is the same. In travel they seldom work.

Jul 22, 2002 | 6:07 pm

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It turned them on all right - they're ALL on !!

For me, whichever forum I visit first gets the correct lightbulbs - but if I go first to Miles and then to Travel, I have either no bulbs or all lit bulbs on the travel forum ...

Jul 22, 2002 | 10:24 pm

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Dan at WebFlyer, fwiw, the links at the top of each page to FT Miles, Travel, Dining, and Airports (the graphical ones alongside MilesBuzz and TravelBuzz) all have the BypassCookie=true tacked onto to the URL. Perhaps this is responsible for some of the lightbulb problems too?

FewMiles..

Jul 23, 2002 | 12:15 am

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Hmm, well the lightbulbs are now on in Travel. Problem is, I can't get them to go off when I leave. It's like a bad Motel 6 commercial "We'll leave the light on for ya".

Jul 23, 2002 | 9:12 am

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Quote:

Originally posted by FewMiles:
Dan at WebFlyer, fwiw, the links at the top of each page to FT Miles, Travel, Dining, and Airports (the graphical ones alongside MilesBuzz and TravelBuzz) all have the BypassCookie=true tacked onto to the URL.

FewMiles is right! I did not have light bulbs for Travel and Dining (I do have them for Miles and Airports), but after visiting the URLs edited to remove BypassCookie=true (like in chexfan's post, but for T and D) for each board, the lightbulbs reappeared the second time I visited (I clicked another board, and then came back).

[This message has been edited by flightrisk (edited 07-23-2002).]

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