The way phpBB session management works, I think there is no way to distinguish between one long (browser) session and many short ones, especially if the browser is left idle for some time. Well, I kind of think this is the wrong discussion to have. I'm 100% certain of the symptoms even if the session reset explanation isn't quite accurate.Īnd that misbehavior would be more tolerable with a View unread posts function that ignores any session times/timeouts. If I stay logged into the forum and keep the browser open 24/7 then the oldest post of View new posts results (regardless of read/unread status) should remain the same - and sometimes it isn't. ![]() I'd expect View new posts to always find those new+unread ones if forum sessions were properly sustained over the lifetime of corresponding active browser sessions, but something insists on unpredictably resetting them without my logging out of the forum or closing the browser. If I run View active topics after that's happened I'll see any of those new+unread posts that slipped in between times of original, intended logins and when they were reset. ![]() The only thing that is checked for "New Posts" is the time your previous login session was created.Īnd that's what's not working properly for me, most obvious on the EyeTV Lounge forum I mentioned earlier.Īpparently something can cause the current login session to randomly reset while I'm still logged in, with the unwanted side effect of View new posts starting from when that's occurred and sometimes skipping posts that are new and (what's important) unread. I've been diligently observing this for over six months and have tried describing the symptoms as accurately as possible. What I'm saying is that my experience contradicts a simple "since previous login" explanation since every topic with a new post won't necessarily be listed during the same login. Other times I'll run Vpn a day later and the full list appears (previously read plus unread new items). Sometimes previously read and a few unread new topics are omitted after the previous Vnp was only an hour earlier. I've suspected that happens because a session timeout on the forum server, though I don't know how to determine that for sure. They're usually ones I've read but sometimes there it's ones I haven't, thus my interest in a View unread posts function (more about that below). How are you defining previous login? Quite frequently on the EyeTV Lounge View new posts will omit a batch of older topics that had new posts during a single login and browser session. Thank you to whomever can explain it.īrf wrote:View new posts - shows topics posted in since your previous login. Is there a Wiki or some documentation that explains this because I've looked and haven't found anything. Thank you for any light you may be able to shed on this. "why are topics that have been replied too in the last couple of hrs not showing up when i click on new post button you replied before that you needed to extend the time alotment i posted a reply at 5:35 am and while browsing at 12 noon it was no longer in the new post section whats the sense of having the New Post button if its not going to be there atleast 24 hrs so people who just use that feature would be able to see all new post and replys" Is there a way to adjust the amount of time that the forums consider a post "new" ? What does "View active topics" do other than display more results when you click it? Some days the "View new posts" link only displays 2 or 3 posts which confuses me even more because I know there are more new posts than that. I've read many attempts at explaining how they work but it seems that nobody really knows for sure.ĭoes "View new posts" display the last 24 hours? That can't be true because my site displays older posts that that sometimes. The dilhema is not that they are not neccessarily working right because honestly I don't think anyone can really explain HOW they are supposed to work. What is the difference? How do they work? I've received so many complaints from the members of my website because of theses links.
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