Another issue is that the "Unread" button yields no new posts, but if I look at recent posts there are plenty I have not yet read.
Not sure what's going on there...
FYI.
Dan
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 06, 2009, 08:53:29 PM
Another issue is that the "Unread" button yields no new posts, but if I look at recent posts there are plenty I have not yet read.
Not sure what's going on there...
FYI.
Dan
I have the same issue fairly often.
look at the text stating "No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics." if you scroll over the second "click here" sentence it will highlight and you can click on it to see the new posts since last visit. Not sure whats going on there, but so far my clicky finger has not worn out...
Quote from: the fan on October 07, 2009, 06:55:55 AM
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 06, 2009, 08:53:29 PM
Another issue is that the "Unread" button yields no new posts, but if I look at recent posts there are plenty I have not yet read.
Not sure what's going on there...
FYI.
Dan
I have the same issue fairly often.
look at the text stating "No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics." if you scroll over the second "click here" sentence it will highlight and you can click on it to see the new posts since last visit. Not sure whats going on there, but so far my clicky finger has not worn out...
I did not know about - and I have been unable to duplicate - the problem you guys are having. When I click on "Unread" it works great for me...I'll have to run some tests on different computers and different browsers. Perhaps it is a browser compatibility issue. Both of you: please tell me what browser you are using to get the "Unread" button not to work.
Also - it may be a cookie issue. Are either of you going through a company firewall - or personal firewall that blocks cookies? I'd like to figure this problem out - not good if it is happening to the masses...
Quote from: Marsh White on October 07, 2009, 11:49:04 AM
Quote from: the fan on October 07, 2009, 06:55:55 AM
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 06, 2009, 08:53:29 PM
Another issue is that the "Unread" button yields no new posts, but if I look at recent posts there are plenty I have not yet read.
Not sure what's going on there...
FYI.
Dan
I have the same issue fairly often.
look at the text stating "No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics." if you scroll over the second "click here" sentence it will highlight and you can click on it to see the new posts since last visit. Not sure whats going on there, but so far my clicky finger has not worn out...
I did not know about - and I have been unable to duplicate - the problem you guys are having. When I click on "Unread" it works great for me...I'll have to run some tests on different computers and different browsers. Perhaps it is a browser compatibility issue. Both of you: please tell me what browser you are using to get the "Unread" button not to work.
Also - it may be a cookie issue. Are either of you going through a company firewall - or personal firewall that blocks cookies? I'd like to figure this problem out - not good if it is happening to the masses...
It happened to me once. I hadn't logged in for a couple of days, which may be germane...
It works fine for me on 3 different PCs......
Quote from: Marsh White on October 07, 2009, 11:49:04 AM
Quote from: the fan on October 07, 2009, 06:55:55 AM
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 06, 2009, 08:53:29 PM
Another issue is that the "Unread" button yields no new posts, but if I look at recent posts there are plenty I have not yet read.
Not sure what's going on there...
FYI.
Dan
I have the same issue fairly often.
look at the text stating "No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics." if you scroll over the second "click here" sentence it will highlight and you can click on it to see the new posts since last visit. Not sure whats going on there, but so far my clicky finger has not worn out...
I did not know about - and I have been unable to duplicate - the problem you guys are having. When I click on "Unread" it works great for me...I'll have to run some tests on different computers and different browsers. Perhaps it is a browser compatibility issue. Both of you: please tell me what browser you are using to get the "Unread" button not to work.
Also - it may be a cookie issue. Are either of you going through a company firewall - or personal firewall that blocks cookies? I'd like to figure this problem out - not good if it is happening to the masses...
Firefox and IE7 both do it. (I run both at different times.) Home computer, no trouble anywhere else
Firefox V3.5.3, Mcafe Firewall. If that helps at all.
Edit: It seems to be related to the new look and feel in terms of timing -although that could be an illusory correlation...
Dan
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 07, 2009, 09:38:49 PM
Firefox V3.5.3, Mcafe Firewall. If that helps at all.
Dan
Same as what I have here, no problems.
Randy T
Indy
Quote from: rktmanfj on October 07, 2009, 09:41:51 PM
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 07, 2009, 09:38:49 PM
Firefox V3.5.3, Mcafe Firewall. If that helps at all.
Dan
Same as what I have here, no problems.
Randy T
Indy
Dan, Bill & Dean - does it do this EVERY time for you? Or is it sporadic? threejagsteve seemed to make a post implying that it happened to him once - just trying to narrow this down.
I seemed to make a post? :wacko3:
Yes, Marsh, it happened to me once, and only once - on the rare and perhaps only occasion that I didn't log in for a day or two.
And btw, I'm using IE8. And I frequently destroy all cookies. ;)
Working fine for me on Firefox and on my Blackberry. I'll also say the improvements for the mobile side have been great, much better all around. :good2:
Quote from: Marsh White on October 07, 2009, 11:11:04 PM
Dan, Bill & Dean - does it do this EVERY time for you? Or is it sporadic? threejagsteve seemed to make a post implying that it happened to him once - just trying to narrow this down.
It happens more often than not. but not every time. I have no geek skills so I have no idea what firewall I am running. I do run the AGV antivirus if that helps.
I have yet to see it not happen, said another way, it always happens for me.
Quote from: Marsh White on October 07, 2009, 11:11:04 PM
Quote from: rktmanfj on October 07, 2009, 09:41:51 PM
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 07, 2009, 09:38:49 PM
Firefox V3.5.3, Mcafe Firewall. If that helps at all.
Dan
Same as what I have here, no problems.
Randy T
Indy
Dan, Bill & Dean - does it do this EVERY time for you? Or is it sporadic? threejagsteve seemed to make a post implying that it happened to him once - just trying to narrow this down.
marsh,
it's happening every time. for a day or so, very soon after i posted, it stopped, and i assumed you waved a magic wand and made things better. but it's back to no unread posts, "but click here to read all unread posts etc. etc"
thx.
It's not happening here at work, which, from what I'm to understand, has firewalls coming out the ying-yang...
If that helps,
Dan
Dean, Dan, Bill - I just changed you 3 back to the old site. Please let me know if this fixes the problem for you so I can figure out FOR SURE that it is the new website files that are the problem.
I honestly can't find anything wrong in the code whatsoever. I have a couple small code tweaks - but I don't think they will make a difference.
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 09, 2009, 12:46:37 PM
It's not happening here at work, which, from what I'm to understand, has firewalls coming out the ying-yang...
If that helps,
Dan
Dan - please test when you get back home and see if the old website look gives you the error. Thanks!
NEVERMIND! It's happening to ME right now!! :good2: I went back and forth changing the website back to the old version and it was still happening there! That is a YAY to me! This means the problem is NOT related to the website code or files - it is a Server / Hosting Provider problem. In other words...it's not MY fuck-up!
Dan, Dean, Bill: I will change you back to the new forum now. Now I get to check server error logs and talk to the hosting provider about concurrent connections, database queries, bandwidth, etc. FUN!
Okay, I changed some server settings. It seems to be working now - although it appears to have reset the "Unread" button from the time I made the changes (ie: there will still be old posts you have NOT read NOT show up from this time forward). So - please test and let me know if this is still happening to you - either working or not. Thanks!
No change, but thanks anyway.
Clicker finger still not tired. :good:
Working from home now Marsh.
You're the Man!!
Thanks,
Dan
nope, no change. i even logged out, and logged back in (hadn't gotten to your discovery yet, marsh, thought it was something on my end), and that didn't make any difference...
no problems and I'm on a Mac
this a.m. when i logged in and went to unread, it worked.
hth.
Quote from: rktmanfj on October 07, 2009, 09:41:51 PM
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 07, 2009, 09:38:49 PM
Firefox V3.5.3, Mcafe Firewall. If that helps at all.
Dan
Same as what I have here, no problems.
Randy T
Indy
Okay WTF?
Now it's not working for me. :wacko1:
Randy T
Indy
FWIW, it stopped working for me again...
???
:scratch_one-s_head:
Dan
it appears that if, when i go to fjowners.com site, and i'm not logged in, then when i do log in, it finds my unread posts. however, if i go to the site, and i've already been logged in, presumably i didn't log myself out from last night or whenever, it does not find any unread posts, despite there obviously being some since my last visit.
The solution is simple:
RATPATT!
(Read All The Posts, All The Time!) (http://i34.tinypic.com/23w1pht.gif)
Quote from: Harvy on November 10, 2009, 05:29:06 PM
Quote from: SlowOldGuy on November 10, 2009, 04:59:03 PM
Hmm..., link doesn't work for me either, stupid Yahoo, no wonder no one likes their groups.
DavidR.
Except for George.
Harvy
Actually, I like the format on Yahoo much better. I can just keep hitting the NEXT button rather than:
Clicking Go UP,
Then, Scroll up because the Go Up command does not take me all the way up so I can Go Back
Then click back to the General Category,
Then Select another category,
Then Drill down,
Then reverse back out again
All of this takes significantly more time to navigate than simply hitting the NEXT button because it sometimes takes forever to load reload all the the new windows.
And at least half the time I get the dreaded "Cannot Load The Requested Page" error
Which requires me to abort out then start all over.
Only now, I don't get the nice color codes and "NEW" message so I can tell what I've read and what I haven't so I have to look for the date/time of the last post to see if there's something new.
But that's probably just me.
DavidR.
Marsh,
Please don't take any of that personally. I really like this site, the people and the information. It's just more awkward to use and that's NOT your fault.
DavidR.
Quote from: SlowOldGuy on November 10, 2009, 09:16:27 PM
Only now, I don't get the nice color codes and "NEW" message so I can tell what I've read and what I haven't so I have to look for the date/time of the last post to see if there's something new.
But that's probably just me.
DavidR.
Nope. you're not alone. I do not get any result for "Unread" posts, so I simply go back in posting time -from the "Recent Posts" link until I recognize posts I've read, then work forward. If I want to read a particular thread in context, I right click on the title and open in new window. Funny thing is, Humans adapt to technology at least as much as the technology is adapted to them -generally speaking that is.
Dan
Quote from: Dan Filetti on November 10, 2009, 09:29:34 PM
I simply go back in posting time -from the "Recent Posts" link until I recognize posts I've read, then work forward. If I want to read a particular thread in context, I right click on the title and open in new window.
Dan
Yes Dan......exactly my method........works just fine for me.
PS. I'm using Chrome for my browser, so can't comment on how this works in IE or Firefox.
Harvy
with IE i can just go to the main page.... the areas that have new posts are a different color..... i click on each one of those with the center mouse button which opens up a new tab .... i then center click on each show new post and then can click thru all the windows.... its easier than it sounds and no backtracking.
i like it alot.
Kookaloo!
Frank
Quote from: Dan Filetti on November 10, 2009, 09:29:34 PM
Quote from: SlowOldGuy on November 10, 2009, 09:16:27 PM
Only now, I don't get the nice color codes and "NEW" message so I can tell what I've read and what I haven't so I have to look for the date/time of the last post to see if there's something new.
But that's probably just me.
DavidR.
Nope. you're not alone. I do not get any result for "Unread" posts, so I simply go back in posting time -from the "Recent Posts" link until I recognize posts I've read, then work forward. If I want to read a particular thread in context, I right click on the title and open in new window. Funny thing is, Humans adapt to technology at least as much as the technology is adapted to them -generally speaking that is.
Dan
Me, too. Used to be able to hit "unread posts" and there'd be a list. Now its blank, but obviously in "most recent posts" there are new ones I haven't seen yet. Between that and the fact that its now blocked at work, makes it very frustrating.
how about the unread button? :scratch_one-s_head:
Those that were having problems with the "Unread" button not working for them - please test it again and let me know if it works for you now. I fished around and found some other cases of forums having the sporadic Unread button problem. Someone suggested a code change and I made it. So let's see if it works.
Also - you might try and "Clear" your cookies from your browser - and log out and re-log in and see if that fixes it.
Quote from: Marsh White on November 11, 2009, 10:23:32 AM
Those that were having problems with the "Unread" button not working for them - please test it again and let me know if it works for you now. I fished around and found some other cases of forums having the sporadic Unread button problem. Someone suggested a code change and I made it. So let's see if it works.
Also - you might try and "Clear" your cookies from your browser - and log out and re-log in and see if that fixes it.
Marsh, the only place I had been having trouble with the unread button was when browsing on my Verizon phone (LG enV Touch).
Whatever you did fixed it. :yahoo:
But then that wasn't the biggest problem, that's why I almost never look at this site on there unless I'm extremely bored... you know, kinda like when the Ravens game is the only one on TV. :nea:
Randy T
Indy
Seems to be working, again, on my end.
thanks!
Quote from: FJ Flyer on November 11, 2009, 02:23:43 PM
Seems to be working, again, on my end.
thanks!
Excellent!! :good2: I'll keep my fingers crossed that this code change fixed the problem for good! Please keep me updated via this thread one way or another...
Seems like it's working for me now. I'll spot check it here and there and report any anomalies.
Thanks Marsh!
Dan