BBS Not marking posts read

This has been bugging me since the new software went up. I was hoping it was a fluke or it was something that could be solved by logging out and clearing my cache, but it hasn't cleared up.

When I log into the BBS and read messages, it often doesn't mark the messages as "read" and continues to show me the little orange "(1)" in the parent views and also shows the message as unread (highlighted bar) when I go back in and read it a second time.

This happens pretty much every day, there are at least two or three messages that I have to go in and read 2-3 times before the BBS is convinced that I've actually read them.

This seems to happen equally whether I'm on broadband or dialup.

Potentially related additional problem:

When I am reading the BBS from a dial up connection, if I choose to open multiple windows (say, a window for Off Topic, a window for General, a window for Technical, an additional sub-windows for individual posts within those forums), and each of those is downloading simultaneously, they will frequently *all* stall out with only about half of the data stream loaded. I have to hit "stop" and "refresh" on each one in order for it to get all of the thread.

This does not happen on broadband. It also did not happen on either broadband or dialup when the old BBS software was installed.

there is a thread devoted to BBS bugs, already

Yes, and I think it's time that thread was un-pinned and retired. The biggest group of initial bugs have been ironed out or deferred, so that thread has served its purpose. (Besides, it's one of the threads that takes a long time on my modem and always times out when I try to load it.) So I think we should go back to individual bug reports as we find them.

Personally, I think the new BBS is a train wreck. I have the same problem you mentioned, I still can't log in with multiple computers consistantly, and every now and then it marks all posts as read for no good reason. I am coming here a lot less often because of it.

I'll just add that I haven't had any of these problems whatsoever, and I've logged onto many machines successfully, including my P800.

Isn't this something that was happening to many people on the old system as well? I thought it was happening to you, too. Are you sure the problem isn't on your end?

Same here.... no problems whatsoever on several PCs. I don't believe its the board at fault.

Agreed. No problems with posts or logging on or halfway-downloaded datastreams.

For me, the old board was much more forgiving if I did not explicitly log out and back in again each time I moved to a new PC. With the new board, I find that I must log out and back in every time I access it from a different location. I also regularly run into the can't-logout-so-must-remove-cookies bug, mentioned on the omnibus bug thread. No big deal.

--Dan.

Instead of clearing the cookies manually you can just go to the logout page. Just go to http://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads/logout.php and you'll be able to login again.

The bug I mentioned (and referenced in the other thread) is that the logout button doesn't always work.

--Dan.

Oh, never seen that one. I sometimes run into a situation where the board thinks I'm logged in, but I'm not, and there is no "Logout" link. I just go to the logout page manually and login and everything is fine again.

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the old board was much more forgiving

I've noticed that the new board is more aggressive about marking things read. If I leave a forum before I'm done (usually because I'm a spaz and click the wrong button), even if I go straight back, all the posts are marked as read. The old board would do this sometimes, but not all the time. Now it seems to be all the time.

Personally, I wish that it would never automatically mark things as read that I haven't read. But that's another story.