This forum and Cookies?

[MikesTooLz]

anyone else have to always manualy mark forums as read because they constantly show up as new but once you click on it, all items have been read already?

Also it seems that the forums settings are set to store cookies on the users computer instead of on the webserver database.


This means when switching back and forth between multiple computers and the ipad. Each computer thinks different items are new or have been read already.



any chance that a moderator or someone in charge of the site could go to
vboptions > general settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
and change it to DataBase

this would help out a lot, and keep everything the same no matter what computer/device with are using. I could read something on my PC, then move to my iPad and the stuff i read on my PC would not show as new on my iPad.

 

[Bremen]

Great idea, I have noticed the same thing....

 

[Dav]

Yeah I have same issue, we need a mod to just change the settings like you say then all should be good to go.

 

[NumbLock]

X3. Good idea

 

[winwaed]

I found that setting the time zone for your log-in, largely fixed this problem.

Looks like the forum was getting confused between your browser's reported time and the server's clock.

 

[MikesTooLz]

I found that setting the time zone for your log-in, largely fixed this problem.

Looks like the forum was getting confused between your browser's reported time and the server's clock.

My time-zone is set correctly already.

 

[MikesTooLz]

I just spoke with idan they guy that runs the site and he said this is how they want it to be setup and that many users have said that they like it better the way it is.

That just crazy talk, who on earth would want to have stuff they already read to show up as being new.


I creaded a poll so people can vote.
http://www.ipadforums.net/apple-ipad-polls/5314-website-cookies.html

 

[FrostyFire]

I just spoke with idan they guy that runs the site and he said this is how they want it to be setup and that many users have said that they like it better the way it is.

That just crazy talk, who on earth would want to have stuff they already read to show up as being new.


I creaded a poll so people can vote.
http://www.ipadforums.net/apple-ipad-polls/5314-website-cookies.html

Thanks for bringing this up, seems to be the only forum I'm on that does it "the other way." (I'm on a shit load of forums)

Hopefully people understand what the point of the pole is though!

 

[mayo]

I just spoke with idan they guy that runs the site and he said this is how they want it to be setup and that many users have said that they like it better the way it is.

That just crazy talk, who on earth would want to have stuff they already read to show up as being new.

Totally agree.... It would be nice if our sysadmin can make it a feature that we can choose in our profile to show read or not read.

 

[Matth3w]

If it's stored in the database, (just playing devil's advocate) how does that affect performance when you have say...10,000 members on at any given time?

 

[MikesTooLz]

If it's stored in the database, (just playing devil's advocate) how does that affect performance when you have say...10,000 members on at any given time?

#1 this website doesnt have that many users

Most users ever online was 2,104, Yesterday at 04:54 PM.

#2 MySQL database can handle it with no problems with a reasonable server setup.

 

[Matth3w]

Well it doesn't now, but it could very well soon enough. It's the number one result in Google when you type "ipad forum".

For example, my Corvette Forum that I belong to has 242k members and God knows how many on at any given time.

I agree that it would be better because when I get home from work or even between my iPad and my desktop, they always show as unread....I was just playing devil's advocate.

 

[MikesTooLz]

Good news, JohnnyApple has jumped into my private messages with iDan and said the following.

We will change the setting and see how it impacts the load on our servers.