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I have tried to investigate this in the past, and found one consistent way (for me anyhow) to experience this problem.
This will be the same basic info from the old forum but I wasn't able to refer to the bugs sub-forum because of: Error: The file templates/default/custom/bugsforum.tpl does not exist. In any event, if I visit the forums here, the "New Posts" will show new posts since whenever..
Upon creating a new topic and/or posting a reply (I don't think it matters which..) to an existing topic the new messages checkpoint is reset and from this point will show new posts since the time of my new topic/reply was posted.
Which on the forums here, most often means whatever listing of new messages shown before adding my message reduces the "New Posts" to show my own single, last post. Even if I was previously shown new messages for a forum I have not yet read, or forum-wide.
Pretty much a pain since if I post first, before reading the new posts as listed before posting, it renders the "New Posts" feature inaccurate.
Related, is the unpredictable (previously reported by me and some others) behaviour of the feature in general. Where the "New Posts" listing remains unchanged, spanning multiple login/logout and days/weeks, despite reading from the list.
I have refrained from logging in/out each time I visit the forums here and it seems to work a bit more as expected - although the 'checkpoint reset' as described above still effects things.
I don't know how sessions, cookies and such work with the forum and the new posts, but something in the mannor this all works seems fragile and is apparently dictating how I need to operate the forum for best results. |
