Forum Bug?

[Kel]

Working normal for me. Just FYI

- Kel

[Arryn]

Caine, I'm almost certain it's a local problem. Make sure your browser's caching is set to always refresh from the network each time a page is viewed.

[Cainehill]

Arryn said:
Caine, I'm almost certain it's a local problem. Make sure your browser's caching is set to always refresh from the network each time a page is viewed.

I don't do that, because I want the Cache for other sites. However, whenever I come back to the forums, the first thing I do is a manual refresh, thus updating the Cache and display.

For instance - I just went back and did another manual refresh, and it's still showing 3 new Posts in the "Atlantis Replacement Needed" thread. And having just read the Cho-Ku-No mod thread, I again refresh and ... It still says there are 3 new unread articles there.

Up until a couple days ago, this wasn't the case - I'd open a few threads, read them in their windows, close them, go back to the main page and update to see what else was unread (or if something new had been posted while I read the threads).

Edit: This seems to confirm my hypothethis that it's something in the forum software. After posting this, I do a refresh. It definately refreshes - the thread is now shown as having (4) unread/new Posts where before it was 3 (but should now be 0), and it correctly shows me as the most recent poster. It isn't a Cache issue.

[Arryn]

Cainehill said:
It isn't a Cache issue.

May I ask what browser you're using? I'm using Mozilla Firefox 1.0PR and the forum continues to function correctly (for me).

[Karacan]

It also works as its supposed to under Opera (6.10 to 7.54).

[Cainehill]

It wasn't working with Opera 7.51, despite the Cache being cleared several times on exit. (7.51 is what I had been using quite successfully before 2 days ago.)

Logged in with Firefox, and all of a sudden it seems to be working again in Opera. Possibly an issue with corrupt cookies or some such.

[Thufir]

Cainehill said:
Logged in with Firefox, and all of a sudden it seems to be working again in Opera. Possibly an issue with corrupt cookies or some such.

I'm using IE 6, and I definitely had an issue like you are describing. I cleared all my cookies, and the problem went away (along with all my saved settings for just about every web site I use regularly ).