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file [CLOSED] Read Marker Issues

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17 Jan 2014 23:45 - 03 Dec 2015 12:48 #1
On separate occasions most of my unread flags will suddenly become read without me reading them or manually marking them as read.
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18 Jan 2014 04:32 #2
I think it will automatically mark it as read if you haven't bothered to read them for a while. If you think about it, it saves time marking topics you don't care about as read. Then, later, you can easily pick up on the newer ones that may be of your interest.

I'm assuming that's what you meant. You weren't exactly giving much of a description.
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18 Jan 2014 05:26 #3
I believe you are correct.
However I'm not sure I even like the concept. That's what the manual "mark as read" links are for.

In any case, if we must have this "feature", it'd be nice to increase the grace period. It's currently sitting at a matter of days (like, TWO days). How about weeks or months?

Actually, one of the only reasons I haven't been reading every post is simply due to the slow loading times (8 seconds to generate each page and maybe 25% page failure).
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18 Jan 2014 11:58 #4
Speaking on page creation speed, I'm looking at the "Time to create page" below the posts and it is much slower than usual. For this topic, it took 2.2 seconds, while the Right or wrong 2013 topic took about 6.3 seconds to generate. Not to mention how long it takes to send the requests afterwards.

I do think that the grace period should definitely be controllable, if what was said before was the case.
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18 Jan 2014 13:19 #5
... I really need to get a dedicated server...
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18 Jan 2014 16:51 #6
I concur, if it didn't take 2-6 seconds to load each page I would be reading more posts and contributing in more conversations. The website looks nice but the forum experience in particular has certainly taken a dive since we left Proboards.
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19 Jan 2014 09:07 #7
See latest news post. I get 200%, HiGuy 400%. Regardless, some page load times are now under 1 second. Some might be a still 2-4 seconds.
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23 Jan 2014 20:22 #8
My time has risen 100% rather than decreased. Page load times around 6 - 10 seconds now.
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23 Jan 2014 21:27 #9
Blame Dreamhost, apparently. I'm guessing it's sporadic.
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24 Jan 2014 18:58 - 24 Jan 2014 18:58 #10
Ok the unread markers are disappearing due to a bug. It's been less than 12 hours since some posts have been made and I haven't read them, yet I just logged in and the whole forum was marked read.
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25 Jan 2014 13:08 #11
Are you using Safari? I think its "Top Sites" feature contacts webpages to get previews, which I believe may set a few cookies.
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28 Jan 2014 15:29 #12
Promarbler is correct in assuming cookies may result in problems. I believe the Kunena 'Topic Read' marker is determined by cookie values and your previous user session time. I also believe the markers will auto-set themselves if you click on the 'Recent Topics' link on the forums (the one that displays the 100 most recent topics). I'll see what I can do to fix this issue when we update our site in a couple of weeks.

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24 Apr 2014 07:04 - 24 Apr 2014 07:05 #13
I'm curious if you've found out anything about the markers. I reconfirmed today that the whole forum will clear its unread markers after simply visiting the site multiple times. Shouldn't they stay no matter what links you click, so long as it's not the particular thread that has unread posts?
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29 Apr 2014 12:34 #14
Any chance you could try to walk me through what actions you are performing in your browser to replicate the bug?

I have noticed if you click the 'Recent Topics' panel, and then leave and return to the site, it will mark all of those topics as 'read'. I believe this is intended, though I will continue to look into the issue and see if I can replicate it using different browsers. Seems to be working okay for Firefox.

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