Forum problem

[wjeiii]

Why would this forum change all threads to "read" when I leave and come back? Other "VBULITEN" boards I visit only mark threads "Read" if I open them.
This is happening on both IE & Chrome.

[LarryL]

I've noticed this too. It's a VBulletin option.

Board admin folks, would you consider trying Option 3 below? If it's not too much of a performance hit, it's a much more friendly setting.

Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

This option controls how threads and forums are marked as read. The options are:

1) Inactivity/Cookie Based - once a user has been inactive for a certain amount of time (the value of the cookie timeout option) all threads and forums are considered read. Individual threads are marked as read within a session via cookies. This option is how all versions of vBulletin before 3.5 functioned.
2) Database (no automatic forum marking) - this option uses the database to store thread and forum read times. This allows accurate read markers to be kept indefinitely. However, in order for a forum to be marked read when all threads are read, the user must view the list of threads for that forum. This option is more space and processor intensive than inactivity-based marking.
3) Database (automatic forum marking) - this option is the same as a previous option, but forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read. This is the most usable option for end users, but most processor intensive.

[eric.michael]

Thanks for alerting us to this issue. Let me consult the tech wizards and I'll get back to you.
-Eric

[Lpaquet2]

The forum has been updated with Larry's recommendation. Let me know how it works for everyone.

Lauren

[wjeiii]

Visited at 7:15 this morning without reading any post just returned all post prior to last visit are read.

[Lpaquet2]

You may need to clear your cache. Let me know if you need help doing so.

[wjeiii]

Don't seem to be a cache problem, just logged on with a loner computer at work, everything I did not get to earlier was "read"