Forum Problem

[Lord Leoric of Wercheg]

I've been having some weird problems with the forum lately. One of 'em is about the "new replies" red ball icon.

I'll give  a scenario:
I browse to the Anachronist's Guild and I see new replies in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd topic.
I click the first topic and read it.
I browse back to AG.
I find that the  2nd and 3rd topics have lost the new replies icon.

It gets problematic when I'm skipping topics, making it hard for me to know If I really read a topic or not.

2nd Problem:
I've been experiencing more time outs when posting a reply/post.

3rd Problem
The latest post is displayed on the extreme right of the page, right?
Sometimes when I click on it, it doesn't lead me to the most recent reply. Usually, it leads me to a post on the second to the last page of the topic.

I haven't noticed any of these problems until I updated to the latest version of Firefox, if that matters.

 

[Janus]

1. So you're seeing the "New" indicator for topics, not visiting said topics, and later seeing that the "New" indicator is gone for them? Anyone else had that happen? It's normal for something like that to happen with boards (they're marked as new only based on new posts since your last visit to them or a subforum of them), but it should not happen with topics.

2. What message do you see? A standard browser timeout message, a short two-line plain text message in the middle of the browser window, or what?

3. By "latest post", do you mean when viewing a list of boards (like on the main index) or when viewing a list of topics (like within a board)? If it's the first of those, that's normal; it takes you to the first post in that topic which is new to you.

 

[Lord Leoric of Wercheg]

1. So you're seeing the "New" indicator for topics, not visiting said topics, and later seeing that the "New" indicator is gone for them? Anyone else had that happen? It's normal for something like that to happen with boards (they're marked as new only based on new posts since your last visit to them or a subforum of them), but it should not happen with topics.

Yes. I'm positive they're topics.

2. What message do you see? A standard browser timeout message, a short two-line plain text message in the middle of the browser window, or what?

I believe its the two line text in the middle of the window. The post I made is posted but it times out.

3. By "latest post", do you mean when viewing a list of boards (like on the main index) or when viewing a list of topics (like within a board)? If it's the first of those, that's normal; it takes you to the first post in that topic which is new to you.

Its when I'm viewing the index. It doesn't happen often. Maybe 2/5 times.

 

[Janus]

1. So you're seeing the "New" indicator for topics, not visiting said topics, and later seeing that the "New" indicator is gone for them? Anyone else had that happen? It's normal for something like that to happen with boards (they're marked as new only based on new posts since your last visit to them or a subforum of them), but it should not happen with topics.

Yes. I'm positive they're topics.

Hmm. Has anybody else had this happen?

2. What message do you see? A standard browser timeout message, a short two-line plain text message in the middle of the browser window, or what?

I believe its the two line text in the middle of the window. The post I made is posted but it times out.

If so, that indeed sounds like a timeout on the server side. Is there a specific time of day it happens, or any other pattern to it?

3. By "latest post", do you mean when viewing a list of boards (like on the main index) or when viewing a list of topics (like within a board)? If it's the first of those, that's normal; it takes you to the first post in that topic which is new to you.

Its when I'm viewing the index. It doesn't happen often. Maybe 2/5 times.

Then as I said, that sounds normal. It's supposed to take you to the first new (to you) post in the thread, not to the most recent post.


Another question in regards to 1 & 2, what timeframe are we talking about here? Past day or two? A week? A month?

 

[Lord Leoric of Wercheg]

2. What message do you see? A standard browser timeout message, a short two-line plain text message in the middle of the browser window, or what?

I believe its the two line text in the middle of the window. The post I made is posted but it times out.

If so, that indeed sounds like a timeout on the server side. Is there a specific time of day it happens, or any other pattern to it?

Nothing I've noticed. I had it occur in the morning, afternoon and evening(not on the same day though)

3. By "latest post", do you mean when viewing a list of boards (like on the main index) or when viewing a list of topics (like within a board)? If it's the first of those, that's normal; it takes you to the first post in that topic which is new to you.

Its when I'm viewing the index. It doesn't happen often. Maybe 2/5 times.

Then as I said, that sounds normal. It's supposed to take you to the first new (to you) post in the thread, not to the most recent post.


Another question in regards to 1 & 2, what timeframe are we talking about here? Past day or two? A week? A month?

Ah, that explains things. I think its about a month or less. It started(or at least I first noticed it) after I downloaded the newest version of Firefox

 

[Orj]

I've also been timing out when replying - I get a message about how I haven't filled out a subject or a body, and it thinks I'm trying to start a new topic.

 

[Archonsod]

When I get a timeout it's usually a five minute or so burst, accompanied by general slow performance on the board. It's not the actual board itself though; if I post something during it it does get entered (generally I get the "resource is unavailable" redirect, hit back, resubmit and get the "you have already posted this" page).

Which suggests to me it's bandwidth. Given it only lasts five minutes or so I suspect it's probably just Googlebot trying to suck our brain dry.

 

[Lord Leoric of Wercheg]

Hmm, I've got a theory about my first problem. I remember installing a bucket-load of add-ons for Firefox after I downloaded the 3.5 release. One of 'em is Interclue(http://interclue.com/index.html). It previews pages when you hover the cursor over the link. It also says that viewing a clue is almost equivalent to clicking the link so that may explain why the markers disappear.

 

[Janus]

Hmm, I've got a theory about my first problem. I remember installing a bucket-load of add-ons for Firefox after I downloaded the 3.5 release. One of 'em is Interclue(http://interclue.com/index.html). It previews pages when you hover the cursor over the link. It also says that viewing a clue is almost equivalent to clicking the link so that may explain why the markers disappear.

Yeah, that would do it.

 

[Lord Leoric of Wercheg]

OK so everything's resolved. Should I lock this?

 

[leprechaun]

Nah, leave it open in case anybody has a similar problem which can't be resolved the same way.