"New Posts" Funky? Here is why

[Potpie]

I changed how the threads / posts are marked "read".

In 3.5.x it's all done in the database with automatic thread checking instead of cookie stuffs.

Your list might look goofy the first time you click the New Posts link after this change. Use Quick Links>Mark Forums Read when you are ready and that will start you out with a clean slate of "ok I have read all of these".

[Potpie]

Here are the details of the setting for those interested:

Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
This option controls how threads and forums are marked as read.

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.

[Sol]

I changed how the threads / posts are marked "read".

In 3.5.x it's all done in the database with automatic thread checking instead of cookie stuffs.

Your list might look goofy the first time you click the New Posts link after this change. Use Quick Links>Mark Forums Read when you are ready and that will start you out with a clean slate of "ok I have read all of these".

I like the new option. I think its site wide and not something we can pick individually right? Anyway, it works better this way. The old inactivity way i sometimes would miss threads. i hope its not too CPU/space intensive for the amt of traffic you are getting. this board is HOPPING. which I love to see.

[Potpie]

Hehe, it's cool so far - cpu/mem/disk is barely batting an eyelash. ;)

And bandwidth... well it never ceases to amaze me how little bandwidth something like this really uses.

http://www.tenfortyone.net/mrtg/

Those percentages are relative to 1.5Mbps as the max.