FORUM BUGS

TheNiceGuy

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-The "My Forums" index posts doubles/triples/quads/etc of the same post - only one link is sufficient.
-In the same index, the "new posts" indicator doesn't work for me. It randomly displays status.
-When typing a post, if I try to add/correct text in an earlier part of the document, it will automaticaly overwrite. Very annoying!


Any ideas what's going on?
 

allisolm

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Went to My Forums. Nothing on the page shows duplicate post listings for me. I don't see anything at all labeled "new posts". IE6 Win XP home.

The overwriting thing happens to me also intermittently. Very annoying but I don't know what causes it .
 

Monkey muppet

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Originally posted by: allisolm
Went to My Forums. Nothing on the page shows duplicate post listings for me. I don't see anything at all labeled "new posts". IE6 Win XP home.

The overwriting thing happens to me also intermittently. Very annoying but I don't know what causes it .

Perhaps your 'insert' button needs to be presssed
 

allisolm

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Oh my Personal Higher Power! Feeling really stupid about now. :eek: Thanks Monkey muppet.
 

cKGunslinger

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Originally posted by: TheNiceGuy
-The "My Forums" index posts doubles/triples/quads/etc of the same post - only one link is sufficient.
-In the same index, the "new posts" indicator doesn't work for me. It randomly displays status.
-When typing a post, if I try to add/correct text in an earlier part of the document, it will automaticaly overwrite. Very annoying!


Any ideas what's going on?


1) This is not a link to your posts, but to the thread you participated in. If you posted twice to a thread, that thread will be listed twice. That's not really a bug, just a method of implementation. I sometimes think it would just be best to consolidate them into a single listing, but that's just a preference.

2) I've never really used or noticed that "New post" indicator, I just check the time-stamp when the thread was last updated.

3) Never run into that.
 

TheNiceGuy

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Thanks MM re #3.

#1 is a problem if you engage in a lengthy thread, where you say have ten replys, because every other thread you have listed gets dumped into the archives. I don't see the advantage of listing the same thread ten times, all links going to exactly the same spot, and eliminating everything else.

#2 appears if you pass your mouse icon over the envelope icon. Helpful to see if anyone has replied to a post since you last checked - if it worked!