Read Thread Indicators

Jim V · March 17, 2002, 07:34 PM

Rich and all, When I read a thread and go to another, the read thread does not change it's indicator to show that I've been therre. When I change forums, those indicators do not change either. I went from Legal to General and nothing changed as to color to indicate where I've been. Maybe it is my machine, I don't know.

Thanks

TheBluesMan · March 17, 2002, 10:24 PM

The "read thread" and "read forum" links now show as a burgundy or brown color to me.

It could be your machine, but is more likely your browser. What platform and what browser are you using? Is it a current version or an older one?

C.R.Sam · March 17, 2002, 11:23 PM

I get that when I don't delete my internet files/history periodically.

Sam

Fred Hansen · March 17, 2002, 11:44 PM

I am experiencing the same thing as Jim V. I am running XP Pro w/IE 6.0.26. IE history cleared, no cookies blocked. Still no indication as having been read.

Caeca Invidia Es · March 18, 2002, 12:15 AM

I know what is causing it and will have it fixed shortly.

Jim V · March 18, 2002, 09:41 PM

I'm running the latest issue of IE. 57k modem, it worked fine before the hack, and after teh ahck with the different fonts. I cleared my cookies for TFL and it still does not threads read/forums visited. (I clear my cokies files everytine I log off, BTW.)

Caeca Invidia Es · March 19, 2002, 09:54 PM

Is this fixed guys?

Fred Hansen · March 19, 2002, 10:50 PM

Nope.

Jim V · March 20, 2002, 09:30 PM

Nope, they worked when the forum first returned to service with the smaller type/fonts, FWIW.

Seeker · March 21, 2002, 01:57 AM

Having the same problem. It only occurs with TFL, all other sites I visit work correctly.

HankL · March 21, 2002, 08:49 PM

On my computer, DO NOT USE THE BROWSER'S BACK BUTTON IE6.026etc. All threads will be marked as having been read!
On the up side it happened pretty dadgum fast!

Jim V · March 24, 2002, 06:53 PM

What the heck, the thread read indicators work - in this forum but not the others.

**Rich Lucibella** · March 24, 2002, 08:19 PM

Cookies Cookies Cookies.
Rich

**Mal H** · March 24, 2002, 08:30 PM

Rich - I have been waiting to see if this problem clears up, but it hasn't. Like Jim, I haven't seen the forums/threads change to their "recently read" color since the hangup or most likely the vB upgrade. It is not a cookie problem, at least not for me. I have deleted all cookies even remotely associated with TFL. I used the search and destroy method (found 5 TFL cookies!) and also some handpicked ones from the cookie directory on a just-in-case basis. Still no joy.

IE 5.5.4522.1800IS 128bit

**Rich Lucibella** · March 24, 2002, 11:27 PM

Mal-
Did you ever bookmark the address: 206.63.176.###?

If that doesn't resolve it, we just need to wait on Shaun.
Rich

**Mal H** · March 24, 2002, 11:53 PM

Nope, bookmarked strictly by name only. And I've tried both with and without the 'www' prefix.

**Mal H** · March 25, 2002, 12:18 AM

One more clue - as an experiment I went to Tools/Internet Options/Gen/Accessibility and checked on the "Ignore colors specified on Web pages" item. All forums/threads then took on the default "read thread" color. Forums that I have not accessed recently remained blue. Of course my desktop colors and most all colors on TFL were changed to the defaults, which is plain ugly, so I turned that attribute back off and all forums are back to all blue again. This tells me that the info is there but that the TFL pages are overriding it, or more probably the read thread and the not-read thread colors are the same. Other websites work properly, e.g. Glock Talk which appears to be at vB 2.2.4 also.

**Mal H** · March 25, 2002, 01:27 AM

Viewing the page source, I can't see anything wrong with the settings for the active, hover and visited colors. But I wonder why it is necessary to set them on the page? The RGB values are the same as the IE defaults anyway. Perhaps it's required for Netscape?

Jim V · March 25, 2002, 09:39 PM

I have deleted every cookie that even looked like it might have something to do with TFL but I still have the same problems. If it were a cookie problem, why would this forum have its read thread indicators work and not the rest of the forums?

The 1911 Forum is using the same software and those indicators work. Like I said before, they worked when we had the other fonts after coming back.

Caeca Invidia Es · March 25, 2002, 09:53 PM

Sorry guys, my constant battle with MSN has made it hard for me to get anything done.

The good news is that I can re-create the problem now, so I should be able to fix it.

Caeca Invidia Es · March 25, 2002, 09:56 PM

Better?

**Mal H** · March 25, 2002, 10:00 PM

Yes! As soon as you signed on, I knew it wouldn't be long, and I was right. Added link and visited colors, eh?

Caeca Invidia Es · March 25, 2002, 10:02 PM

Yeah, it's always the simple things...

Jim V · March 25, 2002, 10:34 PM

Thank you

Caeca Invidia Es · March 25, 2002, 11:27 PM

Your welcome.

March 17, 2002, 07:34 PM	#1
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	Read Thread Indicators Rich and all, When I read a thread and go to another, the read thread does not change it's indicator to show that I've been therre. When I change forums, those indicators do not change either. I went from Legal to General and nothing changed as to color to indicate where I've been. Maybe it is my machine, I don't know. Thanks __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON Last edited by Jim V; March 18, 2002 at 06:29 AM.

March 17, 2002, 11:44 PM	#4
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	I am experiencing the same thing as Jim V. I am running XP Pro w/IE 6.0.26. IE history cleared, no cookies blocked. Still no indication as having been read. __________________ "This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed -- without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! -- I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre. What am I doing?" Michael Moore

March 18, 2002, 12:15 AM	#5
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	I know what is causing it and will have it fixed shortly. __________________ MOLON LABE! I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many of them get elected.

March 18, 2002, 09:41 PM	#6
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	I'm running the latest issue of IE. 57k modem, it worked fine before the hack, and after teh ahck with the different fonts. I cleared my cookies for TFL and it still does not threads read/forums visited. (I clear my cokies files everytine I log off, BTW.) __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

March 19, 2002, 09:54 PM	#7
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	Is this fixed guys? __________________ MOLON LABE! I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many of them get elected.

March 17, 2002, 10:24 PM	#2
TheBluesMan Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 15, 1999 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,558	The "read thread" and "read forum" links now show as a burgundy or brown color to me. It could be your machine, but is more likely your browser. What platform and what browser are you using? Is it a current version or an older one?

March 17, 2002, 11:23 PM	#3
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	I get that when I don't delete my internet files/history periodically. Sam

March 19, 2002, 10:50 PM	#8
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	Nope. __________________ "This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed -- without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! -- I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre. What am I doing?" Michael Moore

March 20, 2002, 09:30 PM	#9
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	Nope, they worked when the forum first returned to service with the smaller type/fonts, FWIW. __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

March 21, 2002, 01:57 AM	#10
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: Lacomb, Oregon Posts: 1,393	Having the same problem. It only occurs with TFL, all other sites I visit work correctly. __________________ Molon Labe Seeker "The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exclusions and incapacitations are removed." --Thomas Jefferson Don't Tread On Me! "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none" -- Thomas Jefferson In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. -Thich Nhat Hanh

March 21, 2002, 08:49 PM	#11
HankL Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 1999 Location: The Sunny South Posts: 2,174	On my computer, DO NOT USE THE BROWSER'S BACK BUTTON IE6.026etc. All threads will be marked as having been read! On the up side it happened pretty dadgum fast! __________________ Check 6

March 24, 2002, 06:53 PM	#12
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	What the heck, the thread read indicators work - in this forum but not the others. __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

March 24, 2002, 08:19 PM	#13
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	Cookies Cookies Cookies. Rich __________________ S.W.A.T. Magazine Weapons, Training and Tactics for the Real World Join us at TFL or at AR15.com or on Facebook

March 24, 2002, 08:30 PM	#14
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Rich - I have been waiting to see if this problem clears up, but it hasn't. Like Jim, I haven't seen the forums/threads change to their "recently read" color since the hangup or most likely the vB upgrade. It is not a cookie problem, at least not for me. I have deleted all cookies even remotely associated with TFL. I used the search and destroy method (found 5 TFL cookies!) and also some handpicked ones from the cookie directory on a just-in-case basis. Still no joy. IE 5.5.4522.1800IS 128bit

March 24, 2002, 11:27 PM	#15
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	Mal- Did you ever bookmark the address: 206.63.176.###? If that doesn't resolve it, we just need to wait on Shaun. Rich __________________ S.W.A.T. Magazine Weapons, Training and Tactics for the Real World Join us at TFL or at AR15.com or on Facebook

March 24, 2002, 11:53 PM	#16
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Nope, bookmarked strictly by name only. And I've tried both with and without the 'www' prefix.

March 25, 2002, 12:18 AM	#17
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	One more clue - as an experiment I went to Tools/Internet Options/Gen/Accessibility and checked on the "Ignore colors specified on Web pages" item. All forums/threads then took on the default "read thread" color. Forums that I have not accessed recently remained blue. Of course my desktop colors and most all colors on TFL were changed to the defaults, which is plain ugly, so I turned that attribute back off and all forums are back to all blue again. This tells me that the info is there but that the TFL pages are overriding it, or more probably the read thread and the not-read thread colors are the same. Other websites work properly, e.g. Glock Talk which appears to be at vB 2.2.4 also.

March 25, 2002, 01:27 AM	#18
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Viewing the page source, I can't see anything wrong with the settings for the active, hover and visited colors. But I wonder why it is necessary to set them on the page? The RGB values are the same as the IE defaults anyway. Perhaps it's required for Netscape?

March 25, 2002, 09:39 PM	#19
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	I have deleted every cookie that even looked like it might have something to do with TFL but I still have the same problems. If it were a cookie problem, why would this forum have its read thread indicators work and not the rest of the forums? The 1911 Forum is using the same software and those indicators work. Like I said before, they worked when we had the other fonts after coming back. __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

March 25, 2002, 09:53 PM	#20
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	Sorry guys, my constant battle with MSN has made it hard for me to get anything done. The good news is that I can re-create the problem now, so I should be able to fix it. __________________ MOLON LABE! I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many of them get elected.

March 25, 2002, 09:56 PM	#21
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	Better? __________________ MOLON LABE! I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many of them get elected.

March 25, 2002, 10:00 PM	#22
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Yes! As soon as you signed on, I knew it wouldn't be long, and I was right. Added link and visited colors, eh?

March 25, 2002, 10:02 PM	#23
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	Yeah, it's always the simple things... __________________ MOLON LABE! I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many of them get elected.

March 25, 2002, 10:34 PM	#24
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	Thank you __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

March 25, 2002, 11:27 PM	#25
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	Your welcome. __________________ MOLON LABE! I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many of them get elected.