ArabiaTerra Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 ^^^ Yep, seems to be working again, Thanks. ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Today, before I'd even got any farther than the Shetlink Home Page, my computer finished installing some windoze security updates and requested that I restart. I duly did this, only to find on my return to Shetlink that all the 'New Post' indicators had been wiped and I had to do my daily browse sorting by date and time manually which was a bit tedious. Anything you could do to sort this? (It's not really a big deal... but if it's something simple... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I would imagine that it has updated Internet Explorer and cleared all the cookies and cache. Nothing this end can be done apart from recommending Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 It's Firefox I use I'm afraid. I haven't used IE for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 It wouldn't matter really; phpBB is only observing the last session you connected with and showing posts made since then. When you reconnect, you get a new session and a new time-stamp. All that then happens is the server remembers which posts you read for the current session; the information is discarded after this. At least... this is what it looks like it is doing. From Trout, no doubt, the truth will out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 It's Firefox I use I'm afraid. I haven't used IE for years. Might be time to start then We've had a lot of users (on funkypool/snooker) with the same problem since one of firefox's forced updates which seems to have enabled the cookie/cache flush at browser shutdown. Without telling you, as is the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Shetlink isn't affected by Firefox clearing private data when it closes. One thing I have noticed is that if I have left myself logged in on one machine and then use another, the post indicators may not have updated successfully. Funny thing is that it only seems to happen one way. If I use the laptop and then my main desktop all is ok. If I use my desktop and then laptop, the laptop doesn't take into account the read posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Shetlink isn't affected by Firefox clearing private data when it closes. But it would be if IE did that? Hmmm The post updating thing sounds like the way a session cookie system could work, but that doesn't explain why the info only fails to update one-way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Right - this is a techie mouthful... phpBB works so far as that it holds within itself the following information: table 1session_id - session_start - table 2user_id - last_login ^^ Any plaintext is hashed before storage. Other state info is also stored. There are then two cookies containing information relating back to the session_id stored within the database as well as your user_id and an autologin_id. This is how you can go away and come back and not have to log in .. IE6 is a different story here for several users for varying reasons - we are aware of this! Note that the last time you logged in is noted - this time is then cross-referenced against any posts made up untl the current time and is how the indicators function. By opening up two seperate sessions on two computers with two browsers you will open up two sessions with differing ID's within the database - and why they will appear different to you on two seperate computers. As to why your posts did not show after your restart ArabiaTerra - it will be because either: a) your cookies were cleared your cookie session id and database session id did not matchc) in restarting your session was closed and expiredd) jeebus deemed you should start again from afresh HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 But it would be if IE did that? Hmmm No but it would if Windows Update altered IE in some way. Thanks for the explanation Trout. New fangled nonsense. Lets all switch off and go to the pub! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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