ASF Site Performance

[Sean K]

Is the "New Posts" system as barmy for everyone else? I'm having trouble understanding the confusion.

1. If there are unread posts in a thread it will show up in "New Posts".
2. If there are no unread posts in a thread it will not show up in "New Posts".

This seems to be a simple and logical way for "New Posts" to be organised. Is there something I'm missing?

It's not barmy from Bondi...

 

[Julia]

Is the "New Posts" system as barmy for everyone else? I'm having trouble understanding the confusion.

1. If there are unread posts in a thread it will show up in "New Posts".
2. If there are no unread posts in a thread it will not show up in "New Posts".

This seems to be a simple and logical way for "New Posts" to be organised. Is there something I'm missing?

It's fine, Joe.
gg, instead of clicking on New Posts, try going to the Quick Links tab and choose Today's Posts from the drop down box. That will give you all the posts in the last 24 hours with the icon to the immediate left of the thread title taking you directly to the first new post since you last accessed that thread.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

I've got it now, will ignore "NEW POSTS" and will go to Today's posts. Still seems counterintuitive to me then I probably appear counterintuitive to others.

gg

 

[sails]

Is the "New Posts" system as barmy for everyone else? I'm having trouble understanding the confusion.

1. If there are unread posts in a thread it will show up in "New Posts".
2. If there are no unread posts in a thread it will not show up in "New Posts".

This seems to be a simple and logical way for "New Posts" to be organised. Is there something I'm missing?

Joe, I much prefer the new system which only shows posts I haven't read. And I like having unread posts remaining as unread for the ten days. Under the old way I would try to choose a time with no distractions to quickly skim through before everything was marked as read.

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe, I much prefer the new system which only shows posts I haven't read. And I like having unread posts remaining as unread for the ten days. Under the old way I would try to choose a time with no distractions to quickly skim through before everything was marked as read.

Even though it might take a little getting used to, I think the new system has more advantages. With the old system, when you logged out or timed out, all threads were marked as read and you never really knew what you had missed. Now you can log in for 10 or 15 minutes, log out, come back much later and still know what you have read and what you haven't.

I remember I used to get the question, "What's the difference between 'New Posts' and 'Today's Posts'?" The only answer I had was that 'New Posts' displayed threads with new posts since the last time you logged in and 'Today's Posts' displayed threads with new posts from the last 24 hours. I think that now that 'New Posts' only contains threads with unread posts there is a real and useful point of difference between the two options.

 

[coolcup]

With the old system, when you logged out or timed out, all threads were marked as read and you never really knew what you had missed. Now you can log in for 10 or 15 minutes, log out, come back much later and still know what you have read and what you haven't.

This! The new system is so much better. Makes it easier to log in and out when you have a few minutes waiting for the train or in a boring meeting without worrying that you have to read through every post or you will never find the ones you missed again. I am really pleased with the new system and glad I asked for the change in the first place!

 

[bigdog]

Joe,

I clicked [Today's Posts] at 8:40 AM today which returned only 38 forum entries with the oldest dated "Yesterday 11:29 AM"
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24367&p=785270&viewfull=1#post785270

Surely there must be postings after 8:40 AM yesterday up to Yesterday 11:29 AM that are not being listed!!!

When I click [New Posts], the site displays no postings for yesterday AM!!!
-- I only read selected items and many are not read by me!

Were there were no postings yesterday!!

John

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe,

I clicked [Today's Posts] at 8:40 AM today which returned only 38 forum entries with the oldest dated "Yesterday 11:29 AM"
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24367&p=785270&viewfull=1#post785270

Surely there must be postings after 8:40 AM yesterday up to Yesterday 11:29 AM that are not being listed!!!

When I click [New Posts], the site displays no postings for yesterday AM!!!
-- I only read selected items and many are not read by me!

Were there were no postings yesterday!!

John,

Not sure what the problem might be.

At this point I can only assume that you somehow clicked or selected "Mark Forums Read" somewhere around 8:40am yesterday. I just clicked "New Posts" and am getting the usual 10 days of unread threads.

Could others reading this thread please click "New Posts" and let me know if you are getting 10 days worth of unread threads or just 24 hours worth?

 

[Country Lad]

Could others reading this thread please click "New Posts" and let me know if you are getting 10 days worth of unread threads or just 24 hours worth?

Joe, you may have your "clicks" mixed up. I have clicked "New Posts" and got nil as I had just marked all threads read.

Clicking "Today's posts" gives me the last 24 hours.

Cheers
Country Lad

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe, you may have your "clicks" mixed up. I have clicked "New Posts" and got nil as I had just marked all threads read.

Clicking "Today's posts" gives me the last 24 hours.

That makes sense. Sorry, brain not firing on all cylinders this morning.

Surely there must be postings after 8:40 AM yesterday up to Yesterday 11:29 AM that are not being listed!!!

When I click [New Posts], the site displays no postings for yesterday AM!!!
-- I only read selected items and many are not read by me!

Were there were no postings yesterday!!

John, did you select "Today's Posts" rather than "New Posts"? That would explain only getting 24 hours worth of new posts.

 

[bigdog]

That makes sense. Sorry, brain not firing on all cylinders this morning.



John, did you select "Today's Posts" rather than "New Posts"? That would explain only getting 24 hours worth of new posts.

Joe, I clicked both "Today's Posts" and "New Posts"

The only explanation for not reporting postings yesterday before 11:29 AM could only be that these postings were all updated with new comments and now have a later date!l

I am assuming that there were posting during this period!

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe, I clicked both "Today's Posts" and "New Posts"

The only explanation for not reporting postings yesterday before 11:29 AM could only be that these postings were all updated with new comments and now have a later date!l

I am assuming that there were posting during this period!

John, if you clicked "New Posts" and are not getting any threads older than around 24 hours then you must have accidentally clicked or selected "Mark Forums Read" which you can find just above the "Currently Active Users" on the Forums Index page (next to "View Site Leaders") or in the "Forum Actions" drop down menu in the navigation bar.

Keep an eye on things over the next few days and let me know if you are still experiencing issues. At the moment I can only assume that it is an isolated issue.

If anyone else is experiencing a similar issue with "New Posts" please let me know by posting in this thread.

 

[sails]

Hi Joe, I've just logged on and clicked on new posts. They go back to the 13th July so 10 days it is for me.

I do like the new system as it means new posts don't have to be read in one sitting like they used to before automatically marking all posts as read.

One suggestion I have is to add an "all posts" link next to the "new posts" link to make it easier to go back and find a read thread again!

 

[bigdog]

Hi Joe, I've just logged on and clicked on new posts. They go back to the 13th July so 10 days it is for me.

I do like the new system as it means new posts don't have to be read in one sitting like they used to before automatically marking all posts as read.

One suggestion I have is to add an "all posts" link next to the "new posts" link to make it easier to go back and find a read thread again!

I agree with Sails to add an "all posts" link next to the "new posts" link.

I now use All Posts because New Posts immediately removes new posts just read.

 

[Joe Blow]

One suggestion I have is to add an "all posts" link next to the "new posts" link to make it easier to go back and find a read thread again!

I agree with Sails to add an "all posts" link next to the "new posts" link.

I now use All Posts because New Posts immediately removes new posts just read.

Many thanks for the suggestion. I will look into this and see how easy it is to implement.

John, when you say you use "All Posts" do you mean "Today's Posts"?

 

[bigdog]

Many thanks for the suggestion. I will look into this and see how easy it is to implement.

John, when you say you use "All Posts" do you mean "Today's Posts"?

Yes "Today's Posts", you are right Joe many thanks
John

 

[Julia]

Joe, it has taken me ten minutes to get this thread up!. Amongst it, I've had to log off and re-enter, after repeatedly getting the screen advice that the site is offline. This has been happening more and more frequently in the last few weeks.

Also, a brief reply to a post is usually OK, but if I'm replying in any detail to multiple posts, by the time I click on Submit, it all just freezes. I have had to do a copy and paste, close down, restart the computer and log on again.
Really, really irritating. It is not happening with any other sites that I am using.

 

[sval62]

Joe, it has taken me ten minutes to get this thread up!. Amongst it, I've had to log off and re-enter, after repeatedly getting the screen advice that the site is offline. This has been happening more and more frequently in the last few weeks.

Also, a brief reply to a post is usually OK, but if I'm replying in any detail to multiple posts, by the time I click on Submit, it all just freezes. I have had to do a copy and paste, close down, restart the computer and log on again.
Really, really irritating. It is not happening with any other sites that I am using.

+1 The site seems to be timing out when trying to log on.

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe, it has taken me ten minutes to get this thread up!. Amongst it, I've had to log off and re-enter, after repeatedly getting the screen advice that the site is offline. This has been happening more and more frequently in the last few weeks.

Also, a brief reply to a post is usually OK, but if I'm replying in any detail to multiple posts, by the time I click on Submit, it all just freezes. I have had to do a copy and paste, close down, restart the computer and log on again.
Really, really irritating. It is not happening with any other sites that I am using.

Julia, I have been away from the PC most of the day but the forums seem to be loading OK for me now.

I will check with the host and see if there is any problem that they can identify.

Have others been experiencing slow page loading times and similar issues?

 

[sails]

Joe, I couldn't log in earlier. It said the site was either offline or having maintenance. All seems ok at the moment!