Mark as Read acting up

**mccornwall** · 07-12-2012, 07:49 AM

This forum I usually consider to be one of the better of the sites I visit. However lately, it has been doing something annoying.
I visit generally once per day and visit the sections that interest me. I know about what time I visited. The next day (today) I look in the "Last post" column and see that there have been posts since my visit. However when I open the section they are not bolded, they are regular typeface as they should be once I have read them.
Why is AC marking them as read by me even when I haven't been there. AC didn't use to screw this up and it is jacking it up now. Please fix this erroneous behavior. Out of the dozen or so web site forums I visit, some do very well at keeping track of what I've seen and what I haven't. Some do poorly. AC used to be on the well-run list. Just because you're getting bigger and more successful don't get sloppy.

Thanks.

**Phil Nickinson** · 07-12-2012, 07:51 AM

lol. If size were directly proportional to things breaking, we would have broken far more many things by now.

We're doing a little site work lately. Bugs will happen. Thanks for pointing them out in a polite manner. We'll work to get them fixed just as soon as we can.

**mccornwall** · 07-12-2012, 08:04 AM

Tnx for quick reply. I consider this one of the better run places out there. bikeforums.net is about the worst in the "Mark as Read" regard...if I stay navigate to the site, then get called away from the computer, then go back I find everything has been marked as read. Absolutely sucks and I consider tham about the worst in that regard. windowssecrets.com forums are absolutely the best. And I can't figure out why so much variation...they look like t hey all run the same forum software, albeit with different skins.
Keep up the good work. I enjoy the podcasts also.

**jean15paul** · 07-12-2012, 11:43 AM

I've notice the same thing. In my case it seem to mark everything as read everytime I visit androidcentral.com since I'm logged it. In other words, whenever I visit the site (even if I don't go to the forums) it marks everything as read.

It doesn't do that if I'm not logged into the site, but I prefer to stay logged in all the time.

**Cory Streater** · 07-12-2012, 09:42 PM

I made some changes. Let me know if it gets better.

**mccornwall** · 07-13-2012, 07:29 AM

Well, now it got really wierd. It usually doesn't happen all the time. This morning, about half the sections I visited had it just about right as to the last time I visited. The others had me marked as unread all the way back to July 3...odd since I come here just about every day. Maybe it will work tomorrow and on out. It was odd that they didn't all act the same though. Thanks for working on this.

**Cory Streater** · 07-13-2012, 04:21 PM

Clear your cookies. Past behavior may not be fixed, but it should be good in the future. You might also click the "Mark All Forums Read" option.

**mccornwall** · 07-15-2012, 01:26 PM

Working good...looks dead on. I always hit Mark All read at the end. I also use two different PCs. Thanks.

**jean15paul** · 07-18-2012, 01:36 PM

I wanted to use it for a few days before I commented. But everything is working great now with marking stuff read. I never use "Mark All Read" instead I use "Mark this forum read" as I read different forums. They are correctly being marked as read based on when I hit that in each forum. Thanks for the update Cory!

**Cory Streater** · 07-21-2012, 03:03 PM

Glad to hear it guys. I should have added, my suggestion to use the Mark All as Read feature, was only meant as a one-time deal to resolve all the old threads you'd already read as being marked as unread post the change I made.

You should be good moving forward and I'm pretty confident that this new method of tracking will be much more reliable.