Light bulbs - New Posts vs. Unread Posts

[Laura M]

Light bulbs

After I post a reply and go back to the forum main page from the topic window, I end up with all light bulbs indicating unread posts. Any idea why or if I'm doing something out of sequence? If I close the window and go back to the home page and back into the forums, the correct light bulbs are lit.

 

[Marc]

Are you saying they work differently now than they used to?

 

[Laura M]

Kind-of
I'm "just a user" - so when stuff looks strange to me, I just keep going - figuring I did something wierd.

But from my initial registration last year, 2 things are different, the light bulbs, and I have to type in my Username and PW every reply.

I'm guessing the lightbulb thing started 4-5 months ago....just bugged me enough today to say something.

No biggie - thanks for the site!

 

[Laura M]

Just happened -
Sequence....
Click Post reply,
wait...return to update page.
Scroll to top,
click on "The Cove Forum" - all light bulbs.

Altho the user name and PW showed up for this post- must be a timing thing?

 

[Marc]

Try going to PREFERENCES (near the top on the right of most forum pages) and deleting cookies. Also check the option for it to remember your password. You shouldn't have to sign in every time -- just once a year.

I can't reproduce the problem here so there's not much else I can advise. There have not been any software changes for a long time.

 

[Marc]

Are they working now or is the problem persisting?

 

[Laura M]

Don't know - haven't replied lately....will see now.

 

[Laura M]

Even better - I lost all the lightbulbs.
That's happened before too.

 

[Marc]

I don't know what to say. Mine work and no one else is complaining. All I can say is I think it's a cookie problem.

 

[Roger Eastin]

Marc,
I lose the light bulbs after I reply to someone's message. I wait until I have read all the "light-bulbed" forums before I reply, because I have to look at the dates and times after I do this (instead of having the light bulbs tell me which are new posts). This has been happening for a few months now. It's a hassle, but I have adjusted my work method to compensate!!