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**Paul M** · #**166** 03 Mar 2010, 20:04

Originally Posted by masterross

Really?

Yes, Really.

Originally Posted by masterross

So how you can explain this:

I dont explain how other peoples servers are configured.

What I do know is how this works, specifically one, fully indexed select. The average vb4 page uses about 15 such queries per page. Your links show that you are already running high loads in the before screen - if adding one more indexed query to a page is having that sort of dramatic effect then your server is already on the edge of collapse.

I would suggest that you make sure that your server actually created the dateline index (which btw, is done on install, and would take a while on 2 million posts).

Originally Posted by masterross

Of-course will work on baby boards with small numbers of members online but did you tried on board with 2000 users online

Dont patronise me just because you have a busy forum. Im well aware of whats involved in busy set-ups. I have had this working on high traffic forums, and indeed, added the cutoff feature at the request of one to help control high load queries that would have involved counting 1,000's of posts. You would also do well to remember that this only works on logged in members, not users, from observing your forum tonight, I would guess its more like 800 members online, not 2000 (and I cant tell what you cookie timeout is either).

zeroality · #**167** 04 Mar 2010, 06:15

Originally Posted by Paul M

I cannot do anything about that - its standard vb functionality. If you think it doesnt work properly then you need to log a bug at vb.com.

Ah, I see. Well thank you for your great hack and I'm sorry others are being jerks.

Will go report as bug right now.

malas2007 · #**168** 05 Mar 2010, 13:21

Installed

www.bonsaifreinds.com/vb

CoZmicShReddeR · #**169** 05 Mar 2010, 15:30

Wow really nice feature!

SuperGLS · #**170** 05 Mar 2010, 22:10

After upgrading to 4.0.2 my forum was using database thread marking and this mod was working great. However I didn't want database thread marking (for many other reasons and had never had the site set to this previous of the upgrade... why the upgrade changed it I don't know) so now this mod isn't quite as exciting as it was.

Paul, do you ever see this working with the Inactivity/Cookie Based option rather than the database thread marking option?

**Paul M** · #**171** 05 Mar 2010, 23:23

Originally Posted by SuperGLS

Paul, do you ever see this working with the Inactivity/Cookie Based option rather than the database thread marking option?

Nope.

I cant imagine why anyone would want to use that, its hopeless.

SuperGLS · #**172** 06 Mar 2010, 13:54

You mean the cookie based marking system? All of the users (myself included) prefer this way, which might be because we've been using it for so long. Oh well.

**Paul M** · #**173** 06 Mar 2010, 15:04

Originally Posted by SuperGLS

You mean the cookie based marking system?

Yes, I did.

Originally Posted by SuperGLS

All of the users (myself included) prefer this way

Then Im afraid you cannot use the unread part of this mod.

War.Frog · #**174** 06 Mar 2010, 16:08

How on earth is cookie based marking preferable? It's almost never correct!

SuperGLS · #**175** 06 Mar 2010, 21:44

Perhaps it was a problem with some other setting/variable/installation but on my site we were getting 5 days of posts coming up as What's New/New Posts even when members had already looked at them. The inactivity/cookie based system is easy as it shows only what has been posted since your last visit. Seems simple to me. I don't know, I think it's strange that people would want it the other way, hah.

No problem Paul. I thought this would be my replacement for the "Welcome box" module that we used to have on vB3 with vBadvanced. That's ok though.

Tauhid · #**176** 15 Mar 2010, 16:13

Hey Paul,

Back in vb 3.8, this hack used to show

"Unread posts since your last visit" on a different background, with a text saying these are posts unread from your last visit. Beforre in vb 3.8, there was a division between posts unread in the last 24 hours and another division for all other random unread posts.

While now, there is no text showing on the top before each unread thread listings. All the unread posts just shows up. I have all the recommended options turned on.

Automatic Database thread marking
Use Last Visit Date

**Paul M** · #**177** 15 Mar 2010, 20:27

That was a feature of vbulletin, not this mod. It does not exist in vb4.

sticky · #**178** 26 Mar 2010, 10:00

This is one of my favorite mods but a new style I installed seemed to eliminate it showing in the upper right corner.

I'm not sure how to make this work with my new style, it works on all the others, suggestions?

**Paul M** · #**179** 26 Mar 2010, 12:41

Have you read the bold brown note in the main post ?

sticky · #**180** 26 Mar 2010, 14:38

Originally Posted by Paul M

Have you read the bold brown note in the main post ?

Yep, and I don't understand it.

So, do I reinstall this thing or what? I'm running 4.0.5

I never made a template edit, do I need to revert? I don't know.

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