Website upgrade for www.SpacetimeStudios.com

[LelouchX]

apologies in advance as i'm sure i'm getting annoying now, lol. i still can't get my email notifications to work. I did as you recommended here:

If you go into your settings - General Options (http://www.spacetimestudios.com/prof...do=editoptions) and edit your Default Thread Subscription Mode to subscribe you by default, then you'll get emails

I am now automatically subscribed to any thread i post to, but still no emails. also, as you know, i even changed my email address associated with the forums here on the off chance that had something to do with it. not sure what you can do since yours seems to be working fine, but i know JaytB seems to be having this problem too (and maybe others) so I was wondering if there was any new info from anybody. Thanks

[Samhayne]

Thanks for the head's up. I'll re-test on various external emails and see what turns up.

[LelouchX]

Thanks for the head's up. I'll re-test on various external emails and see what turns up.

i was hoping not to waste your time with this and that someone else had an answer already, thx sam :-)

[Samhayne]

E-mail issue should be fixed. Please let me know if you're not getting subscription emails.

[JaytB]

E-mail issue should be fixed. Please let me know if you're not getting subscription emails.

Looking good so far, E-mails starting to stream in again

[LelouchX]

thanks again sam! i guess it would be wrong of me to complain when my ipad starts blowing up from emails? lol

[Kahlua]

Does this mean larger signature sizes too?!?

[Riccits]

i normally look into forums with the button " New Posts"
now it changed that threads ive clicked once, doesnt shown anymore with the "New posts" query until someone else post something. I liked more before when it showed up just as "read"

[LelouchX]

i normally look into forums with the button " New Posts"
not it changed that threads ive clicked once, doesnt shown anymore with the "New posts" query until someone else post something. I liked more before when it showed up just as "read"

I asked about this as well, here is the reason Sam gave:

I changed the forum tracking of unread posts from being cookie based (stored on your local machine) to being database driven (stored on the server). The database functionality is more accurate, although it has more overhead for the server. With our speedy new web server, the overhead isn't an issue, so it was switched to the better database system.

[StompArtist]

i normally look into forums with the button " New Posts"
not it changed that threads ive clicked once, doesnt shown anymore with the "New posts" query until someone else post something. I liked more before when it showed up just as "read"

Agreed this new way is confusing.

[Samhayne]

Does this mean larger signature sizes too?!?

Signature sizes are limited to keep the scroll needed to read a thread down.

RE: Read posts and the New Posts section. Here are the options in the forum control panel:

Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
This option controls how threads and forums are marked as read.

Inactivity/Cookie Based - once a user has been inactive for a certain amount of time (the value of the session timeout option) all threads and forums are considered read. Individual threads are marked as read within a session via cookies.

Database (no automatic forum marking) - this option uses the database to store thread and forum read times. This allows accurate read markers to be kept indefinitely. However, in order for a forum to be marked read when all threads are read, the user must view the list of threads for that forum.

This option is more space and processor intensive than inactivity-based marking.

Database (automatic forum marking) - this option is the same as a previous option, but forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read.

This is the most usable option for end users, but most processor intensive.

Originally, we were on Inactivity/Cookie Based. This could lead to some very wonky behavior if you were not an active user. For example, you could come back after several days of not visiting the forum and click "new posts" and have there be nothing displayed.

Then I went to the 3rd option, but the auto marking as read seems counter-intuitive to you all. So, we'll try option 2 and see how that goes.

[LelouchX]

Originally, we were on Inactivity/Cookie Based. This could lead to some very wonky behavior if you were not an active user. For example, you could come back after several days of not visiting the forum and click "new posts" and have there be nothing displayed.

This has happened to me a few times, even after not being here for a couple days.

Agreed this new way is confusing.

I thought so too, but it didn't take me too long to get used to it.