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Old 02-02-2000, 08:09 AM
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John -

I used to be that when you entered the General Forum section, only those folders with messages that were unread showed up as bright yellow. Also, once you were in a forum, unread folders were pink. For about a week or so this feature has not been working. Will this go back to "normal" - it makes checking for new posts much easier.

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Old 02-02-2000, 08:24 AM
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Barb,

Everything has been showing up on my computer correctly.

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Old 02-02-2000, 09:06 AM
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Mikki -

I deleted my cookies once again and had to go through all kinds of perambulations, but now it seems that the tags are working correctly on the main page.

Don't know why this was a problem - weird, huh?

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Old 02-02-2000, 10:47 AM
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Well, i've come back after a couple hours and you know what? Everything is different colors now. Everything is pink and maroon! Is this a change for everyone or am I just on crack?
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Old 02-02-2000, 11:39 AM
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Hi Barb & Mikki,

About 2 weeks ago I installed an updated version of the software that runs these forums. This upgrade may have included some changes to how cookies are used/stored with the forums.

Below the "post new topic" / "post reply" icons near the top right of the forum pages is a "preferences" link. Go to the preferences page and click on the very first link to delete all cookies set by this forum. This will reset the cookies and *should* fix the problems you are describing.

Part of the upgrade changed a few of the icons used for indicating new & "hot" topics - now any topics with over 15 messages will have a folder icon that is on fire to indicate a hot topic. Threads with new messages will have folders with a light maroon color & those with 15+ replies will be maroon along with being on fire.

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Old 02-02-2000, 01:40 PM
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Everything is back to normal now. No more weird colors. By the way, i have no idea what cookies are. You might need to explain this to me. Thanks,

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Old 02-03-2000, 12:15 AM
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The Netscape website user manual describes cookies as "a piece of limited, internal information transmitted between server software and the Netscape application."

It'll probably make more sense to describe cookies in terms of what they are generally used for. Cookies are used by MANY websites for a variety of reasons: to set timestamps of when you last visited, counting the number of visitors to a website, storing configuration information of sites that you can personalize, to keep you from having to view the same advertising banner with certain ad systems, etc.

GreekChat.com uses cookies to set a timestamp of when you last visited so the website can highlight new messages when you return to the site. As an option, greekchat.com can also save your username/password so you do not need to type it in every time you visit - this is done through the preferences link and is NOT turned on by default (saving passwords/usernames is NOT recommended unless you are on your personal computer).

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Old 02-03-2000, 12:52 AM
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I have been having the same problem except when I delete the cookie and start over things are fine for that visit, but when I come back to the page it is like the cookie is bypassed. What do you think could be the problem and the solution?
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Old 02-03-2000, 08:22 PM
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DST897,

I believe some of that has to do with the cache-ing. If you reload the page, the tags normally will reset as appropriate - or atleast that seems to be the case for me

John-
have i just never noticed it or is teh "topic review" new? That feature is rather nice. I used to load two browsers for posting.
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Old 02-03-2000, 10:59 PM
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That didn't work for me. I have the forum that I am the moderator of bookmarked. And as I go to the GreekChat.com Forums link to come and see all of the day's post the link is: http://www.greekchat.com/forums/cgi-...assCookie=true

If you notices it doesn't check the cookie.

John, under what condition is the cookie bypassed? What should be done to correct this?
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Old 02-04-2000, 02:03 AM
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Originally posted by Artimis:
have i just never noticed it or is teh "topic review" new? That feature is rather nice. I used to load two browsers for posting.
I updated the software used for these forums a few weeks ago - topic review was one of the newly added features.



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Old 02-04-2000, 02:09 AM
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DST897,

Try using the following url (with the bypass cookie string removed) for your bookmark:
http://www.greekchat.com/forums/cgi-...tro&category=1

Bookmark this link as soon as you load it. I noticed that if you load the page then switch to another browser window & back again, the cookie bypass code is added to the url. Not sure why this is.

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Old 02-04-2000, 11:20 AM
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John,

I wasn't saying that was my bookmarked link. The link that I have bookmarked is:
http://www.greekchat.com/forums/cgi-...heta&number=53

That takes me to the fourm page of DST. When I am through posting/viewing, I then go the the TOP link of the tree to get to the other fourms. (that link with the bypassed cookie on the end of it) I usually go to the general fourms from there and to the active topics for the day.

Is going to the link that you provided, then working my way to my fourm the only way that things will work right?
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Old 02-04-2000, 11:56 AM
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Originally posted by DST897:
I have been having the same problem except when I delete the cookie and start over things are fine for that visit, but when I come back to the page it is like the cookie is bypassed. What do you think could be the problem and the solution?
I'm not sure how long the cookie stays in effect after you enter the site. By leaving & coming back you may be resetting the cookie to the current time - this will cause the forums to only highlight the new messages between the time you left & came back.

So, if you enter greekchat.com & only read a few of the highlighted messages - leave for a few minutes then come back, the other previously highlighted messages may no longer be highlighted.

Do you think this may be what is going on?

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Old 02-04-2000, 03:59 PM
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DST897,

What web browser software (including version number) are you using? Netscape or IE?

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