Okay... It just happened again... Came to this site and noticed at least the first 4 categories had the "New Posts Symbol" (as opposed to rightside up 'smiley faces' for you non-surreal types out there ). I thought maybe JeffR had answered my problem. No... just people pickin' on me ...

Anyway, went into the 'tips on using this site' category and chose 'one' of several non-read posts and read it. Hit the forums button (or the back return arrow, can't remember which now) and "all" the New Posts symbols had reverted to No New Post symbols. Even the posts within categories.

Note: I once hit the "mark all posts as read" button. That only works for that one visit doesn't it?? Shouldn't carry through to each visit after that I wouldn't think...

Please let me know as soon as possible JeffR. And make those other kids leave me alone .


Added note: Just tried to log "out" and log back "in". The system wouldn't let me log "out" at all. Tried 3 times with no luck. Was going to see if that would reset everthing. But to know avail.

DickO,

I asked the administrators of this forum about "Logging Off". Hopefully others will repsond to this who have seen this problem before with their sites. If not the adminstrators won't be back on duty until Monday. Sorry for this. What type of browser do you use? I usually log on using AOL but sometimes if I have trouble with things I log on using IE. Maybe you can try using a different browser if you can. Thanks.

Hi JeffR,
This time (Sunday, 14 Jun, noon) when I came on the the site, the face symbols for Intro's, Tips, SW Topics, Gen Chat, Accy & Mods, Maint Tips, and Rider's Stories were all in "New Posts" position. I went into Intro's and expected to see some unread posts. No new posts were indicated. Hit the forum button and when I got back to the forum topics, all had reverted to "No New Posts" position. I tried to Log Off and the system finally let me do it after just one try. Of course that didn't have any bearing on the previous situation though.

I can sort through the posts that are there to see what I've read before but sure makes the process a lot more diffucult. Will be waiting to hear from you. I do use IE for a browser by the way.

DickO,

I just came on the site and noticed that some of the "smiley's" were upside down. So I opened the topic and then came back to the Main Forum page and there were still some that were upside down. Please try it on your end again. Maybe they did something with the software. But I never knew what those smiley's were until you reported them. Hope it works. Thanks.

Nope... still messed up. It's like the "Mark All Posts as Read" button kicks in when I try to access anything.

DickO,

Can you check it out again? I just checked the site and it is working whether I go into all of the topics and then go back out. When I posted yesterday about this I did notice that the topics all turned to "being read" or the right side up smiley, after a couple of times. But it is working for me now. Is it working for others too now?

Nope... SNAFU... just saw 6 categories revert back after I read your post.

Hey guys, I am a little ignorant here. What are you talking about exactly. I don't know what upside down smiley faces you are talking about. I can't seem to find any.
Gary

When you initially come on to the site (forum), you will see the individual categories lined up, ie, "Introductions", "Tips on using this site", "Silver Wing Topics", "General Chat", etc. Beside each category you will see a "smiley" face which indicates whether or not there are new posts in that category to read since your last visit.

If the face is in bold print and is "upside down", that indicates there are new posts to be read. If the face is in pale print and is "rightside up", it indicates no new posts to be read. All the smiley faces are explained at the bottom of one of the forum pages.

As of this writing, mine all revert to "no new posts" as soon as I access any category.

I have http://www.silverwing600.com/search.forum?search_id=newposts bookmarked . It only brings up the changes since I last visited and then to the right of the smiley face (after fully loading) is a tiny page icon. I right click open another tab on that little icon and it takes me directly to the entries I have not read before without guessing which page or entry I read last.

So I don't pay too much attention to the smiley's.

I get email notice for the posts that I am monitoring and don't see the introduction page very often. When I click on the link in the email.. it takes me to the post just posted, like it did for your post today. I come here several times a day. Then I check out the latest topics on the left side of the page. I can tell the ones I need to read from the listed time and day. I haven't thought about this before, but Jeff, will I miss something if I keep doing that? I may need to go to the intro page and look for the upside down fellows.
Thanks for explaining this thread to me. I learn something new almost everyday.
Gary

I always click on the "View posts since last visit" or words to that effect.
On the top of the three lines on the upper right when you first log in. It brings up a list of posts that I can then browse (if I want to)

Gary,

I just learned about the "smiley's" too. I never knew what they meant and just thought they were there to take up space.


DickO,

Is it possible to download another browser, like AOL or firefox? I use my IE sometimes and it doesn't work either but my AOL is working now. I will go back to the support forum to see if they have an answer yet. I hope they can provide an answer to this.

DickO/Jeffr... I uae Safari 4 Public Beta. Seems to work fine. Not sure if I am experiencing the same VooDoo smilies or not. But I sure like the new look of the Top Sites display. Kinda like Star Trek. I don;\'t know all the requirements for that new look. I have a PC at the Red Cross office that doesn't display in that fashion.


Gary