Question New Posts Count Wrong

I'm using Joomla 1.7.3 with Kunena 1.7.1 and Jomsocial 2.4.2

The problem I have is that the new posts count is wrong. If a new reply to a thread is posted, and that thread already had say 5 posts that I have already read, the new posts count will show (6 new) after the topic title.

To repeat this, I log in as User A and look at an existing topic. I then browse up one level and the topic has no new post text.

I log out, then log in as user B and post in that same topic. Browse up one level again.

Now logout and in again as User A and the new post count will be total-number-of-posts-in-topic + 1, not 1.

Any help appreciated.

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Same here but Joomla Version 1.5.25 and no Jomsocial.

There are different issues with different versions of Joomla.

In both cases, the "post count" contained in the ^NEW indicator is session-based. In other words, if, in the same time that you are logged-in, you view a topic that had, say, ^{5 NEW} , and (s ahort time later) another message is posted to that topic, then the indicator will show ^{6 NEW} .

However, if you login, view a topic that has, say ^{5 NEW} and then logout. But then you login again and someone posts a new message, the indicator should show ^{1 NEW} message.

There is also slightly different problem in J! 1.5.x. Let's say you view a topic that has ^{2 NEW} indicated. All right, you view the topic and then you go back to the previous (Index of Recent Topics) screen and what do you see? You will see ^{2 NEW} ! :blink:

There is a defect in J! 1.5.x (since J! 1.5.23). This defect has been discussed before in Problem with Recent Topics Tab; not refreshing and I have posted a fix for that problem.

Returning to the original question, however, as I understand things the ^NEW indicator is session-based. When I've viewed topics, logged-out and then logged in again later, any new messages posted restart the ^NEW "post count".

Hi Sozzled, thanks for the quick answer, but my site is not behaving as you describe. I an logging out as user A, in as B, out, and in as A again, so the session is definitely closed.

The Joomla session may be closed but the Kunena session may still be "active". It's a tough one to fix and we've all found our own ways to work around it.

Your Joomla session has a lifetime; your Kunena session has a different lifetime. You can purge the Kunena sessions by using the Synchronize User Feature. Another approach is to have the Joomla and Kunena session lifetimes with the same value (remember, one is in minutes and the other is in seconds). Another approach involves "Mark All Topics Read" before you logout (which is something that I always do).

We accept that there is a problem. The question is, how serious is this problem and how should it be attended to?

Perhaps someone in the community has a proposal to remedy the situation?

Heheh...I definitely a with you on this one sozzled!

This has been an issue since I can remember with Kunena. As a matter of fact, I just logged online and I saw that some of the posts that I had read last night are back to "New" even after I already red the post.

I have no clue how to even begin to tackle this one! I am how ever going to read this thread ( www.kunena.org/forum/154-miscellaneous-o...s-tab-not-refreshing ) that you posted sozzled again.