Question After log off no new posts

@Pinkeltje what do you mean?
If I understand correct, you mean;
-Login to forum, using remember me.
-See the new posts
-Read some of them
and then? What do you do when you want to log out? Press the x button for the forum page to close, or press the log out button?

And when you return? You just log in becouse the forum "remembers" you?
That's it? Am I correct?

@alsthom,

and then? What do you do when you want to log out? Press the x button for the forum page to close, or press the log out button?

I don't log-out. Just close my browser window, or indeed press the x button.

The only thing that happens then is that my fellow mods think I am still logged in, as Joomla then remembers me as logged in as long as my session lasts. But for me at least the ^NEW is still visible when I return to the forum.

Pinkeltje wrote: I don't log-out. Just close my browser window, or indeed press the x button.

This changes the whole perspective. Reading the topic subject "After log off ..." but, if you don't actually log off.

What we need to look at, in this case, is how you've defined the Joomla session time and the Kunena session time. This will probably explain why everyone thinks your online and it may also explain why the "new" indicator is behaving bizarrely. Equipped with these two pieces of information we may be able to see what's going on behind-the-scenes.

What are your settings for

• Global Configuration » Server » Cache Settings » Cache
• Global Configuration » Server » Session Settings » Session Lifetime
• Forum Configuration » General » Basic Settings » Session Lifetime

Turn off server caching and make Global Configuration session lifefime (in minutes) the same as Kunena session lifetime (in seconds). If Kunena session lifetime is 1800 seconds, make Global sessions lifetime = 30 minutes.

Thanx @sozzled.
I checked mine settings and I realized that I had set global sessions lifetime to 15 minutes. Kunena's session lifetime is 1800. So I changed my global session time to much with kunena's lifetime.

@sozzled:

This changes the whole perspective. Reading the topic subject "After log off ..." but, if you don't actually log off.

That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen when users logs off. I just put it there as extra information that might be usefull to the developers.

but what I discovered is, that when you stay logged in (using remember me) everything works as expected.

And @alsthom reacted on that.
FYI: Cache is off, both sessions are on 1800 seconds/30 minutes.

Please advise if these changes make any difference. Thank you.

When you think about it, caching is not particularly effective in a website where the content is dynamically changing. Obviously, in a website where you have a discussion forum, the content is even more volatile. It may be worth considering disabling Joomla caching.

When you logout then what is supposed to happen is your Joomla session and Kunena session records are updated. When you simply close the browser window, the Joomla session and Kunena session elements will "time out" at slightly different times from one another but, whether the records are updated or not remains a complete mystery (to me). We need to establish the conditions under which we can faithfully reproduce the conditions that contribute to this problem.

I am hoping that the current pressure-cooker situation that exists in the development/bugfixing area, will ease soon, after we've completed an important parcel of work that we're presently engaged with. Please be patient. Thank you.