Odd forum software behaviour
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Odd forum software behaviour
Notification for a thread which doesn't exist and reappears with no moderator interaction so not posts pruned etc.
Unsubscribe from a thread and still get notified of posts, subscribe again and unsubscribe to reset issue.
Other than posting issues I'm using Chrome browser
Thanks
Unsubscribe from a thread and still get notified of posts, subscribe again and unsubscribe to reset issue.
Other than posting issues I'm using Chrome browser
Thanks
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
Which thread number? It's the number after "t=" in the URL.
I can look in the database to try and work out what's going wrong.
I can look in the database to try and work out what's going wrong.
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Re: Odd forum software behaviour
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=145859
I didn't see anything contentious and I can't see any moderator post removals, but as you can see it notified me of new posts and then says topic doesn't exist-which clearly it does.
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I didn't see anything contentious and I can't see any moderator post removals, but as you can see it notified me of new posts and then says topic doesn't exist-which clearly it does.
Thanks
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
That topic exists, and there is a link between it and your account to be notified. So the fact that you were notified makes sense.
What is the URL of the page that says "The requested topic does not exist"?
What is the URL of the page that says "The requested topic does not exist"?
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
You should be able to unsubscribe from topic notifications for this topic by going to your User Control Panel (click on your username top-right, then User Control Panel in the drop-down menu) and then "Manage subscriptions" on the "overview" tab.
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Re: Odd forum software behaviour
Clicking on the topic returns topic does not exist, clearly it does. I wondered if notification should say "post does not exist"
It's the link about "what did you do to your bike today"
The unsubscribe issue separately I have watched various threads and unsubscribed and still got notifications when you visit the thread if you go subscribe and then unsubscribe it seems to fix it.
Almost like gui and database issue, unless my browser doing something odd.
Maybe a bug report to forum software company?
It's the link about "what did you do to your bike today"
The unsubscribe issue separately I have watched various threads and unsubscribed and still got notifications when you visit the thread if you go subscribe and then unsubscribe it seems to fix it.
Almost like gui and database issue, unless my browser doing something odd.
Maybe a bug report to forum software company?
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
What is the URL of the page that says "The requested topic does not exist"?
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Re: Odd forum software behaviour
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=145859 which we agree does exist, but if clicking on the notification it tells me it doesn't.
Is it because it should say post doesn't exist not the thread doesn't exist?
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
The URL must be different for the "The requested topic does not exist" page.
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
An educated guess suggests it was this one: viewtopic.php?p=1609053#p1609053
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Re: Odd forum software behaviour
Pass
all I did was click on notifications
all I did was click on notifications
Re: Odd forum software behaviour
Ah, yes, the "new topic" notification links are to the forum and topic (f and t numbers) while the "you were quoted" notifications link to the specific post (p number).
So the post you were notified about had been deleted, even though the topic still exists.
So the post you were notified about had been deleted, even though the topic still exists.