Forum/Topics Viewed - How does it work?

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I am very confused on how this feature works as our site doesn't seem to be showing correct results.

When I log on as someone who hasn't been to the site in about a week, I see that their "No New Messages" icon shows up for all categories meaning they have read all topics in all categories. Obviously this is not the case so I am completely confused on how this function works.

Does this inaccuracy have to do with shutting down the web server?


[originally posted on jforum.net by coolbreeze]

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Well, I answered my own question.

It seems that our jforum_sessions table wasn't getting updated properly and therefor causing strange results for the "new messages" icon on the forums and topics pages.

I originally thought this table should be deleting people's session data when they log out, although, now I understand that it is used for figuring out the person's last visit which is tied to all the bells and whistles. Make sure your jforum_sessions table is updating properly for the forums to make sense.


[originally posted on jforum.net by coolbreeze]