"go to first unread post"

[Dah-Henny]

I don't know if it's just me, or if it's widespread, but I've noticed on this site, and also on the dishsupport site, that when you click on the main thread link, it sometimes takes you to the very last post, even if you have never read any of the posts.

For instance, tonight while browsing the dish network forum, I noticed that there was a new uplink. I clicked on the link and was taken to the last post. Kind of annoying, but not as much as when you are following a long thread, and click on "go to the first unread post" and end up trying to figure out which post was actually the last one that you read.

Anyway, thought I'd mention it.

 

[tigerprowler]

Actually, this has been happening to me as well, I just thought it was something I was doing wrong. Guess not.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

That happens on posts that did not originate on SatelliteGuys, such as the uplink reports and the usenet newsgroup posts.

The reason for this is those messages are not made by SatelliteGuys members, instead they are tricked into being imported into our database as messages. They do not turn into real forum posts until a SatelliteGuys member responds to them. Then when you click on them you are taken to the correct last post.

Unfortunately its not going to change just because its the way we did things so that these messages from the outside world get sucked into the SatelliteGuys universe. (If you notice no one else has automated Uplink Reports, because they dont know the secret on how to import messages which are not from the forum.

 

[Dah-Henny]

CRAZY!
Go to the Dish Network forum, click on the link for:
2/20/2011 6:16am-Uplink Activity Report-1 change,
and it takes you to:
2/17/2011 6:31pm - Uplink Activity Report - 8 changes

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Not crazy read above on why it happens.