Log outs & new posts

[ItBeThatWay27]

I am curious is there a way to get the new posts by looking up the date or something? When I first log in I always clikc NEW POSTS to see the new ones since I've last logged in... I assume everyone does this... well sometimes for whatever reason it will log me out after reading one post and then when I log back in it won't show me new posts b/c It has reset my last login time for then... It's really annoying and I'm curious if theres a way to find new posts by say typing in oct 31 12 am or something??

[Little Bird]

I use the New Posts feature all the time. I don't have any issues with being logged off. It never happens to me no matter what machine I use because I tick the 'remember me' box when I login.

If you do this already and it still logs you off, I will come back to the usual reason for issues, which is = cookies!

Cookies need to be enabled for you to post and login here. If they are disabled, or restricted, you will find problems. What firewall do you use? Often people find firewalls confusing and often block/unblock things without realising. It could be something like that. 9 times out of 10, this is the reason for issues that people experience on most message boards.

As for finding new posts, I am not aware of another way but you'll be the first to know if I find out.

What I do, is open 'New Posts' in one window and press SHIFT and the last link and it will open the thread in a new window. I always keep the original 'New Post' window open and read all the posts in a separate one. It means I don't lose the links to new threads/posts coz I never close down the original window until I am finished.

Hope that makes sense.

[ItBeThatWay27]

thats clever Kiera, opening a new window...
I never have done the remember me thing though and I always have cookies, I don't know about firewalls but I know it is always using cookies, they arent restricted or anything..
but if nothing else I will start opening new posts in a new window so that if I do get logged out I know what is new still. Thanks for that tip

[Little Bird]

I never have done the remember me thing

Then that's the reason you kept getting logged out. If you tick the 'Remember Me' box, when you login, it won't log you off so you'll be able to get straight in everytime.
However, this only works on the machine you logged in with and ticked 'Remember Me'. You will still have to go through the login process if you connect using a different machine.

[DreamsLast]

I am curious is there a way to get the new posts by looking up the date or something? When I first log in I always clikc NEW POSTS to see the new ones since I've last logged in... I assume everyone does this... well sometimes for whatever reason it will log me out after reading one post and then when I log back in it won't show me new posts b/c It has reset my last login time for then... It's really annoying and I'm curious if theres a way to find new posts by say typing in oct 31 12 am or something??

Yeah, this has happened to me several times. I don't actually go in and click on 'new posts', but rather look at the icons on the left hand side. If they're lit up, that means there's new posts that have been put up. Sometimes I'll go in and look at a new post and then something weird happens....then all of the icons that indicated new posts that were lit up before are all gray. But I had only looked at 1 post. It was as if it thought I had looked at all of them already or something. It's not really a big deal, cause I can just look at the date & times the last posts were put up to know what's new. But this has happened to me before as well.

[DreamsLast]

Then that's the reason you kept getting logged out. If you tick the 'Remember Me' box, when you login, it won't log you off so you'll be able to get straight in everytime.
However, this only works on the machine you logged in with and ticked 'Remember Me'. You will still have to go through the login process if you connect using a different machine.

I figured this one out the other day when I was having so many problems keeping logged in. It was getting so bad I'd have to log back in 6 or 7 times every time I visited the site!!! This really does help with that problem!!!

[ItBeThatWay27]

Christie if you don't immediately go to NEW POSTS what do you click on when you first login?

[Little Bird]

The 'New Posts' is the easiest way to get all the threads that contain new posts. I would be lost without it.

[DreamsLast]

Christie if you don't immediately go to NEW POSTS what do you click on when you first login?

I simply log in, then by going by the colored little notebooks on the main page next to the Forum names I go into each one. If they're 'grayed' out I know there's nothing new there. Then the threads within the colored notebook forums there that are bolded and near the top are the ones that have new posts....I simply click on the thread and scroll to the bottom. I do this because I like to see the previous posts so I don't have to try and remember what's being discussed....

Am I weird for doing it this way?? I do this with all the message boards I go on!! :laugh: It probably takes a bit longer than the way you guys do it though...

[ItBeThatWay27]

Yes ha ha I think you are a little weird for doing it that way... when I click NEW POSTS it lists them all and when I click the thread, it still shows the previous posts so I don't get what you are explaining, but if it works for you then that's cool. I know what you mean about the colored notebooks though b/c it does that when u go to new posts and after u view them they turn grey...

[Little Bird]

No, of course it isn't weird to do it that way. I used to do it that way, but I found 'New Posts' easier and more straight forward. You can check the posts anyway that suits you. Just good to have options.

[DreamsLast]

Maybe I'll start doing it that way now....there's more than one way to skin a cat (wait a minute, I can't believe I just said that!!! I'm a CAT LOVER for Goodness Sakes!!):omg:

[ItBeThatWay27]

ok freddy krueger I also cant believe u just said that