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Currently, the forum does not update your last here date when you post while logged out. This can cause the last here date and last post dates to be out of sync. This miniMOD fixes that issue (which technically isn't a bug, but to me it's a bit odd).
In post_info.asp, find this code around lines 1847-1853:
Make that look like this by adding the code in red:
Then find this code around lines 60-67:
Make that look like this by adding the code in red:
Basically what this does is adds a boolean value at the beginning that checks if we're hashing a password (this only happens if the user enters their password, meaning they aren't logged in when they post). Then, at the end of the whole process, the forum checks that boolean value, and if it's true, updates the last here date.<
In post_info.asp, find this code around lines 1847-1853:
Code:
case else
Response.Write("Have a nice day!")
end select
Response.write "</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _
" <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """><a href=""" & strReturnURL & """>" & strReturnTxt & "</a></font></p>" & vbNewLine
else
Response.write " <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strHeaderFontSize & """ color=""" & strHiLiteFontColor & """>There has been a problem!</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _
Code:
case else
Response.Write("Have a nice day!")
end select
Response.write "</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _
" <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """><a href=""" & strReturnURL & """>" & strReturnTxt & "</a></font></p>" & vbNewLine
If blnUpdateLastVisited Then
UpdateLastHereDate DateToStr(strForumTimeAdjust),strDBNTUserName
End If
else
Response.write " <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strHeaderFontSize & """ color=""" & strHiLiteFontColor & """>There has been a problem!</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _
Code:
if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" and len(Request.Form("Password")) <> 64 then
strPassword = sha256("" & Request.Form("Password"))
else
strPassword = ChkString(Request.Form("Password"),"SQLString")
end if
if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" then
strDBNTUserName = Request.Form("UserName")
Code:
blnUpdateLastVisited = False
if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" and len(Request.Form("Password")) <> 64 then
strPassword = sha256("" & Request.Form("Password"))
blnUpdateLastVisited = True
else
strPassword = ChkString(Request.Form("Password"),"SQLString")
end if
if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" then
strDBNTUserName = Request.Form("UserName")
Posted
it was designed that way for a reason , and if you look at the way the forum deals with "active topics since your last visit" you will understand why 
it is kind of like coming to your house and posting a note through your mailbox, does that mean I visited you ? no, it doesn't.<
it is kind of like coming to your house and posting a note through your mailbox, does that mean I visited you ? no, it doesn't.<
Posted
That's a good point, and I know the forum was designed that way on purpose. However, occasionally people will browse/post without logging in, and then the next time they log in, they're shown topics that they have already seen. This gives people the option to remove some of that confusion (albeit adding a little of it's own).
Thinking about your mailbox analogy, I may not even implement this in my own forum, but at least the code is here if someone else down the road decides they want it.<
Thinking about your mailbox analogy, I may not even implement this in my own forum, but at least the code is here if someone else down the road decides they want it.<
Posted
agreed there will always be people who want it to behave a different way.<
there will always be people who want it to behave a different way.<
Posted
What I've done on a couple of sites that have more to them than forums is add an extra field to the members table that holds the date they were last seen on the site with the forum's lastheredate only being updated if they hit the forums while logged in. Although all those sites require registration so they can't get to post.asp without being logged in, I've still added some code to post_info.asp that will update the date they were last seen on the site if they post when not logged in, just in case the admins ever turn off the registration requirement.
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Originally posted by muzishun
That's a good point, and I know the forum was designed that way on purpose. However, occasionally people will browse/post without logging in, and then the next time they log in, they're shown topics that they have already seen. This gives people the option to remove some of that confusion (albeit adding a little of it's own).
Makes sense, but then to keep the active topics functionality from breaking for those that are logged in, I'd only apply it to the forum for those users that are not logged in. If the user is logged in, I wouldn't apply this functionality.<