Forum settings will not save
Checking and unchecking options in Forum Settings and clicking the "Save" button has no affect. When Settings are re-displayed, all options are checked again. It's been this way for a considerable ...
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CurtB....I tried doing a save of my Time Zone....and the Save does not activate, so you are correct...its broken!
Bruce...I too have wondered about the contents listed under the Lightning bolt. I don't understand why certain postings are tagged and others are not. I used to think that when I login, and see Bold listings under the ForumHome...or any of the others columns, that they would appear under the Bolt....this is not true. After opening each Red circle entry, I still see Bold entries. I too have had Red circles and have gone to ForumHome and gone to each numbered page and selected a Bold post. I go back as much as 4 or 5 pages and usually the Reds clear. However, the Red numbers don't indicate that there is a Bold entry that you have not read. I don't know how this Forum decides to indicate how many each user has yet to read. The numbers definitely are not what is in Bold, but some other algorithm...good question.
I don't know if you try to look at each post or just the ones that appear under the Bolt. Maybe, you need to try and Page back to open some of the still Bold entries...like I said, there is no Logic as to why some posting appear as unread under the Bolt, and yet other Bold entries still remain. Maybe some AI logic is introduced and the AI sees you commenting about certain subject or words and thinks you need to read other similar topics...like buying something, and getting suggestions on other Buys of a similar item....Amazon does that....
Here is my Bolt
But here is a Bold entry on my Page 2...this happens all the time!
Yes Bruce...this red circle counter under the Bolt is a bit confusing. I have to believe that COX built in a AI thing that chooses when to red dot and which get Bold highlighted. It definitely is associated to a user's login, because, when you first go to the Forum, prior to login, line comments are Bold (mmm I need to check this out further).
I notice that topics that I may have previously commented to and Not read, appear in their own section of the Bolt...and disappear after read. Same goes for this new Join to comment section that I covered in another Post today. By the way, Bruce, did you have to Join starting from yesterday or never have?
Notifications are definitely tied to user accounts. This is how notifications are suppose to work.
1. If you don't login...or are not a subscriber...click a topic, read it and return to the Home page...the topic remains bold. It remains bold because your actions are not associated to a user account.
Then you log in...
2. If you click a topic and just read it...meaning, you don't contribute...the font thins. However, if another contributor changes the post...meaning, contributes to it...the font returns to bold because the post has changed and you haven't read the update.
If you contribute to the post, the font does the exact same thing: bold, thin, bold, etc with each new post. It's no different from you not contributing to the post.
3. Again, if you contribute to a post, the website automatically subscribes you to the post. If you didn't contribute, you're not subscribed but the font still indicates changes to the post. The red circles are subscription updates.
If you contributed to the post and then someone else contributes, you'll get a red circle(s). If you don't contribute, you'll never get red circle(s).
Bold Font indicates changes to any post and Circles indicate changes to subscribed post.
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I don't understand your "joining" question.
Yes Bruce, your summary is informative...the only odd thing I see is that when I see the Red numbers, the entries separate to posting that I have contributed to, and items that I did not think I did (maybe I've shown an interest in the item, but I try to open all items under the Bolt but do not subscribe (comment) to all.)) Even with this, there are still Bold entries still located under each of the top 4 topics with the ForumHome covering all 4. So for me, I may not completely see why not all Bolts appear unless, like you said, I subscribed to the post.
As to the Joining....the link earlier today has a thread...go there if you have some input that you always was able to insert images and that as of today, you still do not need to Join at the bottom of the Forum page ....forums.cox.com/.../i-cannot-insert-a-image-that-uses-copy-paste-or-fixed
The inconsistencies may be attributed to a setting under your preferences of how to be notified of an update...which...and the purpose of this post...you can't save.
As I mentioned earlier, the red circles have been having a delayed reaction for me. I won't get a red circle until later in the day...after I've already read the updated post. And now I can't clear a red circle.
It's just sloppiness. Let me read your link.
