....the `replies` heading says 28, but the number of replies in subject is 24....where are the other 4??????

(thread: Anyone upgraded from UK to STi)

 

Try hitting refresh and the posts should appear.

I have no idea why they don't automatically but I'm sure one of the IT guys on here can enlighten us.

 

Yeah ..

Only noticed this in the last few days, I have to press shift and refresh/reload to "force" the new posts to show ??

Netscape 4
K

 

It's not just this BBS that does, it's all the ones I'm registered with. I use IE5, so I don't think it's a Netscape problem either. Is it a 'feature' of Ultimate Bulletin Board, perhaps?

Geezer

 

I think this is just a general internet thing.

Ultimate Bulletin Board stores the threads in a static HTML page. Then when people add a post it re-builds that page and saves it again.

This means that your browser does not know that it is a dynamic page and assumes it will stay the same each time you look at it.

If you have recently looked at a thread, you may have to refresh the page to force your browser to actuall request the new version of the page from the site.

Regards

webmaster

 

Does your internet connection go through a proxy. Some companies have 'intelligent' proxies that also cache pages.

Some ISPs (including Freeserve) also use a proxy - whether you configure it in your browser or not (sneaky!). Since I moved from Claranet to Freeserve I noticed this issue as well even when I do a refresh. Eventually the replies appear though - I guess when the proxy (or whatever) decides to fetch the page again.

Regards
James