sjmmarsh Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 ... Are not that recent and often 12 hours or more old. It it is not a major problem as the tabs above it give a much better interface HOWEVER a discussion I have been having on Pistonheads means that non-members get a very misleading impression of how active the forum is. If you come back a few hours after visiting the forum it will look like nobody has posted.Is this the origin of some of the noise about why Blatchat is dying?It doesn't put the new site in the best light to new visitors - a branding issue we should think about improving?Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted December 20, 2014 Member Share Posted December 20, 2014 Which view is that, please, Steve? And is it affected by being logged in or not?Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 This one:And I don't think it's affected by being logged in or not.I understand that the performance would be even worse if this page had to be recalcualated on every page view, but surely it wouldn't be expensive to recalculate it evey five or ten minutes? Or doesn't the software allow for any form of scheduling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmmarsh Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks RogerYes, that is the view I was referring to. I agree that it is not much different whether you are logged in or not, although when I logged out I did notice that the latest posts were updated to more recent (but still a few hours out of date). Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliW Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 This is a bug that needs addressing urgently in my opinion. As you say, it affects the image of the forum.Oli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted December 21, 2014 Member Share Posted December 21, 2014 Thanks for the screendump: I never use that view. I usually have that set to "New & updated topics". JonathanPS: But I really don't like tabs as display controls on that sort of interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Agree that it doesn't make the forum look busy to potential members looking in, and it was raised as a "bug" several months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 This came up at recent meeting where a couple of members who hadn't been logged in commented that the new forum was very quiet with only a few posts a day!That view is also often expressed on PH so if we are using the site as a 'shop window' to give an accurate impression of an active club and community forum, I think this should be addressed as a matter of importance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Address it with a replacement forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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