'Read' topics not marked as read (Page 1 of 2)

No - this is how it's supposed to work.
The only way to fix it is through a mod.

Here's the best mod out there:
http://punres.org/viewtopic.php?id=321

The only thing about punBB - hope it doesn't put you off too much. Once you get past that, it's the best system out there.

its not a bug, it doesn't need fixed and theres no plans to add that functionality, well rickard may be thinking about it but i don't think its a definite feature of 1.3

you read http://punbb.org/about.php ?

i kno its not made to 'please the masses'..... but im sure most people woulda gree that it would be nice if topics were marked as read as soon as they were read. --- neway.. im not fussed

Actually, not really. You can still set it to the normal timeout-time...Maybe just a little longer for conveniece sake.
See - the timer doesn't start until users stop browsing the site. It is reset every time they click a link.

So, the timeout time shouldn't matter. If they're idle, then it should time out - why not?

IMHO, I do think that this is a great idea to be implimented into punBB. I agree with nishkak on this issue (except for the phpBB issue), but I do think that it's just common sense that a post be counted as read as soon as it's read. Why do you need to know if you've posted a reply? You just posted it!
It shouldn't still be counted as unread... Just use logic.

I have and I understand.
However - I do believe that the process could be simplified with simple logic. e.g. - Instead of using even the simplist of units (on and off - 1 and 0), you could eliminate 0 altogether.
My understanding of programming isn't top-notch, but logically it should work without using much space at all...No bloat.

This is already done...How much bloat would it be to add one more variable?

This is already done too, so there wouldn't be any bloat there...

Edit: Connor - Sorry if I come off as arguing and a troublemaker - I'm not. Really, I'm just trying to logically solve a problem. I believe that this feature is very important and can be implimented without bloat at all. Almost every message board system out there has this function - I don't know why punBB has to trail the pack with this single feature.

When I first started in the world of community administration, I tried numerous message board systems...punBB has always been near the top of my list, but the only reason I stayed away from it for so long was this single issue - after learning a little more about the web (programming and such) I realized that just because it was lacking in one place, didn't mean it didn't make up for it in other ways.
But after being a part of this community for a couple months and seeing the way things work, I think that this is very feasible. So, the fact that it lacks in this issue shouldn't be a problem any more.

Whether or not this get added, I'm still going to continue using punBB and loving it - I just think that adding this will only enhance the usability and draw of this fine piece of software.

I also noticed this early on after having moved from phpbb, but I much prefer the punBB solution. I also find the phpbb-solution very unreliable, as it often marked topics "read" even when I hadn't read them, the marking seemed almost random at times.
It's much easier to keep track with punbb, and it's more reliable.

erissiva, there's a mod to display unread topics and then mark them as read?

If so, the problem arises that your user community gets used to this and a new release of PunBB comes out and the mod needs updating and you waits. That's my fear with relying on mods or plugins, etc.

neither of those are held.... i have no idea what your thinking of for the first one, but its not one variable, its one variable per user per topic, if you didn't make them mark themselves as read, and you kept a record in the  database of every read topic then that would be 20777982 more variables for this forum (i know you would make it timeout but you still see the scale of the number of variables)

then for how long you would wait, atm thats the time it takes until it thinks you have idled long enough to have left the site, but if you were recording read topics properly presumably you would want this to be much longer? and anyway, the other problem is all the data thats in the database needs constantly updating, if someoen times out then another user on the forum will have to be slowed down while their (un)read topics are cleared out, or its done when the next sign on which might be better as no one user could get given it all but then you have all the stuff in the database...

And then back to the topic of the mod, there is a mod, it works, just install that

Don't forget about ShawnBrown's PunJS New Posts. It's a drop-in Javascript solution. I don't know if it works with 1.2.5, but I can't see any reason it wouldn't.

I'm not sure I want a JS getting loaded every time that a page is loaded.

ConnorHD - You're right. Like I said - I was just trying to work it out logically.
The only thing I'm afraid of is the mod not getting updated for the next version round.
I've tried getting ahold of the author, but havn't gotten a response yet.