Hosted forums unfollowed by itself

RolandIRL

I noticed earlier this evening that 2 forums (in Hosted cat) disappeared by themselves from my User CP. Added them again no problem though

EDIT: and all my thread subs/follows for the 2 forums disappeared as well.

EDIT 2: whenever i post in the threads in the fora, they're not being added to "my threads" either (even though it's set to add threads when i post in them), i have to manually add them. Weird

RolandIRL

Update: it just seems to be one of the two forums whose threads that i'm not being subscribed to. It's private, so will i PM the link to one of ye?

Boards.ie: Danny

You can post the link directly if you like, those users without permission won't be able to see the forum anyway

RolandIRL

Here ya go - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1305

Boards.ie: Danny

Right so, I've subbed to that forum - when are you being unsubscribed?

Can I get the link to the other forum you were magically unfollowed from?

RolandIRL

Other forum: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1261

I was unsubbed from both fora on Saturday night (after i became the NUIG mod). I haven't been unsubbed again from the fora. But in the first forum i linked, any threads i post in, i have to manually follow them. In the second forum, i am subbed when i post.

Boards.ie: Danny

Thanks, I've got a starting point now so I'll see if I can find out what may have happened

RolandIRL

Cheers Danny

Jonathan

It is probably the age old vBulletin bug which causes you to be unsubscribed from private fora when you change usergroup.

pickarooney

Yeah, I remember losing a few of these when I was moved to the mod user group.

RolandIRL

ah right, at least it's a known bug so

what about not being subbed to threads from one of the forums? did ye experience that with this bug?

RolandIRL

Gentle bump...still not being subbed to threads in the f=1035 forum. it's only a minor annoyance anyway, i'm not too bothered by it if ye guys are too busy thanks

Boards.ie: Danny

Hey,

I was very busy over the last while, and still am quite busy. However I've a little more time to spend running through existing issues for the next two days, your issue has been assigned to me so I'll get looking into it today or tomorrow and keep you informed

Danny

RolandIRL

Ta very much, Danny...appreciate it

Boards.ie: Danny

Just a quick update to confirm that the bug that nukes your private forum subscriptions happens when you change primary or additional usergroups. Now to find out why...

And following that, I'll check out your other issue

RolandIRL

I think it must only happen with changing to the mod usergroup. I don't remember private fora subs being removed when i switched to the subscriber group back in July (?) for a period, if that helps

Boards.ie: Danny

Tracking down this bug led me to a few little bugs in the Admin CP, it was a vicious cycle of bugfinding/fixing that I thought would never end

Nonetheless, the cycle did end and that bug was squashed. The changes will go live shortly, so this shouldn't be an issue for anybody else.

Are you still having issues subscribing to that forum you told me about?

RolandIRL

When my sub to that forum was cleared, it got rid of all my subbed threads in that forum, but my User CP still thinks that i'm subbed to them so doesn't add it to "My Threads", so when i post in a thread i didn't post in before, it adds a sub.

jesus that's headwrecking...

I think i fixed it there by clearing all my subbed threads from my User CP. when i post in threads, it adds a sub now regardless. Reason for no problems with the other private forum was cos i had no subbed threads there. I had loads with the LPA forum.

So no trouble now thanks for all your help Danny.

Boards.ie: Danny

Roland Deschain wrote: »

When my sub to that forum was cleared, it got rid of all my subbed threads in that forum, but my User CP still thinks that i'm subbed to them so doesn't add it to "My Threads", so when i post in a thread i didn't post in before, it adds a sub.

jesus that's headwrecking...

I think i fixed it there by clearing all my subbed threads from my User CP. when i post in threads, it adds a sub now regardless. Reason for no problems with the other private forum was cos i had no subbed threads there. I had loads with the LPA forum.

So no trouble now thanks for all your help Danny.

You're very welcome. I've reproduced exactly what you said happens. When you're unsubbed from threads following a usergroup change and reply to them your subscription isn't re-added, but if you reply to a fresh thread you've never subbed to then it gets added.

Fear not, I'll get this bug too, looking forward to closing off this issue completely

Boards.ie: Danny

And all was well with subscriptions again