I'm watching.
I didn't get the double post in the first place. In fact, I got no mention of new post. Hmmm.
When you see a double post when you click through on the [x new posts] link from the front page, it's not really a double post. I know that's confusing. I mean it's not really a double post in the sense that an anonymous surfer would not see it doubled. Or more technically, there aren't two identical posts in the database. It just appears that way to you because somehow the post got added twice to the list of your unread posts. This happens sometimes in the editing process.
In any case, this has all been rewritten in the new system to avoid this problem. So I'm not going to worry about it here until the new software is in place. I'm planning on switching over this weekend.
I'd say don't worry about this little problem too much. The data is stable underneath. Outside viewers don't see any problem. And even for members the doubling (when it occasionally happens) isn't real (it doesn't stay doubled in the archive, for instance.)
Excellent bug report by the way. Welcome.
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I didn't get the double post in the first place. In fact, I got no mention of new post. Hmmm.
When you see a double post when you click through on the [x new posts] link from the front page, it's not really a double post. I know that's confusing. I mean it's not really a double post in the sense that an anonymous surfer would not see it doubled. Or more technically, there aren't two identical posts in the database. It just appears that way to you because somehow the post got added twice to the list of your unread posts. This happens sometimes in the editing process.
In any case, this has all been rewritten in the new system to avoid this problem. So I'm not going to worry about it here until the new software is in place. I'm planning on switching over this weekend.
I'd say don't worry about this little problem too much. The data is stable underneath. Outside viewers don't see any problem. And even for members the doubling (when it occasionally happens) isn't real (it doesn't stay doubled in the archive, for instance.)
Excellent bug report by the way. Welcome.
- jim 3-27-2002 2:40 pm