4.5 Side Blocks - topic feed - issue

[bern5]

Since upgrading to 4.5 the side block - Topic Feed directs all users to the start of the topic  instead of the 'last unread' reply.

is this an error?

 

[Daniel F]

Since 4.5 users can configure where they want to be redirected https://invisioncommunity.com/settings/links/

 

[bern5]

OK thankyou..  Users are also saying the New Topics use to be in bold (UNREAD) but now they are all showing as READ.

have we lost this ?

Edited November 3, 2020 by bern5

[bfarber]

Read/unread topic status cannot be represented in a sidebar block because the block is cached and reused for all users.

[bern5]

6 hours ago, bfarber said:

Read/unread topic status cannot be represented in a sidebar block because the block is cached and reused for all users.

Is this a change since 4.5 ?  as all my users said it was there before?

[bfarber]

19 hours ago, bern5 said:

Is this a change since 4.5 ?  as all my users said it was there before?

The behavior you are describing may have appeared to be there previously, however it did not work correctly unless you had block caching set so low that block caches were effectively not being used.

[bern5]

3 hours ago, bfarber said:

The behavior you are describing may have appeared to be there previously, however it did not work correctly unless you had block caching set so low that block caches were effectively not being used.

OK is there a setting for block cache?   or is it the sitewide cache setting.

[Morrigan]

What they are saying is that this has been fully removed from this version because it would show whoever refreshed the page last when the cache was cleared. So it could have been showing unread topics for someone else that just happened to be the first person to refresh after the cache.

 

[bern5]

OK so it has been removed. great i can let the community know.