Future Publish Issue

[My Sharona]

I have a case where, in an effort to get work done during down times, I am creating threads for future publish. Threads with a future publish date are fine as long as they post when that future date is set. Threads that are set to future publish and I then need to 'Publish' before the set time (by utilizing the 'Moderation Actions' button at the top of said thread (utilizing the 'Publish' option)), do not hold a cookie that sets your read posts. By clicking the 'Unread Posts' button, no matter where you were/are in the thread, you are taken to the first post.

I have inspected this on several browsers and it is not browser specific.

As an aside, there is no 'Publish' option in the 'Moderation Actions' at the bottom of a thread.

I hope my explanation is somewhat clearer than mud.

 

TYIA for your attention to this matter. 🍻

[Marc]

Unfortunately, Im really not sure what you mean here. Do you have an example that I can maybe take a look at? That may make this clearer

[My Sharona]

Example:

I create a thread, set a future publishing date. I set the date beyond my intended publish date because I can't possibly know the exact time I will have to publish it. On the date in question, I move it to the proper forum just before I am set to publish it. When the time arrives, I publish it via the  'Moderation Actions' button at the top of said thread. Thread publishes. Users post to thread. Thread does not track unread replies for users. Every time they click on a, 'Go to first unread post' button, they are instead taken to the first page/post of said thread.

I hope this is a bit more clear, let me know if not.

Edited November 7, 2022 by My Sharona

[Marc]

It is indeed. Sounds like an unintended consequence of using the feature in a way its not really intended to be used. But needs looking at regardless. Do you have an example topic?

[My Sharona]

I do.

I created an end around and deleted the topic. Let me restore it, add a bunch of posts so that it goes to a second page so you can see what it is doing. Give me a bit and I will PM you the particulars.

[My Sharona]

Additionally, this applies to all threads that are future published, the 'Moderation Actions' at the bottom of a thread does not contain the 'Publish' feature like the 'Moderation Actions' at the top of the thread does.

[Marc]

As we have info both here and information you have PMd me, I have created a ticket on this so we can keep things in one place and get things sorted for you

[My Sharona]

Just received an email from @Daniel F stating this is a known issue and that a fix is already being worked on for it.

[Marc]

Always good to hear 🙂 

[My Sharona]

With this last version (4.7.13) this issue has returned.

I have discovered that it only happens when you use the "Publish" via the 'Moderation Actions' button at the top of said thread. If you go into the OP and adjust the date to a minute from whatever the current time is, it publishes and indeed does set the last read function.

Additionally, I don't believe the aspect where the 'Moderation Actions' at the bottom of the thread, was ever updated to include the 'Publish' function.

 

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Jim M]

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention! I can confirm this should be further reviewed and I have logged an internal bug report for our development team to investigate and address as necessary, in a future maintenance release.

 

[Daniel F]

Are you still reproducing this with the recent version?

[My Sharona]

2 hours ago, Daniel F said:

Are you still reproducing this with the recent version?

I haven't upgraded to the latest release just yet. Is this supposedly fixed in 4.7.14?

[Daniel F]

13 hours ago, My Sharona said:

I haven't upgraded to the latest release just yet. Is this supposedly fixed in 4.7.14?

Yes.

[My Sharona]

3 hours ago, Daniel F said:

Yes.

Okay, I will try and update one of the sites next week and let you know. Thank you for addressing this matter, much appreciated.

[My Sharona]

On 11/8/2023 at 10:29 AM, Daniel F said:

Are you still reproducing this with the recent version?

@Daniel F No, the issue remains. No last read cookie is loaded.

I can't be sure (I'm not sure this existed previously) but I think there is a slight difference now though. When going to a thread that has been published ahead of schedule by using the moderation actions function at the top of the thread, while still going to the first page of the thread, regardless, it will now insert the Unread Replies line. Which is somewhat helpful, as it will let you know where you left off but is not how it should work.

Additionally, there is still no Publish button within the Moderation Actions  button at the bottom of the thread.

Thanks for looking into this. Looking forward to hopefully getting it resolved.

Edited November 15, 2023 by My Sharona

[My Sharona]

@Daniel F
I can send you a link if you want.

[Daniel F]

1 hour ago, My Sharona said:

Additionally, there is still no Publish button within the Moderation Actions  button at the bottom of the thread.

That's correct, there's no such feature in the core

1 hour ago, My Sharona said:

I can't be sure (I'm not sure this existed previously) but I think there is a slight difference now though. When going to a thread that has been published ahead of schedule by using the moderation actions function at the top of the thread, while still going to the first page of the thread, regardless, it will now insert the Unread Replies line. Which is somewhat helpful, as it will let you know where you left off but is not how it should work.

So what you#re saying is:

You've created a topic which should be published in e.g. 2 weeks.

Then you have used the "Publish" link from the moderation menu to publish it and now you're seeing the unread replies indicator . Just to be sure, there were NO posts when you clicked "publish" ? 

[My Sharona]

3 hours ago, Daniel F said:

That's correct, there's no such feature in the core

Understood. However, and it's not a big deal either way but, it just seems like it should be, considering every other function that is listed in the top moderation actions button, are present in the bottom, moderation actions button.

 

3 hours ago, Daniel F said:

So what you#re saying is:

You've created a topic which should be published in e.g. 2 weeks.

Then you have used the "Publish" link from the moderation menu to publish it and now you're seeing the unread replies indicator . 

Correct. 
 

3 hours ago, Daniel F said:

Just to be sure, there were NO posts when you clicked "publish" ? 

Yes... as you can not post to a thread that hasn't been published yet.

[Marc]

This issue has been resolved in the recently released 4.7.15 version. Please update your site if you are still experiencing the issue, and let us know if you see any reoccurrence.