Bug Reporting Thread

Thread title wraps in ID, but does not wrap in firefox. That might be browser dependent. Times and dates are displayed for me in IE and in firefox.Note:- earlier this morning, I browsed through my cookies, and removed every "" cookie I could find. I then logged into the site. This was to avoid conflicts between cookies for the old dBoard version and the current version. I'm not sure it is needed, since the problems that led me to do this were probably related to the date screw-up. But if you are having problems, then starting with freshly baked cookies might be a good idea.

1: what browser and operating system are you using?2: try changing your profile timezone to using the board time settings.I'm thinking that maybe some browsers don't make the time info available. I see time info with firefox, IE, mozilla. I haven't tried others.

Several others have reported this. It only affects some people. It might be browser dependent, or depend on whether you allow javascript.The simple fix is to set your profile timezone to using the boards time zone.

I am getting them, with the same browser.I did manually delete all cookies, then login again. I'm not sure if that made a difference.

As an experiment, I tried a different computer where I had used evcforum before the change but not since.Sure enough, it did not show the time.I tried the various things I have suggested, such as deleting cookies. The time still did not show.I then edited my profile to switch to board time. Now the times showed.
I then edited my profile again to switch to local time. The times still showed.There is apparently something flaky going on that causes times to not display, but which is corrected by switching times to board then back to local. Perhaps an initial cookie setting is wrong, and the double switching causes the cookie to be updated to the correct value.Incidently, this is with mozilla 1.4 on solaris.

You are logged out after 30 minutes of apparent inactivity (I think). Then when you next do something you are logged back in using values from cookies.Maybe sitting idle for 30 minutes fixes the time problem.I tried yet another computer, and had no problems on that one. It's the gremlins.

I'm currently counting 7 cookies from evcforum. One of them is for SessionBeginTime, so that obviously needs periodic updating. You might just be seeing the same cookies being periodically updated.

That's what I do. It isn't causing problems. Deleting cookies causes problems if the board software expects them to be there.

An additional comment.For evcforum to work smoothly, there needs to be some state information (information on the current state of your use of evcforum). It is storing this information in cookies on your computer.I also use another forum, which keeps the corresponding state information in its own database instead of in cookies.Now which do you find more of a privacy threat:
(a) a site such as evcforum that keeps state information in cookies on your computer, where you can inspect them at will and delete them at will;
(b) a site (such as my other forum) that keeps state information in its own database where you cannot tell what information is kept on you, you cannot delete it, you have no control.Personally, I think (a) is less of a privacy threat.As it happens, I trust the other forum. Thus I am not too worried about the dossier they maintain on me. And the database method does have the advantage that it remembers which posts I have read, regardless of whether I read them on my home computer or my work computer.In my opinion, some people are a little too paranoid over browser cookies.

I normally don't use IE. However I gave it a try. I am writing this reply using IE.I'm not having any problems. IE is working fine, and keeping me logged in.What are your cookie settings tools -> internet options -> privacy ?I'm using the installed defaults (medium, blocks third party cookies in some circumstances). This is with XP pro, but probably similar on other systems using IE6.

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As Admin previously explained, just about any key click at evcforum will update a cookie. But you should not see thousands of cookies accumulating unless your browser is badly broken. The new cookies are replacing previous cookies (updating them). There should only be around 7 cookies total from evcforum.

When clicking this link
http://www.evcforum.net/cgi-bin/dm.cgi?action=msg&f=13&t=73&m=117#117
from a reference in the "All Topics" page, I received the error message
Message 117 of thread of forum Origin of Life does not exist. Please click your back button and try again.I manually changed the link in my browser to 116 (in place of 117). And there, sure enough, was message 117, listed as "Message 117 of 116".Rechecking the thread, I see that the original URL now works. However, there are now two messages numbered 117.Incidently, shouldn't the error message refer to the thread rather than the forum?

Yes, login that continues to the next session depends on cookies. If you delete those, you will need to login for each browser session.Maybe your browser cookie controls allows exception for a site. If so, you could try allowing it to keep evcforum cookies. It isn't just the login that you lose. You also lose the record of which threads you have fully read (as show by the blue indicator).

The images (smilies, the suspended icon) in the FAQ are showing up as broken.

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