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KnightofLsama Since: Sep, 2010
#1: Oct 18th 2018 at 1:37:13 PM

Short version is that ever since the overhaul the "Mark All Forums As Read" function has been wonky. The pop-up box doesn't always load correctly and for the last two days every time I've tried to use it I get a page that says "I can't do that from where I am"

What's going on?

rachiebird Since: May, 2014
#2: Oct 23rd 2018 at 10:33:29 PM

I've experienced this too. Clicking "Mark all as read" on the main page for the forums brings me to an entirely white page that says "This doesn't work from where you were."

Additionally, clicking "Mark all as read" on a - I'm not sure what the exact term is - subforum? Doing it on any of the subforums such as Trope Repair Shop or Trope Talk frequently jumps straight to the "Are you absolutely sure?" confirmation. (Instead of first asking whether I want to mark everything as read.) And clicking "Yes" fails to mark anything as read.

akanesarumara Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#3: Jun 22nd 2019 at 10:58:56 AM

I have problems with the button too - sometimes it only gives me an "Are you sure?" popup, but if I click OK on that it does not mark the topics as read, so I have to try again and again until I get the longer popup describing "This will mark ALL topics in this forum as read. Is this really what you want to do?" and that will mark the topics as read.

akanesarumara Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#4: Jul 3rd 2019 at 6:11:03 AM

Bumping because the issue just won't go away, and appears on several devices.

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#5: Jul 3rd 2019 at 9:25:37 AM

Yeah, it still doesn't work. Whaddaya want? [lol]

Just make sure it's on the Query Bugs list and it'll be addressed sooner or later.

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Irene Since: Aug, 2012
#6: Jul 3rd 2019 at 8:49:26 PM

I remember seeing it on the Query Bugs.

I can safely say it drives me nuts sometimes. But yeah, can't do much but wait. As annoying as it is, there's some bigger issues than having to wait a minute sometimes to mark a forum read. Like completely broken stuff.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#7: Jul 18th 2019 at 4:24:23 PM

On desktop, I've found that hitting enter while the error message is up will cause it to quickly refresh. It takes a couple tries, but it's faster than refreshing the whole page.

Irene Since: Aug, 2012
#8: Jul 27th 2019 at 6:21:16 PM

I just re-hit the button multiple times. It often takes me 10 or more times on average. Which to be honest is getting severely frustrating. I understand this isn't high priority, but could we get this fixed a bit sooner than later?

Or at least make it so the other button works and marks the current forum read(when all it does in coding is just refresh the page and nothing more). I mean, either way works. I kind of like the idea of one just marking it but not sending you the Forum main page.

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