In a message dated 11/17/2006 11:59:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, courtofchaos@hotmail.com writes: Hi all, I wrote to the help desk about some of my boards being reset to unread. Below is what I received back from the helpdesk. Glad to know that I am not the only one with this problem, does this mean that all our browser are out of their minds? >I believe that is a browser function not a board function. We haven't >gotten >other reports of this but the boards were down briefly last night. I'm >not sure what to say. I'm sorry, it must be frustrating. I do not know >of an easy way to change those back. >HelpDesk Peace, Nina Nina- I'm pretty sure (although not 100% certain) that the read/unread links on the boards are NOT a browser function. You have to be logged in to see them so they must be maintained on the board side--connected in some way to your account login. Joan

>From my long ago school lessons I believe that generally read and un-read links are based on cookies that are used by the web owner but sit on your computer. The web owner accesses these cookies to see what your status is when you log in. If you delete your cookies then you have deleted how the web owner perceives what you have done. Jan B. -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JYoung6180@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 9:02 AM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] Posts reset to unread on boards In a message dated 11/17/2006 11:59:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, courtofchaos@hotmail.com writes: Hi all, I wrote to the help desk about some of my boards being reset to unread. Below is what I received back from the helpdesk. Glad to know that I am not the only one with this problem, does this mean that all our browser are out of their minds? >I believe that is a browser function not a board function. We haven't >gotten >other reports of this but the boards were down briefly last night. I'm >not sure what to say. I'm sorry, it must be frustrating. I do not know >of an easy way to change those back. >HelpDesk Peace, Nina Nina- I'm pretty sure (although not 100% certain) that the read/unread links on the boards are NOT a browser function. You have to be logged in to see them so they must be maintained on the board side--connected in some way to your account login. Joan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If the read/unread links are a browser function then I should not be able to see the bold black visited links on any other computer other than my own is that not correct? However, I was in the library this AM and checked a couple of boards and my visited links were black and bold. Just curious? J. Asche On 11/17/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Nina- > > I'm pretty sure (although not 100% certain) that the read/unread links on > the boards are NOT a browser function. You have to be logged in to see them so > they must be maintained on the board side--connected in some way to your > account login. > > Joan > >

There is a definite difference between Firefox and Internet Explorer on this issue. There is also a color difference between the Rootsweb and Ancestry 'skins'. In IE your Admin Center page shows a color difference for boards you have visitied - not so in Firefox. With both IE and Firefox on RW the read messages are black and the unread blue. With the Ancestry skin both browsers show unread as green. Regards, Sharyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Asche" <jasche45133@gmail.com> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [BAd] Posts reset to unread on boards > If the read/unread links are a browser function then I should not be > able to see the bold black visited links on any other computer other > than my own is that not correct? > > However, I was in the library this AM and checked a couple of boards > and my visited links were black and bold. > > Just curious? > > J. Asche > > On 11/17/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Nina- > > > > I'm pretty sure (although not 100% certain) that the read/unread links on > > the boards are NOT a browser function. You have to be logged in to see them so > > they must be maintained on the board side--connected in some way to your > > account login. > > > > Joan

Sharyn, Many of us went to our boards this morning only to find that change in color that indicates that the link was visited was not longer available. I fixed my boards then I went to the library. Using the library's computer I logged into my account and checked in on my boards again. The visited links were indeed available to me using a computer not my own. Somewhere along today's discussion it was mentioned that the loss of visited links was a browser issue. But that is not possible because I was able to see my visited links as being black both at home using Firefox and black at the library using IE. If it was a browser then I would have seen no visited links at the library's computer. It is true that the colors using the ancestry.com interface is different but the effect is the same. For most of us today we found our visited links were gone, many classifications were gone, and I found a message that I had moved to another list back on the original board. While it's possible the admin moved the message back to my board it would seem unlikely as the message was most appropriate for the board it was moved too. I hope this helps clear up any confusion. J. Asche On 11/17/06, Sharyn Hay <meow8@verizon.net> wrote: > There is a definite difference between Firefox and Internet Explorer on this > issue. There is also a color difference between the Rootsweb and Ancestry > 'skins'. In IE your Admin Center page shows a color difference for boards > you have visitied - not so in Firefox. With both IE and Firefox on RW the read > messages are black and the unread blue. With the Ancestry skin both browsers > show unread as green. > > Regards, > Sharyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Asche" <jasche45133@gmail.com> > To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [BAd] Posts reset to unread on boards > > > > If the read/unread links are a browser function then I should not be > > able to see the bold black visited links on any other computer other > > than my own is that not correct? > > > > However, I was in the library this AM and checked a couple of boards > > and my visited links were black and bold. > > > > Just curious? > > > > J. Asche > > > > On 11/17/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > Nina- > > > > > > I'm pretty sure (although not 100% certain) that the read/unread links on > > > the boards are NOT a browser function. You have to be logged in to see > them so > > > they must be maintained on the board side--connected in some way to your > > > account login. > > > > > > Joan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >