Why have they changed this now ????

[Simonpk]

If I'm not logged in, how come if I now go to PBO forum I only see the new Classic & woody Boat, then Yachting Monthly forum in the list, plus all the other ones I'm not really interested in. But if I log in then Practical Boat Owner appears in the list.

Can't believe this is a security issue for not allowing unregistered users in.

 

[Lakesailor]

If you look at the forum list the only ones without an RSS feed icon are the Lounge and PBO.
Perhaps they did that by accident(?) when setting up the new forum.....

 

[Simonpk]

Ah, I reckon you're right. Let's hope they change it back as it's a bit of a pain in the aris having to log in each time.

 

[vyv_cox]

Ah, I reckon you're right. Let's hope they change it back as it's a bit of a pain in the aris having to log in each time.

Is there a problem with being logged in? I have never seen the problem the OP discusses because I almost never log out. I suspect I have been permanently logged in for up to a year at times.

 

[bert49uk]

Is there a problem with being logged in? I have never seen the problem the OP discusses because I almost never log out. I suspect I have been permanently logged in for up to a year at times.

+1

 

[Steve Clayton]

Whilst establishing the new Classic forum then I believe the issue with the PBO forum was created by something between the chair and the keyboard and a PBO erroneous change was made.

Having been advised by Richard to be explicit in my comments then I suggest that someone checks that certain PBO forum settings are consistent with the other forums viewable when not logged in:

• Show Private Forum - this controls the behavior of this forum when a user does not have permission to it. The options have the following meaning:
  • Use Default - uses the value of the global setting 'Show Private Forums'.
  • No - users without permission to view this forum will not see it anywhere. This is often useful for forums that only administrators and moderators can see.
  • Yes - Hide Post Counts - users without permission to view this forum will see it in the forum list, but they will not be able to see the number of posts in the forum.
  • Yes - Display Post Counts - users without permission to view this forum will see it in the forum list and will even see the number of posts in the forum. However, they will not see the last post information until they have permission to view the forum. This is useful if have a forum that only paying users can access and you wish to entice users to purchase a subscription.

 

[Simonpk]

Is there a problem with being logged in? I have never seen the problem the OP discusses because I almost never log out. I suspect I have been permanently logged in for up to a year at times.

Mine logs me out automatically after about a hour of inactivity.

 

[TonyBuckley]

Mine logs me out automatically after about a hour of inactivity.

Mine never has done that.