I'll start right off by saying I know I broke something (with the help of BlueHost tech support), I'm thinking it's a simple fix - after all, it was easy to break smile But I'm at a loss as to what to fix.

The problem:
When a user goes into a particular forum, any threads with new posts are highlighted correctly. However, when a user goes into a thread, it doesn't take them to the newest unread post. Instead, it takes them to the first post in the thread, even if they've read that post already. Next, when the user goes back to that particular forum, any other threads with unread posts are no longer highlighted.

The history:
We started getting the "max_input_vars too low" error prior to this problem. So I contacted BlueHost support, and they walked me through the simple task of using "MultiPHP INI Editor" to update "max_input_vars" from 1000 to 3000. The "too low" error went away.

Later, I noticed none of the attachments to any posts would appear or could be downloaded. I contacted BlueHost again, and their solution was to rename the .HTACCESS file to .HTACCESS1 to effectively disable it. That worked, but the "too low" error message was back. And, in looking through the HTACCESS1 file, I noticed a "max_input_time" variable in addition to "max_input_vars" which surprised me, since I didn't intentionally change the value from the default of 60 to 600. So I used "MultiPHP INI Editor" again, entered 3000 for max_input_vars, 60 for max_input_time, and saved the results. Now the attachments were working again, and the "too low" error message was gone.

But, I now have the new problem with unread post tracking. I suspect the PHP.INI and .HTACCESS files were changed to 'standard/generic' files and are missing some key entry (or entries). Unfortunately, I didn't save a copy of either one prior to making these changes.

The Environment
UBBThreads version 7.7.3, no modifications from stock install.
PHP 5.6.40
Hosted by BlueHost

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Last edited by KirkW; 06/16/2020 12:34 AM.