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== Unknown Action ==
==Why Is My New Thread Indicator Missing==
Usually, you can see in the Who's Online section some users (or even guests) which action is displayed as ''"Unknown Action"''. You may found this strange and suspicious but it's not at all. This action appears when you have a [[Modifications|Modification]] installed in your forum and this modification doesn't declare itself properly, so the forum doesn'r recognize what is the user doing.
When using a language other than English, the new thread indicator might be missing. This is because you have installed a custom theme after installing a language. This will cause the indicator to be missing in the new theme.


== Nothing, or nothing you can see... ==
To solve this problem, in your forum's directory, go to ''Themes > Your current theme > English'' and copy the two files ''(index.php and new.gif)''. Return to your theme's folder and create a folder (if it has not yet been created) and name it according to the language that your forum is using. For example, if you are using Spanish_es UTF-8, create a folder and name it ''"spanish_es-utf8"''. Finally, paste the two files into the folder.
Also, is very common to see the ''"Nothing, or nothing you can see..."'' action. In most of cases, as regular user you may see many times this action if you navigate to the Who's Online section. It means that you don't have permissions to see what an user is doing, for example, if they are posting in a board that you can't see.
But also, as an administrador you can also see this action in regular users. In this case, it means that users are trying to access a deleted message or topic or other pages that doesn't exists.


== Why do I see my guests viewing threads in Who's Online when they cant view the forum? ==
If you want the indicator to be displayed in your preferred language, you can make your own indicator and place it in the folder you created previously (in this case '' spanish_es-utf8'') within your theme's images folder and name it ''"new.gif"''.
Is it possible to avoid [[Guest|Guests]] view the forum by unchecking the ''"Allow guests to browse the forum"'' in ''Admin > Configuration > Features and Options > General''. If you uncheck this options, guests will not have access to any part of the forum, and they will be forced to log in or register. Even with this feature enabled, some guests will be viewing threads in the Who's Online section.
The reason are Spiders. Spiders are internet bots used for web indexing (such as Google or Yahoo) and they will be accessing your threads normally to index them.
Is it possible to know how many spiders are currently in your forum. To obtain this, you must first enable the ''"Search Engine Tracking"'' feature placed in ''Admin >  Configuration > Core Features''. Once it's enabled, you can navigate to ''Members > Search Engines > Settings'' and change the ''"Show spiders in the online list"'' according to your needs as well as configure other aspects related to Spiders.

Latest revision as of 15:20, 12 August 2016

Why Is My New Thread Indicator Missing

When using a language other than English, the new thread indicator might be missing. This is because you have installed a custom theme after installing a language. This will cause the indicator to be missing in the new theme.

To solve this problem, in your forum's directory, go to Themes > Your current theme > English and copy the two files (index.php and new.gif). Return to your theme's folder and create a folder (if it has not yet been created) and name it according to the language that your forum is using. For example, if you are using Spanish_es UTF-8, create a folder and name it "spanish_es-utf8". Finally, paste the two files into the folder.

If you want the indicator to be displayed in your preferred language, you can make your own indicator and place it in the folder you created previously (in this case spanish_es-utf8) within your theme's images folder and name it "new.gif".



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