some background first - it may be relevent
the server was hacked the other week and as a result of that the server people had to put a backup of the datsbase on to get us running again - we lost about 4 weeks of posts
current board is running 3.5.4
am upgrading to 3.8.1 - this is a 3.8 install upgraded to 3.8.1 - new board is still in test stage with a number of mods added - nothing big stuff like who has posted today, how many have visited
did an impex import last night and first problem was that we lost 1000 threads and 11000 posts - cannot rememberthe error message that came up
rest of import went fine - its not a big board 55,000 posts in all over a long time period - has about 25 active members
so after losing the posts and a quick tidy up as i wanted to move a few forums around all looked ok
however when i go to a thread the posts are in alphabetical order on each page - the posts on page 1 cover about a 4 week period - whereas if i click 'last post' for order they are correct and over a few days
i tried making a couple of test posts and whilst they showed as new posts they were not at the top ofthe list when i opened the thread
i tried updating counters again but that did not help
if i click on 'last post' again above the date column - then everything falls into order and my test posts are there
however i leave the settings - if i close the board and re log in then the posts are in alphabetical order
i have learned that many things have changed from 3.5 to 3.8 but i cannot see a setting for this in admin or anywhere else - what am i missing?
EDIT
will leave this as is but would add - having played this morning i am wondering if this is not the import - i have deleted the import and gone back to my installed database and am getting the same problem - will also ask in the troubleshhoting forums
please close and/or delete this if its not an impex problem as i now think
the server was hacked the other week and as a result of that the server people had to put a backup of the datsbase on to get us running again - we lost about 4 weeks of posts
current board is running 3.5.4
am upgrading to 3.8.1 - this is a 3.8 install upgraded to 3.8.1 - new board is still in test stage with a number of mods added - nothing big stuff like who has posted today, how many have visited
did an impex import last night and first problem was that we lost 1000 threads and 11000 posts - cannot rememberthe error message that came up
rest of import went fine - its not a big board 55,000 posts in all over a long time period - has about 25 active members
so after losing the posts and a quick tidy up as i wanted to move a few forums around all looked ok
however when i go to a thread the posts are in alphabetical order on each page - the posts on page 1 cover about a 4 week period - whereas if i click 'last post' for order they are correct and over a few days
i tried making a couple of test posts and whilst they showed as new posts they were not at the top ofthe list when i opened the thread
i tried updating counters again but that did not help
if i click on 'last post' again above the date column - then everything falls into order and my test posts are there
however i leave the settings - if i close the board and re log in then the posts are in alphabetical order
i have learned that many things have changed from 3.5 to 3.8 but i cannot see a setting for this in admin or anywhere else - what am i missing?
EDIT
will leave this as is but would add - having played this morning i am wondering if this is not the import - i have deleted the import and gone back to my installed database and am getting the same problem - will also ask in the troubleshhoting forums
please close and/or delete this if its not an impex problem as i now think
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