Upgraded from 3.6 to 3.8.8 to get "mark forums read security token was invalid"

[NumNum]

Upgraded from 3.6 to 3.8.8 to pave the way for vb5.1 and get the above error. I hope to resolve this prior to rolling out vb5.1 I have tried the recommended changes listed throughout this forum to no avail. Below is a shot of my edited template. I am obviously missing something. I know this is old school, but I hope someone can help.

PHP Code:

        <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread&amp;markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
            <if condition="$show['member']">            
            <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>            
        </if>            
    </if>
    $template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
    <if condition="$show['member']">
        <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
    </if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

<br />
<if condition="$show['forumdesc']">
    <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%"><strong>$foruminfo[title]</strong> <span class="smallfont">$foruminfo[description]</span></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    <br />
</if>

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
    
    <if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
    <!-- header quick search form -->
    <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_search_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">$vbphrase[search_forums]</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
                <form action="search.php?do=process" method="post">
                    <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="quicksearch" value="1" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="childforums" value="1" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="exactname" value="1" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
    <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
                    <div><input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="25" tabindex="1001" /><input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[go]" tabindex="1004" /></div>
                    <div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
                        <label for="rb_nb_sp0"><input type="radio" name="showposts" value="0" id="rb_nb_sp0" tabindex="1002" checked="checked" />$vbphrase[show_threads]</label>
                        &nbsp;
                        <label for="rb_nb_sp1"><input type="radio" name="showposts" value="1" id="rb_nb_sp1" tabindex="1003" />$vbphrase[show_posts]</label>
                    </div>                    
                </form>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
        </tr>
        $template_hook[navbar_search_menu]
        </table>
    </div>
    <!-- / header quick search form -->
    </if>

    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <!-- user cp tools menu -->
    <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        
        <tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[quick_links]</td></tr>        
        <if condition="$vboptions['enablesearches']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td></tr></if>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td></tr> 


[kh99]

I don't see anything wrong with the 'mark forums read' part. Do you have any sort of page caching going on?

[NumNum]

No, the memory is flushed when browser is closed. I even performed this manually. This problem is experienced by all users from different workstations.

[kh99]

Oh, now I see, 'mark forums read' is there twice. The first one has &markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken] as part of the url, and the second one doesn't. So you need to make sure both urls have that part.

[NumNum]

Originally Posted by kh99

Oh, now I see, 'mark forums read' is there twice. The first one has &markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken] as part of the url, and the second one doesn't. So you need to make sure both urls have that part.

You, my friend, are awesome! That was the culprit.

I appreciate your time and input.
:up:

[Lynne]

You realize that none of your styles or modifications will work in vB5, right?

[NumNum]

Originally Posted by Lynne

You realize that none of your styles or modifications will work in vB5, right?

But they can be reconfigured, correct?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by NumNum

But they can be reconfigured, correct?

No.

[NumNum]

I guess I wasn't clear on my question, which caused me confusion as well. So I played around with the trial software and it does meet my needs (adding links, scaling down links, etc).

The only thing I couldn't find is setting the default font size for the forum to something different. I will just have to play.

Thanks for the input!

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by NumNum

But they can be reconfigured, correct?

If you are a competent PHP coder, then you could probably recode them. But, it isn't an easy upgrading to the modifications like it was with vB3 mods to work on vB4. It is totally different. And the database structure is totally different.