closes #1180

public/src/forum/footer.js

@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ define(['notifications', 'chat'], function(Notifications, Chat) {
 	Chat.prepareDOM();
 	translator.prepareDOM();
 
-	function updateUnreadCount(err, tids) {
+	function updateUnreadCount(err, count) {
-		var count = 0, unreadEl = $('#unread-count');
+		var unreadEl = $('#unread-count');
 
 		if (err) {
 			console.warn('Error updating unread count', err);
-		} else if(tids && tids.length) {
-			count = tids.length;
 		}
 
 		unreadEl

src/socket.io/topics.js

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ SocketTopics.markAllRead = function(socket, data, callback) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
 
-		index.server.sockets.in('uid_' + socket.uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, []);
+		index.server.sockets.in('uid_' + socket.uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, 0);
 
 		callback();
 	});

src/socket.io/user.js

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ SocketUser.getOnlineAnonCount = function(socket, data, callback) {
 };
 
 SocketUser.getUnreadCount = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	topics.getUnreadTids(socket.uid, 0, 19, callback);
+	topics.getTotalUnread(socket.uid, callback);
 };
 
 SocketUser.getActiveUsers = function(socket, data, callback) {

src/topics.js

@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	};
 
 	Topics.getTotalUnread = function(uid, callback) {
-		Topics.getUnreadTids(uid, 0, 21, function(err, tids) {
+		Topics.getUnreadTids(uid, 0, 20, function(err, tids) {
-			callback(err, {count: tids ? tids.length : 0});
+			callback(err, tids ? tids.length : 0);
 		});
 	};
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		}
 
 		async.whilst(function() {
-			return unreadTids.length < 20 && !done;
+			return unreadTids.length < 21 && !done;
 		}, function(callback) {
 			Topics.getLatestTids(start, stop, 'month', function(err, tids) {
 				if (err) {
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		});
 
 		async.each(uids, function(uid, next) {
-			Topics.getUnreadTids(uid, 0, 19, function(err, tids) {
+			Topics.getTotalUnread(uid, function(err, count) {
-				websockets.in('uid_' + uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, tids);
+				websockets.in('uid_' + uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, count);
 				next();
 			});
 		}, function(err) {