Show unread posts since last visit.

[MrCue]

"Show unread posts since last visit."
Recently, when i click this link, it shows me nothing as new. Yet Most of the boards are marked as new, and the new replies link works.

This has been since that awful PHPBB bug.

[[Unknown]]

It's based off sessions.. in other words, since you last were at this site and closed your browser.

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[MrCue]

Ah-ha.
Thank you, that worked.

[HRM]

Hmm...this seems great...Based off eh?
Gonna check that too cause at once" Show unread posts since last visit." doesnt show all the unread things anymore. and that all happens when I let one of my moderators check the admin section.

Or wasnt't it there? I'm looking around now but can't reallly find it although I'm sure I have seen it before.
Anybody an advise?

Thanks in advance.
Ed

[[Unknown]]

I'm adding a darn link to show "all unread posts ever" or something.

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[NoRad]

This is something that drives me crazy because sometimes I'll hit the site at work and need to close the browser before finishing all unread posts since last visit. Well, when I come back to the site, those posts are still UNREAD since my last visit... So why are they gone? =/

Here is a suggestion from one of my users:

Yeah, the feature works in that when you log on, and as an example you choose show unread posts since last visit.

When you click it and the list of threads with new posts pop up, next to each thread title is an arrow, or some other icon. When you click that arrow it takes you to the first reply that was posted after you left. So that you start exactly where you left off, no searching. Great for people with bad memories, or if a thread blows up while you're away and added a bunch of pages.

Doesn't seem like it should be too hard to implement since the software tracks new posts anyways. It would just be a simple link feature. Not big into forum design, but the code seems simple enoughin my head. Seems they would have the module ready to drop in for it.

Also, I remember a feature from snitz where I could do all new posts since --- 2 hours ago, 6 hours, 12 hours, etc...

This way if you missed something due to my reason above you could select the alternative option to show those new posts.

[[Unknown]]

It has this feature.  Click the word "new".

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[NoRad]

I'm not seeing it? I see "Show new replies to your posts" but this link is not the same thing.

[NoRad]

Nevermind, I know what you're talking about.

What about the show new posts in last 6 hours etc?

[[Unknown]]

That wouldn't be too hard, but what's wrong with "all unread posts"?

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[NoRad]

That wouldn't be too hard, but what's wrong with "all unread posts"?

-[Unknown]

If you close the browser and then log back in on my site and then click all unread posts it shows up empty?

[[Unknown]]

That wouldn't be too hard, but what's wrong with "all unread posts"?

-[Unknown]

If you close the browser and then log back in on my site and then click all unread posts it shows up empty?

Click "all"....

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=unread;all

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[NoRad]

I totally don't see that?

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[NoRad]

I'm sorry, but I still don't see that. Is it in my preferences or something?

[Peter Duggan]

What theme are you using?

[NoRad]

I believe I'm using the SMF default theme and I can't see it on this site.

[[Unknown]]

If you go here:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=unread

It's at the very bottom.  If there have been no posts since your last visit, the message should say:

No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics.

What does it say for you?

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[NoRad]

There it is. I see it now. I'm not sure why I could never see that before. Thanks.

[szinski]

Here's an idea:

Change the behavior of the "Show unread posts since last visit" to only include expanded (non-collapsed) categories.

That way a user can collapse all of the categories that they're not interested in reading and the unread posts option will skip over them.