Technical question - Mark Forums Read
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:44 pm
There is something I noticed soon after the forum was upgraded, but it's taken til now for me to muster up the energy to mention it (I'm a lazy old sod).
Previously, when I would browse into the forum section, the subsections that contained posts that I hadn't read since the last time I'd been there had the little red/white shield icon to alert me. Within the subforums (subforae?), a similar icon highlighted threads with new (since last visit) posts. Conveniently, when I would come back the next day (or so), only those forums (forae?) and threads that had new activity since my last visit would be similarly icon-ed.
Now, it seems that in order for only new activity to be highlighted on my next visit, I either have to have read every new thread the last time, or remember to have clicked the little "Mark Forums Read" thingy before I left the last time. Otherwise, everything starts to be marked as "new activity", no matter how old.
I've poked around the User Control Panel to see if there is a switch to flick in order to make this function automatic, but I have thus far failed to find it - if it exists.
I rather enjoyed the automatic "mark as read" function. Having to remember to manually click the thingy with each visit is slightly more annoying than overseeing gong farmers.
Is there any respite available for an aromatically challenged, lazy old sod?
Alan
Previously, when I would browse into the forum section, the subsections that contained posts that I hadn't read since the last time I'd been there had the little red/white shield icon to alert me. Within the subforums (subforae?), a similar icon highlighted threads with new (since last visit) posts. Conveniently, when I would come back the next day (or so), only those forums (forae?) and threads that had new activity since my last visit would be similarly icon-ed.
Now, it seems that in order for only new activity to be highlighted on my next visit, I either have to have read every new thread the last time, or remember to have clicked the little "Mark Forums Read" thingy before I left the last time. Otherwise, everything starts to be marked as "new activity", no matter how old.
I've poked around the User Control Panel to see if there is a switch to flick in order to make this function automatic, but I have thus far failed to find it - if it exists.
I rather enjoyed the automatic "mark as read" function. Having to remember to manually click the thingy with each visit is slightly more annoying than overseeing gong farmers.
Is there any respite available for an aromatically challenged, lazy old sod?
Alan