1 Topic by rascal (edited by rascal 2004-09-22 15:50)

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Topic: "New post"-mark wont disappear

I am a new user to punbb, thinking about installing it on my server. While I am trying it out here in this forum, i notice that there are marks next to new posts that I havent read. But they do not disappear when i read the posts (even if I reload the page), why is this? I live in Sweden and chose +1CET for time in the prefs.

(I tried the "Mark all posts as read"-function and it made all "New post"-marks go away! But why didnt they go away when i read the messages? Isnt it supposed to?)

TIA

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2 Reply by Paul

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

No they are not supposed to. They indicate "New" posts not "Unread" posts i.e. posts made since last loggin.

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

Ok, but they do not disappear when I log out / log in again.
There are no way to see unread posts? Would be much more interesting than to see new posts made!!

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4 Reply by Paul

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

Do a search. There are a number of threads on this already.

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

I see, there are no such function, but there really should be.. I guess no mod that does it either?

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

I could make this mod, since this is a must-have function for me. I wonder, this new-post mark, you say it should disappear when i log out / log in again later? Or is the only possible way of getting rid of it, clicking that link "Mark all forums as read"? If the latter is true, it should be easy enough to make this mod.
thanks for your patience!

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

The new post markers disappear when you are inactive for a certain time or when you click "Mark all forums as read".

You could make a mod, but it will be rather large. You have to keep track of all topics that the user reads and when he/she read them during the session.

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

Ok. So the reason you didnt implement it is that it takes heavy use of mysql? But really not that heavy, I mean - the posts themselves are of course bigger..?!
Strange no one else lacks this feature, I would consider it one of the most important ones. I shall try to make this mod, I gather you are not much interested in this, or could I ask questions? (Jag är svensk förresten smile

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

You'll see how difficult this is tongue

10 Reply by rascal

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

Really, but other forums have this feature? You have tried yourself?

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

sure, some have it... and to do it in a nice, effective way is hard...

12 Reply by rascal

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

By effective, are you referring to how much work is laid on the server / mysql daemon? Because this will not matter to many ppl (incl me) having only modest traffic on their site.

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

http transfer and/or serverside ...

do a search on this forum, and you'll probalby get a few discussions about this ...

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

I honestly have no use for it. I go to a forum, click "Show new posts since last visit" and then ctrl+click "New posts" for each topic that contains new posts. When I'm done, I leave the forum or if I'm gonna stay, I hit "Mark all forums as read".

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15 Reply by rascal

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

Ok, I see, thanks for your help. I will look in to this a bit more. I have gotten used to this "feature" at the forums I regularly visit, for me it's hard to live without. But I have a hard time seeing that it would generate unbearable traffic / serverCPUcycles, it is a relatively small amount of information we are dealing with ?!
But I understand you want to keep this forum very simple and streamlined, which btw is why it appeals to me! For me though, its so damn close to beeing perfect that I really would like to see this feature in action. But you are discouraging me?

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Re: "New post"-mark wont disappear

rascal wrote:

I have gotten used to this "feature" at the forums I regularly visit, for me it's hard to live without.

I thought the same as soon as I started frequenting this PunBB forum and coming from a phpBB forum that I moderate.

I too asked Rickard for this feature but I have gotten used to it. I'll live with less features as long as the rewards are there in speed and a smaller code base.

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