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« on: August 06, 2008, 07:36:41 » |
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You know the one where you could see posts since your last visit?
Having only found this a couple of months ago and now gotten very used to it
Its annoying that its not there anymore - or maybe it is and I just dont see it!
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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Phil
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2008, 09:03:11 » |
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Hiya Mookie,
I'm not aware of any changes having been made for some while now to the actual way the forum is arranged and presented, only a few background tweaks to make it more secure from prowlers.
The only thing I can think of is, at the top right-hand side of the screen, underneath the photo which currently shows some overgrown track and a bridge, can you see where it shows the date and time? Immediately to the right of that there's a little box containing either a + or a - sign.
Press that, and it either switches on (+) the web part beneath it which includes the "Show unread posts" link, or hides it from view (-). It could be that you have accidentally pressed that, maybe?
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« Last Edit: August 06, 2008, 09:13:57 by Phil »
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Mookiemoo
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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2008, 09:10:16 » |
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Yep - thats where it USED to be - its not there now - at least not for me  |
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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Phil
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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2008, 09:14:44 » |
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I've just had an idea and edited my post so you may want to try plan B!
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2008, 11:32:27 » |
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2019, 12:03:58 » |
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I started a thread http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=21169.0 then went away. Came back to the forum a little later, clicked on the new posts icon next to that topic and the first I saw was reply #2. I wouldn't have seen reply #1 at all if it hadn't been quoted in #2 (or unless I'd looked at the reply numbers, but I wouldn't). What's going on? There were no replies when I left the forum immediately after starting the thread. |
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2019, 12:31:16 » |
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I started a thread http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=21169.0 then went away. Came back to the forum a little later, clicked on the new posts icon next to that topic and the first I saw was reply #2. I wouldn't have seen reply #1 at all if it hadn't been quoted in #2 (or unless I'd looked at the reply numbers, but I wouldn't). What's going on? There were no replies when I left the forum immediately after starting the thread. Do you mean the icon with the tooltip "Last post"? |
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grahame
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2019, 12:36:52 » |
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There wouldn't be ... people take time to read and respond. Came back to the forum a little later, clicked on the new posts icon next to that topic and the first I saw was reply #2. I wouldn't have seen reply #1 at all if it hadn't been quoted in #2 (or unless I'd looked at the reply numbers, but I wouldn't). What's going on? Does "went away" mean simply click to elsewhere online or logged out of the forum? If you simply click elsewhere, the forum has no way of knowing you've gone away and has to guess whether or not you're reading, writing, or have gone away and are looking for something different for lunch. I suspect reply #1 was made during that "guess he may still be here" period. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2019, 14:07:52 » |
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Does "went away" mean simply click to elsewhere online or logged out of the forum? If you simply click elsewhere, the forum has no way of knowing you've gone away and has to guess whether or not you're reading, writing, or have gone away and are looking for something different for lunch. I suspect reply #1 was made during that "guess he may still be here" period. I mean I closed that tab and went elsewhere webwise without logging out. I've got it set to automatically log me in or never log me out or whatever (saves remembering the password  ). Does that count me as being still logged in even when the forum isn't open? I'd never thought of it! Anyway, if so, that would explain it. Thanks. PS. I like cucumber but not pineapple. |
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grahame
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« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2019, 15:51:14 » |
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Does "went away" mean simply click to elsewhere online or logged out of the forum? If you simply click elsewhere, the forum has no way of knowing you've gone away and has to guess whether or not you're reading, writing, or have gone away and are looking for something different for lunch. I suspect reply #1 was made during that "guess he may still be here" period. I mean I closed that tab and went elsewhere webwise without logging out. I've got it set to automatically log me in or never log me out or whatever (saves remembering the password ). Does that count me as being still logged in even when the forum isn't open? I'd never thought of it! Anyway, if so, that would explain it. Thanks. Yes, you're still counted as being here ... one of the conundrums of analysing web server logs is that they contain data about when a page was displayed on your browser, but not when you took it down. So if I analyse a log file showing 5 different pages visited ... with intervals of (say) 30 seconds, 25 seconds, 60 seconds and 5 seconds between them, I know your visit lasted at least two minutes - but whether you move straight away from the 5th page when you realised it won't what you wanted, or stopped there for half an hour carefully reading it comes mostly down to guesswork. As a re-assurance, I very very rarely look closely at visits unless something really strange gets flagged up. I think I mentioned the 6000 page requests in an hour a couple of months back. |
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grahame
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2019, 18:04:42 » |
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Sorry, late to the thread - no 'new thread' notification received. ...
When I saw that message earlier today, I wondered if the thread in question had been started while you were 'live' on the forum, but perhaps in a different board. I'm posting here in "News, Help and Assistance" and if I simply post then walk away (to get a coffee - been a tough day) it's all too easy to overlook things posted / started in parallel, as they won't come up as "posted since you were last here". |
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2019, 11:36:19 » |
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I have email notifcations set up to notify me on new threads on boards that I have clicked the 'notify' button on (that's allboards!) and again on threads that I subscribe to. (click notify or post into)
I sometimes don't get an email notifcation of new threads being started.....
(fwiw - another reason not to ban those whose ghet bounces from emails - these email notifications may be bouncing too, not my afult in the slightest - or possibly a fault in the software & not being issued at all)
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2019, 07:29:34 » |
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I have found this a very useful tool in the forum toolbox.
However, is there any chance that this can be modified very slightly to simply 'Show unread posts' please?
For a number of reasons, I was unable to look at the forum for a few days. So, as I fully expected, the 'Show unread posts since last visit' produced more than a page full of thread titles to look through. I spent an hour or so reading some of the threads before having to log out - knowing that there were unread posts in nearly 20 threads. I take another look the following morning and the 'Show unread posts since last visit' function now only has three entries!
I then resort to just looking at the forum as a whole - and only a dozen oards are highlighted as having unread posts as it would appear that there had been (from my visit a couple of days back) multiple unread threads from the same board, but I had read the latest post, rendering the others not immediately obvious unless I clicked on the board title.
(Apologies - rather verbose, but I hope you get the drift!)
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grahame
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« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2019, 08:15:45 » |
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I have found this a very useful tool in the forum toolbox.
However, is there any chance that this can be modified very slightly to simply 'Show unread posts' please?
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(Apologies - rather verbose, but I hope you get the drift!)
Long and useful post. Short answer. Noted and that may come with major software upgrade (note - "may"). Benefit as you describe; disadvantage that posts will "stack up" rather than being cleared at each visit so facility might get jammed and become less useful for some members with other metrics. |
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« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2019, 09:28:23 » |
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I was puzzled by that, as it's not what I see. But then I'm flagged as permanently logged in, so presumably my last visit started 261 days ago and hasn't ended. So, first question, do you need to log out? Note that it's the account that stays logged in - I don't think it matters how may devices you use, though there may be technical issues involved that affect some people.
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