Force Board Not To Show New Posts

[dillonk47polik]

I have a posting games board on my forum, which I do not allow to count towards members' post counts since posting games are unrelated to the forum topics. I was wondering if there was any way to make a particular board not show new posts. Meaning, I don't want the 'new' icon to show up when new posts are made in that board or its threads. I also don't want that board's threads to show in the participated threads list.

Is there any way to do this?
• Not allow 'new' icon to appear for a particular board or its threads
• Not allow threads of a particular board to appear in the participated threads list

[Brian]

You can hide the new icons with CSS, but as long as you have permission to access a board any threads you post in inside that board will always show in the Participated list.

[dillonk47polik]

Can I hide the new icon for one board only, and allow the icon to show for all other boards?

[Brian]

Yes. Place this in that board's headers.

<style type="text/css">
.threads .new-icon { display: none !important; }
</style>

[dillonk47polik]

Thanks Brian

[dillonk47polik]

The new icon is hidden within the board, but the  icon still shows on the main forum page. Is there a way to keep that from showing new for only one board?

[Brian]

You'd need to manually hide it in Themes > Layout Templates > Board > Board List.

Find this line:

<td class="icon">$[board.icon]</td>

Change it to this:

<td class="icon">
    {if $[board.id] == 123}
        <img src="URL TO IMAGE" alt="No New Posts">
    {else}
        $[board.icon]
    {/if}
</td>

Substitute the number in green with the numerical ID of your board (found in its URL when viewing the board) and the text in red with the link to the No New Posts image.

[dillonk47polik]

Thanks again Brian

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