View Mark for new posts

[tt15fan]

I would love to see where the new posts start on a thread. For example: When I log in and view new posts in whatever thread I will see where the "old" posts (the ones that I have already read) separated by a view mark for the new posts that have been posted since the last time I stopped by. I have seen this feature on other forums and it is great because then you don't have to scroll over posts you have already read. I love proboards but it is the one thing that makes my grumble sometimes. hehehe I know my members would love to see that too!

Side note: I know about the "new topic" button as well as the last ten posts option as well. I would love to see those features stay but with the "view mark" bar added to those.

Thanks for hearing out my opinion

[Ryan Roos]

In v5 (and v4) when you click on the new icon you are taken to the newest post you haven't read (previously loaded). Everything above the post you arrive at in the thread is already read (previously loaded) by you.

The new v5 feature to improve this further involves posting. When you reply to a thread with a post you are now taken to the newest post you haven't read (previously viewed).

Example: You visited a thread that is two pages long yesterday. When you visited it there were only 2 posts on page 2. You read the whole thread. Today when you visited the board you noticed that the thread was now 10 pages long. You click the 'New' icon next to the thread title. You are taken directly to page 2 post 3, because it is the newest post you haven't read (method up above). You start reading the thread. You read page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, and when you get to page 6 someone says something really funny and you want to reply. So you either quote them or click Reply and get taken to the reply page. You type up a message and click Post. You are taken to the first post of page 7, because you haven't read it (previously loaded) it yet (method up above). You finish reading the thread and arrive at page 10 where your post is. The End.

Another Example for method: Let's just say you are in a busy thread, 10 people posting a minute. You have read everything up to the end of the thread and you decide to reply. But you take 30 seconds on the reply page. When you post you will be taken to any of the new posts you missed, about 3, above your own. Meaning you don't miss a thing.

If you want something more visual than actually arriving at the post you would need to experiment with plugins or template modification. I'm not positive that it's possible but it could be. It won't be a default feature, we've already coded it to work in a way that solves this problem. You might be able to piggyback that functionality with a visual cue of some sort.

[tt15fan]

Thank you very much for the information!