Thread Tracking System [library support]

[Wormopolis]

support thread for plugin at

www.proboards.com/library/plugins/item/580

As your members visit each thread, it saves the thread id so that when they look at the thread title again it will have a new class added to it.  You setup the class in your forum CSS.  so for example:

.thread-viewed {font-weight: bold; color:#FF0000}

the plugin will also track if they posted in that thread or not, and add a new class to the thread title.

.thread-posted {color:#FFFF00}

you can do any CSS you want on those classes.


you can also single out a specific board by putting its id into the class selector:

.thread-posted.board-12 {color:#0000FF}

[wanderingjedi]

Site Link: starwarsrevival.freeforums.net 

Hi Wormopolis, 
 
So I was looking into putting this on my site: I was going into CSS Style Sheets under themes to put this in. It wasn't working; am I doing something wrong? Perhaps the wrong place? 

Thanks, 

Shaki

[Wormopolis]

what did you put into the CSS? this ine is harder to troubleshoot because it uses a personal user key to store data, which I cant examine for content.

[wanderingjedi]

Just at the bottom. I wasn't sure where to put it in the CSS code. IT wouldn't take, it wasn't letting me save it.

[Wormopolis]

wait wait.. the CSS wasnt let you save the new css? did it give some sort of error?

[wanderingjedi]

Yeah, let me go get a screenshot and I'll post it in my next thread.

[wanderingjedi]

Wormopolis


It could very well be I'm not doing something right... 

[Wormopolis]

ok "CSS stuff" wasnt meant to be taken literally. you need to put actual CSS in there.

www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

[Ace Of Charts]

What CSS would I need to insert a little image next to the thread's title? Would it be possible to do that instead of reformatting the text itself?

[Wormopolis]

.thread-posted:before {content:url('URL TO IMG');}

[Ace Of Charts]

Thank you much, Wormo. You deserve much praise.

[Wormopolis]

basically ANY CSS can now be applied to those thread titles.

[Former Member]

Does this work with heavily modified layout templates?

[Wormopolis]

there is no way to answer that really. you guys always find a way to make the one modification that makes it impossible to find stuff. it would just have to be tried and if it didnt work, see if the template could have something small added to help it.

it comes at a sacrifice to speed. you could tell a code to search all 500 font tags on a page for something, or you could tell it to search for all font tags within a certain div tag within a certain td tag - which narrows it down to 10 or something. but if a heavy template modification has pulled that font tag out of the div, it no longer gets checked.

[Ace Of Charts]

Something is wrong.

All threads that have been viewed or posted in are using the picture for whichever condition is listed last in the CSS.

Moreover, if I list the designation for "Posted" threads last, it doesn't even bother marking viewed threads at all. It only marks them if I list "Viewed" last.

This's what I've got in the style sheet:

/* Thread Tracking System Settings */
a.thread-posted:before { content:url('http://i1149./o592/AceOfCharts/Website-Related/Moriya%20Shrine%20Forums/Non-Nav%20Buttons/PostedwithSpace_zpsdae71d73.png'); }
a.thread-viewed:before { content:url('http://i1149./o592/AceOfCharts/Website-Related/Moriya%20Shrine%20Forums/Non-Nav%20Buttons/SeenwithSpace_zps31f2e3e3.png'); }