What's New - Update

[MorrisonHiker]

I don't know if it's just me but now my new unwatched threads have all been reset by a month. It's showing lots of threads that haven't been updated in over a month as 'new'. I don't know if it makes any difference, but I tried using some of the links under What's New before I noticed the problem.

 

[Gwgan]

What's New is already in a persistent navbar.

Yes, you are correct here; I find a difference in the What’s New compared to the New Posts pages with the former scrolling poorly and hiding the whole header when scrolling down and the New Posts page hiding only the black header as the page is scrolled up and showing both when scrolled down. I suspect it is connected to the odd ad format of the What’s New page.

 

[doug]

I don't know if it's just me but now my new unwatched threads have all been reset by a month. It's showing lots of threads that haven't been updated in over a month as 'new'. I don't know if it makes any difference, but I tried using some of the links under What's New before I noticed the problem.

err... I just had to adjust something on the back end that might have reset that.

 

[JRP3]

Yeah something got messed up, my unwatched threads are showing a bunch from Nov, and when I click on some of them I can't get to the latest post, even by clicking Go To First Unread, though some I can. weirdness.

 

[JRP3]

Is there a way to mark all threads as read? I can't seem to find it any more.

I see Danny said a bug is hiding it. Hopefully soon squashed.

 

[ohmman]

Yeah something got messed up, my unwatched threads are showing a bunch from Nov, and when I click on some of them I can't get to the latest post, even by clicking Go To First Unread, though some I can. weirdness.

Add me to this list. Loads of old threads look unread when they're not.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Is there a way to mark all threads as read? I can't seem to find it any more.

I see Danny said a bug is hiding it. Hopefully soon squashed.

So, the only place I could find to accomplish this (and it took me at least 5 mins to find it) was NEW POSTS, then near the top, right of the page MARK FORUMS READ.

 

[ohmman]

I guess I'll do that, though I don't like marking everything as read if unnecessary. @doug, is there a path backward on the change, or should we just pull the trigger?

 

[NOLA_Mike]

I guess I'll do that, though I don't like marking everything as read if unnecessary. @doug, is there a path backward on the change, or should we just pull the trigger?

Posts are like Doritos - no need to worry about eating them all, they'll make more.

Mike

(I marked them all read a few hours ago and now I can't tell I did that there are so many repopulated.)

 

[danny]

So, the only place I could find to accomplish this (and it took me at least 5 mins to find it) was NEW POSTS, then near the top, right of the page MARK FORUMS READ.

Every forum index page should have a "Mark Threads Read" button. What's New is missing it due to a bug. Will be added back in soon.

 

[doug]

I guess I'll do that, though I don't like marking everything as read if unnecessary. @doug, is there a path backward on the change, or should we just pull the trigger?

Check now.

 

[ohmman]

Check now.

Fixed. Thanks.

 

[danny]

We just updated "What's New". It should have the following issues resolved:

• Added "Mark Forums Read" button
• Added pagination to top of feeds
• Added indicator that shows threads you've posted in

The only remaining major issue, which we will fix soon is to move the banner ad inline with the breadcrumb. Will update you when we have done that.

 

[mblakele]

Added indicator that shows threads you've posted in

Hmm, maybe this is why sometimes I'll click on the avatar next to a thread and get my own profile, instead of the first unread post?

 

[danny]

Ok, we fixed the remaining issue to move the ad up next to breadcrumbs (except that this isn't the case for Watched Threads one, still need to do that one).

 

[jaguar36]

We just updated "What's New". It should have the following issues resolved:

• Added "Mark Forums Read" button

I'm not seeing any mark forums read button under What's New. Am I looking in the wrong spot?

 

[danny]

I'm not seeing any mark forums read button under What's New. Am I looking in the wrong spot?

Yeah, we no longer have that button in the navbar, however we have it on every What's New page as seen here:

 

[jaguar36]

Ahh, ok, thanks for bringing that back.

 

[danny]

OK, so unless anyone can point out any feature that "What's New" is missing that "New Posts" has, then we are going to go ahead soon and remove "New Posts" from the navbar as it is redundant.

To clarify, "What's New" has all the same functionality as "New Posts" except that it provides more feed options. In addition, if you are signed it, it keeps track of the last Whats New feed that you were viewing, such that if only one feed interests you, such as "Unread Posts", all you need to do is just click on "What's New" and you'll be taken back to that one.

If you know of any issue, please let us know now.

 

[Gwgan]

Small issue is the amount of real estate occupied at the top of the page by non-post bits like the seven block subsections of a What’s New, which occupies just about all of the phone screen. The three subsections of New Posts is not quite as bad.