Feedback: New Post Icon Testing
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Topic: Feedback: New Post Icon Testing
Posted By: SUJO
Subject: Feedback: New Post Icon Testing
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 1:02pm
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Hello.
Since there is yet no open topic for submitting user found bugs, I am just making a post for that new "New posts" icon in forum. I am a very regular visitor of site, and I am reading all posts as the come. Now I came back to check out again if there is something new, and the new posts in forum icon said, that there are 16 new posts since my last visit (if it works that way); now when I opened up the forum for 8.x support, there was only ONE new post since my last vist... so - how is that, since I read all the posts in the forum except one...?
Anyways, that is my "finding"... otherwise keep it up!
EDIT: sorry, just read your reply in developement blog of this problem... you can remove this post ------------- Who are you? What do you want? |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 1:08pm
Thanks, I've just posted this in the blog topic just now:-
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OK, please don't let me know that the new new post icon feature doesn't
work, it looks like in a production environment it's not running like
it did on the test server.
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 2:24pm
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OK, not a complete disaster, instead of appending the array of unread posts when a new post is made, it's repopulated instead. This seems to have done the trick and it appears to be working correctly now. However, please let me know if you notice any irregularities. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 2:27pm
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Just a quick question, Does this work on the stickies and Announcements? ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 2:31pm
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I don't think there are icons in the present system to show new posts in those types of topics, but it will show on the main forum. Version 9 will be having lots of new icons so I can look at new icons for that type of thing then. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 2:33pm
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I actually meant on hovering over the current icon for stickies or announcements, will it show the unread posts within them?
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 2:38pm
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Not at the moment but it can easily be added, so I will look into it.
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 2:46pm
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It's been done on the main topic page, I will also update the active topics, search page, etc. to display the same when you hover the mouse over the icon.
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Posted By: SUJO
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 3:03pm
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hmmm...
I have read your last reply in this thread, and I closed the page. I then reopened it, and it said again that there is one new reply since my last visit (though I already read them all); I the AGAIN closed the page and reopened it and it said that there are 7 new replies since my last vist...
I guess that there are still some bugs or you are just changing code on the fly and I keep bumping into that exact moment(s)? :D ------------- Who are you? What do you want? |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 3:13pm
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To calculate unread posts, like before, the date of your last visit is used. This is updated every 3 minutes with a new date (3 minutes saves on costly database writes). You may find that you need to leave the board for slightly longer than just closing and opening your browser. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 5:58pm
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Just a minor nit... If a topic has no new posts, the hover shows "Topic [No New Posts]" A sticky Topic just shows "Sticky Topic" - the "No New Posts" part is missing. The post count is displayed the same way for both thread types if there are posts. ------------- 
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 6:33pm
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This is more to do with how the language file is setout as the present language file has:- Topic [No New Posts] I would need to split the two up so that it can be dynamically set in the file so that it displays [x new posts] or [no new posts] Hopefully most of the bugs have been ironed out, I've also had to switch from using session variables to use application variables linked to the forums own session system to store the values, otherwise if you close the browser and then come back a few minutes later all the posts will show again as not being read. By using application variables piggy backing on the forum own session system your browser will remember the settings for upt 20 minutes after you last activity, so you can close your browser and come back within 20 minutes and all your session data is remembered. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: miladanimator
Date Posted: 29 October 2006 at 8:49pm
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where is new post icon ???
I can't find the new post Icon
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 9:23am
The new post icon looks like:- Open Forum [new posts]If you hover the mouse over any of these icons next to forums or topics it will show you how many unread posts there are in that forum or topic. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |