New direction for this forum
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Re: New direction for this forum
Made some changes to the category structure....
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Re: New direction for this forum
I wonder if this change contributed to me getting three screens worth of "Unread posts" - all threads that were already read...
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Re: New direction for this forum
Are you looking at "New Posts" or "Unread Posts"
New posts is very short for me, unread posts shows pages of stuff I've never read.
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Re: New direction for this forum
New Posts is always longer than Unread Posts for me - as I typically check for and read all unread posts more than 10 times a day.
last night, I went to bed with 0 unread posts, this morning I had 3 pages
last night, I went to bed with 0 unread posts, this morning I had 3 pages
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Re: New direction for this forum
Might keep happening, sorry, gonna have to deal. The site needs to be organized. As discussed, there are nearly 3193 topics and 58264 posts dumped into one category that is a black hole of information. It's going to take some time to sort threads.
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Re: New direction for this forum
No Problem - I was just reporting the issue.BoldAdventure wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:05 pmMight keep happening, sorry, gonna have to deal. The site needs to be organized. As discussed, there are nearly 3193 topics and 58264 posts dumped into one category that is a black hole of information. It's going to take some time to sort threads.
Years ago, I used the main screen and looked into each category one-by-one to find all the new posts. It would take me a few minutes to go through all the categories. Then 3-4 years ago, the mods started stickying everything requested and it took even longer to get to the new posts. So I found the elegant solution of hitting the site with the following link:
search.php?search_id=unreadposts
and I get all my unread posts in 2 seconds. So all the effort of reorganizing the categories doesn't make a lick of difference for me. I only use the categories if I'm going to post a new thread. When I joined in 2014 I read every post in every thread before my Power Wagon arrived - it took a week to go through everything to get caught up...
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Re: New direction for this forum
search.php?search_id=newposts this is betterBill2014 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:51 pmNo Problem - I was just reporting the issue.BoldAdventure wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:05 pmMight keep happening, sorry, gonna have to deal. The site needs to be organized. As discussed, there are nearly 3193 topics and 58264 posts dumped into one category that is a black hole of information. It's going to take some time to sort threads.
Years ago, I used the main screen and looked into each category one-by-one to find all the new posts. It would take me a few minutes to go through all the categories. Then 3-4 years ago, the mods started stickying everything requested and it took even longer to get to the new posts. So I found the elegant solution of hitting the site with the following link:
search.php?search_id=unreadposts
and I get all my unread posts in 2 seconds. So all the effort of reorganizing the categories doesn't make a lick of difference for me. I only use the categories if I'm going to post a new thread. When I joined in 2014 I read every post in every thread before my Power Wagon arrived - it took a week to go through everything to get caught up...
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Re: New direction for this forum
newposts is only better if you want to keep seeing the same "new" posts in your list each time you check in.BoldAdventure wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:25 pmsearch.php?search_id=newposts this is betterBill2014 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:51 pmNo Problem - I was just reporting the issue.BoldAdventure wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:05 pmMight keep happening, sorry, gonna have to deal. The site needs to be organized. As discussed, there are nearly 3193 topics and 58264 posts dumped into one category that is a black hole of information. It's going to take some time to sort threads.
Years ago, I used the main screen and looked into each category one-by-one to find all the new posts. It would take me a few minutes to go through all the categories. Then 3-4 years ago, the mods started stickying everything requested and it took even longer to get to the new posts. So I found the elegant solution of hitting the site with the following link:
search.php?search_id=unreadposts
and I get all my unread posts in 2 seconds. So all the effort of reorganizing the categories doesn't make a lick of difference for me. I only use the categories if I'm going to post a new thread. When I joined in 2014 I read every post in every thread before my Power Wagon arrived - it took a week to go through everything to get caught up...
unread.jpg
Once I've read the post, I don't want to see it in my list next time i check in. I'm only interested in seeing unread posts
So the site is working great for me!
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Re: New direction for this forum
Why don't we have a mark all threads as read button??
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Re: New direction for this forum
We do, from the "Unread posts" search page. It's a little link on the right side of the page, above all the search results.BoldAdventure wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:02 pmWhy don't we have a mark all threads as read button??
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Re: New direction for this forum
Just a simple request for 2015+ members: I know that the model year indicator for the avatar was stuck on 2014 for the last few years and was a point of frustration. However now that it's been updated, it would be great to actually see what year your trucks are.
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Re: New direction for this forum
Ran into a locked thread... Thread has current posts from this month... (including today)
Was this a mistake? or are some current threads purposely getting locked?
Was this a mistake? or are some current threads purposely getting locked?
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Moab 2006
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Re: New direction for this forum
I see that it is not locked anymore - and other members have now posted...
It was thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5528
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.188" DOM White Knuckle Rock Sliders
Locker Bypass & Nanny Kill Switch
Moab 2006