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Subject: New sort option for forum threads

StaceyG opened this issue on Apr 06, 2006 ยท 18 posts


StaceyG posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 6:58 PM

You can now choose between sorthing threads by their post date or by the newest thread / reply (post bumping) by clicking the "sort by xxx" link at the top and bottom of the thread list in a forum. You can also now choose how "mark all read" works. Just clicking "mark all read" works the same way it did yesterday and the same way it did in the old Rendo forums. However, "mark all before xx:xx read" marks the forum read since before you last entered it. That is, anything posted between the time you first showed up and the time you marked the forum read will still be unread. Thanks


svdl posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 7:28 PM

That is a clever option. Maybe not as user friendly as marking threads as read, but a workable compromise between database load and ease of use. Good thinking.

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StaceyG posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 7:34 PM

Thanks svdl.


DJB posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 8:33 PM

Good show up there.!!!

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Acadia posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 9:51 PM

Is this a permanent option or just a temporary measure? I notice that you have to click it each time you come to the forum.

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ratscloset posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 10:20 PM

Okay, now any news on the speed thing? Could it be that some of the Forums need to have the older messages (something that no one has replied to in six months) moved to an Archive Forum of the same name. I ask this, because I noticed that the bigger the forum the slower it loads.

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ratscloset posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 10:23 PM

Can you change the default to by last reply, or making it so it remembers? Each time I go back to a Forum, I need to click it again right now.

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StaceyG posted Thu, 06 April 2006 at 10:33 PM

Hmmm. Mine were staying how I set them but this time I did have to re click the "last reply" link. I'll check on this. We do move any posts older than 45 days to the archives. I'll see if there is any news on the speed and let you all know. Thanks


Anniebel posted Fri, 07 April 2006 at 12:39 AM

So does this mean the stars will never work properly like forums elsewhere, & we will have to do this for ourselves manually all the time??? Very irritating if so.

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iloco posted Fri, 07 April 2006 at 2:20 PM

I ahve to reset the post by last reply every time I leave and come back to the forum and threads. Is it possible so we set it that it remainds set untill we want it other wise. :) Thanks if it can be done.

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Robo2010 posted Sat, 08 April 2006 at 1:30 AM

Not able to see IM, where you are. Only when in gallery. Search, is gone. I like using it, instead of making new threads. Some of the things I have posted in the past, are very helpfull when searching. That is the only issues (2) I have.


modus0 posted Sat, 08 April 2006 at 11:52 PM

I don't suppose we can get "sort by post" as a member option, to turn on all the time? Otherwise it degrades the functionality of this place having to click something to get a feature every other forum I visit has as default.

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BDC posted Wed, 12 April 2006 at 11:28 AM

Anyone esle getting mysql errors today?

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ynsaen posted Wed, 12 April 2006 at 11:57 AM

mysql error: Column: 'status' in where clause is ambiguous, occured in query: "SELECT t.*, m1.username AS author, m2.username AS replier FROM forumpro_thread t INNER JOIN member m1 ON t.user_id=m1.userid LEFT OUTER JOIN member m2 ON t.last_post_user=m2.userid WHERE forum_id='12357' AND ( last_mod > '2006-02-26 10:33:07' OR last_post > '2006-02-26 10:33:07') AND type='thread' AND status != 'pending' AND status != 'deleted' ORDER BY last_post DESC, post_date DESC LIMIT 0,50;".

on a return to the forum after a reply.

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jamesinnewcastle posted Sat, 15 April 2006 at 4:44 PM

I too have to keep clicking to sort by date - very annoying

James


pjbear posted Mon, 17 April 2006 at 2:34 AM

The new format seems clumsy. Hard to get used to. Slow.

I wonder if the slowness has something to do with all the little pictures, which seem unnecessary in any event. But I suspect that isnot the only problem.


mathman posted Tue, 18 April 2006 at 9:23 AM

I too would like to keep my setting on one "sort by" option.


Bobasaur posted Thu, 18 May 2006 at 12:12 PM

This sticky can probably be removed from all the forums. It's about a month and a half old.

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