New posts..

TiTnAsS · Post by **TiTnAsS** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:05 pm

Tank is it possible to make it keep posts as new even when you close the window...

I have this as my default site so when i start firefox it goes here, and sometimes i want to go other places...and it dosnt show posts as new after that.. and then i have to dig

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Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:07 pm

That's why I bookmarked the link to show new posts and stuck it on my toolbar. My default page is still the same one Mandriva set when I installed it.

Post by **dlh** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:34 pm

Lucifer wrote:That's why I bookmarked the link to show new posts and stuck it on my toolbar.

Yes, use this link.

My default page is blank.

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:14 pm

You could log out when you leave (or set it to not auto login). Then you could just login when you want to check out the site. That seems like the easiest solution.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:26 pm

the problem I have with all phpbb forums is that if I dont read every new post (in some forums this is in the 1,000s) before logging out then next time when I log in the new posts are gone

being a dialup user doesnt give me the option to never logout so im always losing new posts

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:31 pm

iceman wrote:the problem I have with all phpbb forums is that if I dont read every new post (in some forums this is in the 1,000s) before logging out then next time when I log in the new posts are gone

being a dialup user doesnt give me the option to never logout so im always losing new posts

There's a plugin to fix this, it lets you read unread posts. phpBB already tracks posts you've read and not read, but for some reason they didn't see the need to include this particular feature in the core even though it's a long standing tradition of old-style dial-up BBSes (FidoNET) and the early telnet-run BBSes (some of which are still around).

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:43 pm

Sounds like a feature I would like installed here, too

I always use the new posts link, and then open all the new posts in new tabs, hoping I can read them later.

TiTnAsS · Post by **TiTnAsS** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:04 pm

i wish there was just a setting that mdae it so they dont go old til you read em...simple?

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:49 pm

If you want to check something fast, just open an email window.. That's what i do..

Or first write the link in word, msn or whatever and then click it..

Post by **Tank Program** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:02 pm

People have been after me on this for ages... I just don't know a good way to do it really...

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:09 pm

Tank Program wrote:People have been after me on this for ages... I just don't know a good way to do it really...

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=309059

That's the only one I found, I didn't look too hard though.

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:11 am

Um, I type "forums" in my address field, which then auto-completes from my bookmarks (my bookmarks bar is full). Then I log in, which then goes to the index page. Then I open in a tab a forum marked with the red cycle and the orange document thing, indicating a new post. Then I close the tab. Then I move on to the next, rinse, repeat. Then I reload the index page to see if there are any new posts since I logged in. Rinse, repeat if necessary. Then I log out.

As far as I can tell I've never missed a new post. ::shrug::