Official TUGBBS upgrade complaint/suggestion thread!

[dioxide45]

New Posts shows all unread posts. Recent Posts shows all recent posts including those that you have read.

 

[dioxide45]

New Posts shows all unread posts. Recent Posts shows all recent posts including those that you have read.

New Posts is now called Unread Posts?

 

[Makai Guy]

New Posts shows all unread posts. Recent Posts shows all recent posts including those that you have read.

I just looked up the configuration options on this. Our XenForo bbs software keeps track of the last 7 days of recent posts.

"Recent Posts" uses the board's search capabilites to return up to the most recent 200 400 posts, as far back as 7 days.

Out of those most recent 7 days of posts, "New Posts" returns those you have not read, up to the most recent 200 400 of them.

You can prevent forum posts you're not interested in from showing in these search results by selecting the "ignore" option in their forums or threads.

I've just changed the name of the "New Posts" option to "Unread Posts" to better describe its function.

Edit: Search return has been increased from 200 to 400 hits.

 

[pedro47]

I like this change.

I just looked up the configuration options on this. Our XenForo bbs software keeps track of the last 7 days of recent posts.

"Recent Posts" uses the board's search capabilites to return up to the most recent 200 posts, as far back as 7 days.

Out of those most recent 7 days of posts, "New Posts" returns those you have not read, up to the most recent 200 of them.

You can prevent forum posts you're not interested in from showing in these search results by selecting the "ignore" option in their forums or threads.

I've just changed the name of the "New Posts" option to "Unread Posts" to better describe its function.

 

[tschwa2]

I've replied to conversations since the update but I have one now and I can't see how to respond.

 

[dioxide45]

I've replied to conversations since the update but I have one now and I can't see how to respond.

It is possible that the person that started the conversation checked the box not allowing replies.

 

[BondGuy]

What is the fastest/easiest way to bounce from one thread to the next in a given forum, without going back "up" a level? In other words, to scroll from thread to thread to quickly scan for relevant conversations?

 

[TUGBrian]

im not sure such a feature exists, but the closest thing i can suggest (other than hitting the back button) is using the small diagonal arrow/box link at the top and bottom right hand corners of every post. this is the "quick navigation" button to get you just about anywhere on the site.

 

[Makai Guy]

What is the fastest/easiest way to bounce from one thread to the next in a given forum, without going back "up" a level? In other words, to scroll from thread to thread to quickly scan for relevant conversations?

What I do is open each thread in its own window or browser tab. Right-click on the thread name (Ctrl-click on a Mac) and choose the appropriate opening option. In some browsers you can do this via a middle-click on the mouse's scroll wheel. You can open threads one at a time or open several then read them all.

When done with a thread I then just close its window or tab. When I've closed all the threads, the original window or tab with the thread list for the forum is still there, just as I left it, to choose the next threads I want to view.

 

[BondGuy]

What I do is open each thread in its own window or browser tab. Right-click on the thread name (Ctrl-click on a Mac) and choose the appropriate opening option. In some browsers you can do this via a middle-click on the mouse's scroll wheel. You can open threads one at a time or open several then read them all.

When done with a thread I then just close its window or tab. When I've closed all the threads, the original window or tab with the thread list for the forum is still there, just as I left it, to choose the next threads I want to view.

Thanks - that helps

 

[Makai Guy]

Thanks - that helps

I do that with every forum I visit, started years ago, long before browsers had tabbed viewing and one had to open each page in a separate window if it was desired to have more than one page available at a time. Tabbed browsing made it better by lowering memory usage.

The only drawback I've found to opening a bunch of threads at once is by the time you get to one that's been opened for a while there may be newer responses you're not seeing that already adequately provide the info you're about to supply with your reply. You can limit this possibility by refreshing the page before adding your reply.

 

[classiclincoln]

Might have missed this but there used to be a "new post" thread. Can't seem to find it.

 

[Makai Guy]

Might have missed this but there used to be a "new post" thread. Can't seem to find it.

Now it's called "Unread Posts".

 

[classiclincoln]

Now it's called "Unread Posts".

Yes, but it it lists all the unread posts, regardless of when they were posted. I check the site pretty much daily and I have 8 pages to go through. Also, there used to be a line separating those that I've read and those that haven't been read.

 

[sue1947]

Yes, but it it lists all the unread posts, regardless of when they were posted. I check the site pretty much daily and I have 8 pages to go through. Also, there used to be a line separating those that I've read and those that haven't been read.

You need to click on Mark Forums read when you finish. The next time, it will only show the unread posts since your last visit. Mostly. Sometimes unread posts still pop up from a previous visit, but it works most of the time.
Sue

 

[TUGBrian]

also note there is a line marker between unread posts since your last visit, and unread posts period so you can tell where you truly "left off" since your last visit to the forums if you didnt click mark all as read.

 

[DaveNV]

This may be addressed somewhere, but I'm too lazy to check:

On the old forum there was a clickable option to see My Posts, where I could go directly to posts I'd made on whichever thread. Is that an option with the new software? It's a nuisance to have to wade down through all the Recent or Unread Posts to see if maybe someone replied to something I said, if I can even remember the name of the thread. I don't want to have to subscribe to a thread or watch it, unless I have to. Are there options?

Dave

 

[dioxide45]

This may be addressed somewhere, but I'm too lazy to check:

On the old forum there was a clickable option to see My Posts, where I could go directly to posts I'd made on whichever thread. Is that an option with the new software? It's a nuisance to have to wade down through all the Recent or Unread Posts to see if maybe someone replied to something I said, if I can even remember the name of the thread. I don't want to have to subscribe to a thread or watch it, unless I have to. Are there options?

Dave

You should have it setup in your preferences to automatically watch any thread that you start or reply to. Then you can use the Watched Threads to see if anyone replies to them.

 

[TUGBrian]

you can view all of your postings in your profile (clickable via your username or avatar)

http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/index.php?members/davenw.12565/

 

[DaveNV]

Ok. I see it now. Thanks!

Dave

 

[Password is taco]

While I realize it's a common limitation on forums, the fact that you can't do a forum search with only three letters is especially problematic for TUG BBS because Interval International resort codes are three letters. A lot of members will only use the resort codes to refer to resorts so if you do a search on the resort name you aren't going to be able to get complete results.

 

[Makai Guy]

While I realize it's a common limitation on forums, the fact that you can't do a forum search with only three letters is especially problematic for TUG BBS because Interval International resort codes are three letters. A lot of members will only use the resort codes to refer to resorts so if you do a search on the resort name you aren't going to be able to get complete results.

Please see this post in the BBS Help section: http://tugbbs.com/forums/index.php?threads/searching-the-tug-website.81078/

 

[Password is taco]

Please see this post in the BBS Help section: http://tugbbs.com/forums/index.php?threads/searching-the-tug-website.81078/

Thanks, that's perfect

 

[MuranoJo]

How do you post a quotation as a signature? I did find the profile edit page and added it as a 'status,' so this is a test of that.

 

[MuranoJo]

How do you post a quotation as a signature? I did find the profile edit page and added it as a 'status,' so this is a test of that.

Well, that didn't work.