Tracking Your Unread Flags

Shiloch Veneficus · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject: Tracking Your Unread Flags

Patiently awaiting the release of phpBB 2.2, there are a few things people have fixed with board MODs that I've refused to implement thus far. One of these things is a database-side unread flag tracker that keeps your unread flags current from one session to the next, and from one computer to the next.

Today, I installed this MOD. Now, all of your unread flags are kept in the server's database. There is only one problem:

The "Check New Posts Since Your Last Visit (x)" link on the Home page will display "0" after you've logged out and back in. It's still updated with the old timestamp method. However, clicking the link WILL display the threads you haven't read. Test it out, let me know what you think.

To save on database size, the flags will be automatically dumped after 300. If you have over 300 unread flags, it will trash the oldest one and add the newest one assuming anything older than 300 is read.

Geadiin · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

I really love the "new since last visit" feature. Is there a way to mark all of the threads that it lists as "read" once I'm done with the list? Sometimes I don't want to read them all, but I want them to be marked as read anyway.
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Kanwer · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject:

I agree. Since I read the board on the fly a lot, I like looking and seeing the "new" icon and going to it to read the thread.
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Shiloch Veneficus · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:20 am Post subject:

Jorlana · Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 820

This is only a test! For Shiloch, nothing to see here!
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Shiloch Veneficus · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Jor!

Okay, so now the Index page isn't showing the correct unread icons. I am aware of this problem and I'm working on a fix.

(And all this time, I was thinking I'd never release an update that would cause things to break, but hey, it isn't my software!)

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Shiloch Veneficus · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject:

The Forum Index should now be displaying the correct unread icons. Let me know if anything else pops up!

PavelCursebreaker · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:19 am Post subject:

I have to admit that I missed the new since last visit feature while it was gone. Thank you for the work, Shi.

Kanwer · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks Shiloch!
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