fungus Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Is there a way to get the latest (newest) post to come up first. I've look in my settings but can not see a post setting section. At the moment when I click on a subject thread, it will show the first post (oldest) in that thread. which means you have to click on the next page and the next until you find the newest post. Can this be changed so it goes strat to the newset post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 If you click on the subject, you get the start of the thread, but if you're looking at the "Unread Content" page then each topic has a "5 minutes ago" marker, which is actually a link to the newest post. I just click on that. What would be really nice, though, would be a link that took you straight to the first unread post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 The unread heading gives you 2 options. Top of the page with the first unread comment or First unread comment. This is the setting I use and go from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlubikey Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 NonMember, I click on the dot to the left of the thread title to take me to the first unread post. I don't know how to go to the most recent though. Cheers, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 And next to the new post are 3 boxes these give alternative layouts I prefer the right hand one If you click the time line under the last poster name it takes you the latest . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Chris A said: The unread heading gives you 2 options. Top of the page with the first unread comment or First unread comment. This is the setting I use and go from there Where do I find those options? I've only ever seen the behaviour I described and can't see an option to change it. Ah, OK, I've found it. Not at all obvious, though, tucked away under a selection for "Read Status". The designer of the forum software probably thought it was, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fungus Posted June 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Thanks for the comments. On all the other forums I am on.( this is the only Triumph ) there is a setting in our preferences that allow you to set first or last in a thread, but I can’t find it on here, maybe there isn't one? The unread route is a good one but then it is difficult to find the thread again. A which way round option would be a good one. It's more convenient when I just want a quick read of a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hi Fungus. I don't know if this will work for you but this address https://forum.tssc.org.uk/discover/12/ Is the one I use for checking new threads. If it has loaded as I see mine, you should get a customisable set of heading so you can change things as you want them. To go to the end of a thread click on the time since last post. To go to the start click on the thread title. You can also set condesed (title only ish), expaded (gives a little of the last thread ish). Hope this might help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 The IP Board software is very flexible for user configuration. Unfortunately there are very few setups I can pre configure for users, and there are very few guides for users to explain the flexibility. I learned something new today - clicking the black spot takes one to the first unread post in a thread. I then noticed something else I’d not seen before, there is a horizontal line between the last post you have seen and the first one you haven’t read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 this my layout ,i dont see any black spot or link lines Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Same as Pete. Must be our setups. Shame there are no user guides, I'm sure that there is more we can do with the software, like an indication as to who is on line at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rijidij Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Click on "Unread Content" at the top, or bottom, of the page. You will then get a list of unread threads with the dot - or star if you've posted or follow(?) the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 All my unread post are in bold text, the read ones are normal. I find this useful but don't know how I set it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Mine too, and when I click on that, it takes me to the latest post; no idea how as I never touched the settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Pete, The dot or star is at the front of the name of the thread, I see stars on the thing you've posted. A new addition to the post and the title will be in heavy type, click the dot or star and you're taken to the first new post. The line will be above it, under the last bit of the post you read. Not sure of the significance of dot or star, different topics perhaps? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 28 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Not sure of the significance of dot or star, different topics perhaps? You get a star if you've posted in the thread, and a dot if you haven't. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fungus Posted June 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 I've never read all the posts, so haveing the unread post come up still means you have to search thorugh them to find the post you want to read. I see the on the new activity page there is a order option. could this not then, also be added to the normal Forum pages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 If you're struggling with clutter from old posts that you've never read, just click on the "Mark site as read" link (just to the right of the "Unread Content" link) to reset the baseline. After that, the unread page will only show the new posts since you were last here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fungus Posted June 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 yes I do that anyway, it's just that things would be so much simpler if you could set which way around you would like the posts in a thread to be displaid. Newest or oldest post first. I find that Newest post first make it much easyer to follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 When you go to the post, click on the date of the last update, it will take you straight to the end of the thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fungus Posted June 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 must be missing something here. I've pick at random a thread. it's taken me to the begining of that thread as it always does. so now it is shows on my screen the oldest (i.e. first post)... were is the " the date of the last update " to click on? this is what i can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 I just click on the post, then click on 'last page'... takes me there in two clicks. (except when I get it wrong and end up replying to a post from 2017, as I've done twice recently....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Untick the unread icon then you get the 3 layout boxes next to new topic box from here you try all 3 to get the layout you like I use the right box all come up as latest and last post first when by the date line Unread show in bold Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 I usually sit in the unread content view, but didn't know about the spots and stars - that's an excellent tip and saves me scrolling through the longer threads to find where I last left off 😀 Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 The attached image gives a few clues. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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