read thread color

[Hawk7173]

Is there a setting that allows read thread colors to be changed so that a member sees right away that they have already read that thread?

[Simon Lloyd]

Thats difficult because in your session unread threads appear in bold and when read are unbolded, however when you finish your session all threads are marked read or unbolded.

[Hawk7173]

I was on another vBulletin forum that once a thread was read, the title changed colors, so there must be something here that allows that to happen. I just can't seeem to find it via the search function here.

[kh99]

I haven't tried it, but in the template threadbit.css threadlist.css (Under the CSS Templates group) is this:

.threadbit .threadtitle_unread {
font-weight: bold;
}


so maybe if you added a color there it might do what you want.

[Hawk7173]

hmmmmmm I don't seem to have a threadbit.css template in CSS templates

[kh99]

My mistake - it's threadlist.css. But it's just as well because I think what you really want to do it edit additional.css, paste that in there, and change it to what you want (and it will override the code in threadbit.css).

I also realized that (assuming it works) this will change the look of unread threads which is the oppposite of what you described. But I think you can look in threadlist.css and find how the color is set you can work it out. (Or maybe someone else will know - or I can try to figure it out tomorrow).

[Hawk7173]

I'll take a crack at it.... I'll copy the template in case something screwy goes on before I change anything...LOL

Thanks for the help.

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tried adding color to that piece and nothing changed.....oh well

[cellarius]

To change the color you need to use
.threadbit .threadtitle_unread a {
color: #123456;
}
(The threadtitles are links, and the link color is used unless overridden)

[Hawk7173]

Thank you.

What would I use for read threads?

[kh99]

Try .threadbit .threadtitle a { ...

[Hawk7173]

adding that code to the additional CSS template did not change anything.

[kh99]

Yeah, I only know basic CSS so I usually don't fool around with that stuff, but I tested this and it seems to work:

.threadbit .threadtitle a:link {
color: #FF0000; // red for unread threads
}

.threadbit .threadtitle a:visited {
color: #00FF00; // green for read threads
}

[Hawk7173]

I managed to get unread posts to change by adding color: #660000; to the code below in threadlist.css


.threadbit .threadtitle_unread {
font-weight: bold; color: #660000;
}


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once a thread has been viewed, it reverts back to the default color. However, if a reply is made to the thread, it does not go back to unread. Should it?

[kh99]

once a thread has been viewed, it reverts back to the default color. However, if a reply is made to the thread, it does not go back to unread. Should it?


Are you talking about the code I posted above? Hmm...yeah, it probably doesn't do what you want. I think that changes color based on whether or not the browser thinks you've visited the link before. So I guess you want to use .threadbit .threadtitle_unread { .. and .threadbit .threadtitle { ...

I think I'll leave it to cellarius or someone else that knows.


Edit: well, I did play around with it more and this seems to work (although I don't understand why):

.threadbit .threadtitle .threadtitle_unread {
color: #FF0000;
}

.threadbit .threadtitle a {
color: #00FF00;
}

[Hawk7173]

I used an adaption to the first code you gave me.