Yes, it makes perfect sense, I changed the display order in the mod.

Go into the file quickscan.php and find this:

ORDER BY forumid ASC,lastpost DESC

Change it to:

ORDER BY lastpost DESC

That should return the threads in date/time order without regard to which forum they are in.

Is that what places them in the quicklinks area? I'm having fun looking around after installing.

I don't have any subforums set up, so I wasn't sure if it would work with subforums.

I'll set up a test board tonight with subforums and see what needs to be added. Chances are the hot link just has to be added to the forumbit that displays the subforums.

I don't know what happens when you add subforums, are there new level3 forumbits in the style editor? If so, just do the steps from 8 and 9 in the level 3 forumbits. If not, hang on and I'll look into it tonight.

I don't understand what you're asking.

I was talking about the navbar edits. Asking if that edit is what places them in the quicklinks area. I like them there but I might move them so they are more noticeable to my members.

The main thing with the subforums is that clicking "mark forum read" through the forum tools option will not mark the forum read. So I'd need to be able to click on the icon to enter and then mark it read. At least that's what I think is supposed to happen from reading your explanation in the install instructions.

Just checked and there isn't a level 3 forumbits but there are some subforum templates. Here's one - forumhome_subforumbit_post.

Yes, the links in quicklinks are in the navbar.

That is correct. The item called "mark this forum read" acts differently depending on whether you go into the forum by clicking on the lightbulb or by clicking the forum name text.

When you go into the forum using the lightbulb link, Mark Forum Read will work with my mod.

When you go into the forum using the text link, Mark Forum Read will only mark the "Active Topics" as being read. I agree that this is a source of some confusion at this time. When you mouseover the selections in the drop down menu, check your status bar to see what the link looks like.

If the link has this in it: "forumdisplay.php?do=markread" , then it's marking Active Topics read.

If the link has this in it: "markforumread.php?do=markread", then it's marking it read for this mod.

One last thing - seems I've killed the navbar entirely when reading New. You can restore it by going into the template file called fdisplaynew.

Find this:
$header
$navbarX
$qsthisforum

Remove the X from the end of $navbar and your navbar will come back when viewing threads with new posts :)

Okay I made the change. Thanks. :) I hadn't noticed it not working but maybe I just missed it.

That explained it perfectly thanks. :) I just posted to my members about the new system so hopefully I'll get some feedback. I think they will love it because not many were able to get to all of the new posts within that 15 minute window before they'd time out and no longer show up as new posts. I was looking for a way to have more control over "being done" with a forum and this hack is it. Much appreciated. :)

Here's something else I'd like to see. When you click on Mark Forum Read on the results screen it directs you back to the main forum page. I'd like to see it redirect back to the results. Can that be made an option? Or can you help me make that change for my board?

I've just uploaded v0.6.

This should clear up a lot of confusion about what is being marked while navigating.

If you installed this previously, you should go over the installation text carefully to make sure you don't miss any of the new phrases.

I've set up a test forum for myself with subforums. So far the mod seems to work with the subforums ok without any additional changes. I'll check further though.

Changing the final link shouldn't be a problem, I can probably set that up tomorrow.