Number of Unread Posts per Thread?

[Cedric_FP]

Hello,

I am interested in implementing functionality like the Something Awful forums where, after a user has read a thread, the "go to first new post" button also reads out the *number* of unread posts.

Is this possible? So far, all I know is that this is the go to first new post button code:

                                       <vb:if condition="$show['gotonewpost']"><a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_newpost}, 'threadid', 'threadtitle'}" id="thread_gotonew_{vb:raw thread.realthreadid}"><img class="gotonewpost" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/firstnew.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase go_to_first_new_post}" /></a>
					</vb:if>

Is there like a short code I can use to display, in text next to the image, the number of new unread posts in that thread? Something like:

<vb:raw threadinfo_unreadpostscount>

I just made that up, I know it doesn't exist. But I am totally unsure if this functionality is even built into VB4.


Thank you so much in advance for any help you can provide.