Is there a setting to change time interval for "Forum Contains New Posts" ?

[mmotp]

Thanks for reading.

I have icons before the forum that shows whether the forum contains new posts. Is this based on time delay after the post is made? If so, where is the option to change such time delay? I'd like to make it longer than it is(seems like 10 mins).

Thank you.

Ren

[Marco van Herwaarden]

What Readmarking type are you using?

[mmotp]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

What Readmarking type are you using?

what do you mean by readmarking? Which option page is that? I've been using vb for 2 weeks, so I don't know what does what yet.

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> General Settings -> Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

This option controls how threads and forums are marked as read.

Inactivity/Cookie Based - once a user has been inactive for a certain amount of time (the value of the session timeout option) all threads and forums are considered read. Individual threads are marked as read within a session via cookies.

This option is how all versions of vBulletin before 3.5 functioned.

Database (no automatic forum marking) - this option uses the database to store thread and forum read times. This allows accurate read markers to be kept indefinitely. However, in order for a forum to be marked read when all threads are read, the user must view the list of threads for that forum.

This option is more space and processor intensive than inactivity-based marking.

Database (automatic forum marking) - this option is the same as a previous option, but forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read.

This is the most usable option for end users, but most processor intensive.