Automatic Mark as Read

[dslteam]

Every silly hack will be done but this important features seems not to interest anyone ?

[dotagious]

Dear Lord... someone, please help!

[beheader]

Originally posted by Fatty_Bolger
Yes I agree!! I MUST needed feature!! However, I would say the "Mark as Read due to just entering" would be even more frustrating. as some forums have several active threads, and if I can't get to them, I defo don't want the whole forum being marked read. ONLY if viewed I say.

Well coming from a YaBB environment, one of the things that my users liked was the fact that read/unread messages were stored on the server, and thefor they could read from any computer- anywhere....

The other thing is that I's like to see the mark as read features work like this:

1. When you enter a forum from the main page, if the forum was marked as new, it is now marked as read.

2. When you enter a thread, if the thread was new, it is now marked as read.

This was very useful in a forum environment because when people have a varying level of computer savvy, the simpler you make it the better. The additional ability to store the read/unread information on the server makes the loss (or absence) of your cookie a minor issue.

This is just how I feel....

Were this feature (or hack) available, I kid you not.... my system would be "perfect" for our uses.

It's the only thing lacking in my eyes.

[UH-Matt]

I just came from YaBB SE and I miss the realtime read/unread status... we NEED a hack!

[Berrern99]

Nobody wants to do this?

In the Persistent Mark Forum Read, someone said it was easy to change this hack so it'd mark forums read automatically, can someone who knows PHP have a look?

Would be greatly appreciated; this is the only feature lacking in vB!

[jthorpe]

Originally Posted by UH-Matt

I just came from YaBB SE and I miss the realtime read/unread status... we NEED a hack!

Same here. My users love VB, but they don't like the way threads are updated, or not updated I should say. I miss this as well.

[Architect]

Yes, this is something i desire as well, but looks like were on are own here :nervous:

Adam, if you read this far, let me know what you think. perhaps you can code this up and post it??

Thanks

[Kusadasi-Guy]

i've just upgrade from phpbb to VB and this is what i need... this is a MUST.

[BruceWest]

I agree! I would install this hack in a SECOND if it were available.

Have there been any updates since February?

Bruce

EDIT: I'm going to look around a bit more and see if something else hasn't developed.