topic Re: Unread Posts in Discussions & Feedback

Unread Posts

Cleoriff — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:34:12 GMT

I have to ask this and wonder if there is a way round it...

There are a few threads on here at the moment that I have limited interest in. So I do two things..

1) Mark all posts as read

2) Unsubscribe from Topic

All appears fine for a while. I can then read and participate in those topics that do interest me.

Then suddenly after 30 miinutes or so...these posts start appearing again...

I have worked out that it is when a page is filled with comments and a new page begins.

It's as if Lithium makes a decision on my behalf that suddenly my interest in this topic has been re-ignited!

Surely if I unsubscribe from a topic, it is up to ME if I wish to subscribe again?

At the moment I am spending a lot of time going back and repeatedly Marking All Posts as Read

A waste of my valuable time in all honesty.

Is there anything else I can do to stop this annoying 'glitch'

Re: Unread Posts

Beenherebefore — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:40:16 GMT

I would add to that another query.

Why in the Unread Post listing can't I click on the unread post I want to read and go straight to it in the thread rather than click on the thread title or the page number then navigate to the post I want to read.

Re: Unread Posts

MI5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:41:55 GMT

I don't think there is.
If you remember a while back I asked if certain boards could be excluded from view by user choice. Your issue was part of the reason for that request.....

Re: Unread Posts

MI5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:43:50 GMT

@Beenherebefore wrote:
I would add to that another query.

Why in the Unread Post listing can't I click on the unread post I want to read and go straight to it in the thread rather than click on the thread title or the page number then navigate to the post I want to read.

I think that by clicking any new post in a thread takes you to the first unread post, but I also think I remember seeing a setting where you could change that action somewhere........

Re: Unread Posts

Cleoriff — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:46:39 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
I don't think there is.
If you remember a while back I asked if certain boards could be excluded from view by user choice. Your issue was part of the reason for that request.....

Then I am sorry but this needs to be looked at. I object to Lithium deciding that after a page full of posts I will want to read the new page! .....I don't...

Surely 'unsubscribe from a thread' means just that...?

Re: Unread Posts

MI5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:47:33 GMT

@Beenherebefore My Settings >Preferences >Linear Layout.

Re: Unread Posts

Beenherebefore — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:56:54 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
@Beenherebefore My Settings >Preferences >Linear Layout.

Selected that so I'll see what happens.

Re: Unread Posts

Beenherebefore — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:15:14 GMT

@Beenherebefore wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
@Beenherebefore My Settings >Preferences >Linear Layout.
Selected that so I'll see what happens.

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Re: Unread Posts

Cleoriff — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:24:02 GMT

So pleased your issue has been resolved @Beenherebefore ....I may have to wait till tomorrow for @Toby

to answer/resolve mine

Re: Unread Posts

MichaelL — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:08:04 GMT

Cleoriff, it's late, so sorry if I'm misinterpreting you. When you unsubscribe from a topic you don't remove it from Unread Posts - you stop yourself from getting email notifications regarding that topic. There's a setting that automatically subscribes you to topics you post in, so if you post in that topic again you might be resubscribed. I've had a look at your settings and you're set up like this. If you can't find the setting let me know and I'll uncheck it.

Unfortunately there's no way to remove specific topics from the general Unread Posts page if you aren't interested in them. That page will start to repopulate itself with topics you've marked as read if new posts appear in those topics but you can mitigate this somewhat by switching to the Discussions tab from the Posts tab. (This is found just above the list of posts.)

My apologies if I misunderstood your query.

Re: Unread Posts

viridis — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:20:56 GMT

@Cleoriff he's right I'm afraid, you can't make the iPhone posts dissappear off the unread comments page. Lol

Re: Unread Posts

Cleoriff — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 07:36:22 GMT

Hi @MichaelL

Thanks for your response. So unsubscribing from topics ONLY stops email notifications coming in? Then if so. this appears to be quite confusing...as the wording quite clearly states 'Unsubscribe from Topics'

Additionally, even if I don't post again in that topic, emails still start coming in again...so something is wrong with my settings?

Regarding the info in your 2nd paragraph....I have to stand my ground in this one.

If I have made my inclinations clear, i.e. I want all posts marked as read in a certain thread, then as far as I am concerned, that means ALL posts..past, present and future....

As I said. this is a time consuming exercise to KEEP going back and repeating this over and over again.

I am not sure what switching to the discussions tab will achieve?

Finally I have to say this. If I have opted out of reading about a topic (so I dont have to wade through reams of unwanted posts showing in my unread posts box) then the key to this is I have opted OUT?

At present the forum is deciding on my behalf that after 20 posts, I surely want to opt back in. I don't.

Re: Unread Posts

MichaelL — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:30:21 GMT

Hey Cleoriff.

In forum jargon, "subscribe" means "get email notifications" - it's just a quicker way of writing it that takes up less space. If you don't post again in that topic, you won't continue to get emails about it, sorry if my wording there was unclear.

Mark Topic as Read only means past and present posts - as far as I'm aware there's no way of marking future posts read. I've never heard of a forum allowing you to display posts you haven't read as read but it might be around and I can definitely ask around to see if it's something that's possible. No promises about being able to achieve it mind!

Switching to the Discussions tab will mean each topic only appears once in Unread Posts. It should allow you to filter out the stuff you don't want to see more easily.

Re: Unread Posts

Cleoriff — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:41:30 GMT

@MichaelL wrote:
Hey Cleoriff.

Mark Topic as Read only means past and present posts - as far as I'm aware there's no way of marking future posts read. I've never heard of a forum allowing you to display posts you haven't read as read but it might be around and I can definitely ask around to see if it's something that's possible. No promises about being able to achieve it mind!

Switching to the Discussions tab will mean each topic only appears once in Unread Posts. It should allow you to filter out the stuff you don't want to see more easily.

@MichaelL
Thanks for this....
I will switch to the discussion tab to see if this helps my dilemma

Now ...onto the other issue you mention i.e

" I've never heard of a forum allowing you to display posts you haven't read as read but it might be around and I can definitely ask around to see if it's something that's possible"

.....I will hold you to this....and as you have mentioned it, I shall be returning.... like some sort of dog (Rottweiler) with a bone, to see if you have discovered a way round it all ...

Re: Unread Posts

jonsie — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:46:09 GMT

It seems you are set up correctly @cleoriff I just go through the interesting posts and then mark all as read. The unread posts will always include new posts in every topic unfortunately.

Re: Unread Posts

aldaweb — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:40:34 GMT

@MichaelL Is there no setting in Lithium for 'ignore thread'?

Re: Unread Posts

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:50:26 GMT

@aldaweb wrote:
@MichaelL Is there no setting in Lithium for 'ignore thread'?

@aldaweb I did suggest a few weeks ago that a facility to "Sink topic to the bottom" similar to "Float to top" would be no bad thing. Was shot down of course and am still dousing the flames.

Gerry

Re: Unread Posts

Cleoriff — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:07:26 GMT

@aldaweb wrote:
@MichaelL Is there no setting in Lithium for 'ignore thread'?

You may be joking with this @aldaweb ...but what a damn good idea!

Re: Unread Posts

jonsie — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:10:55 GMT

Definitely needed in my opinion....

Re: Unread Posts

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:24:53 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
@aldaweb wrote:
@MichaelL Is there no setting in Lithium for 'ignore thread'?
You may be joking with this @aldaweb ...but what a damn good idea!

In theory, I'd agree, but then you nver know the gems you just might miss if you totally ignore a thread. One thing I have learned in this Community is that sometimes you have to mine deep to find the productive vein. (Please don't ask fo an example of that. )

Gerry