Board configuration

[Dan in Saint Lo…]

This is more of an administrative question. In most bulletin boards/forums one can click on a icon in the index listing that jumps to the first UNREAD message. Is that choice available here somehow so I don't need to start at the beginning and wade through all the messages I have already seen in order to find messages that are new?

Thank you!

[Phil-101 · Accepted solution]

Hello Dan in Saint Louis,

If you want to jump to the first unread message in a topic or thread, click on 'My Settings' at the top right of any forum page.

1. My Settings > Preferences > Linear Layout.
2. Place a check mark in 'Jump to first unread post in a topic'.
3. Click Save.

[Dan in Saint Lo…]

Thank you, I'll try that.

[Dan in Saint Lo…]

I enabled "jump to first unread" as you diagrammed, and clicked "Save," but when I go back to an old topic I am still shown the first message.

I even tried closing my Web browser first and returning to these forums after re-opening, but no cigar,

[Phil-101]

In the topic you went back to, were all the posts previously read by you?

If all messages in a topic have been read, the default action will be to return to the first message. 

The 'jump' action will only come into play when there is a new unread message.

[Dan in Saint Lo…]

Hmm, I guess I cannot test that until a new message shows up in a thread.

I'm used to other forums where, if there is no new message, the last message is shown as a reminder where the thread left off.

I'll keep watching, thanks.

[Ann154 · Accepted solution]

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Dan in Saint Louis wrote:

Hmm, I guess I cannot test that until a new message shows up in a thread.

I'm used to other forums where, if there is no new message, the last message is shown as a reminder where the thread left off.

I'll keep watching, thanks.

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You can click on the date to the right of the screen for the time of the last posting and it will take you to the end of the thread.

[Dan in Saint Lo…]

That's it! Thanks again.