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Title: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Meneldour on February 28, 2013, 11:52:30 am
Hey there,  I'll try to keep the post brief.

When having a thread open, there usually is (other phpbb forums) a button that moves you to the first unread post in said thread, is there a way to put it here? It's very useful when you are actively monitoring a thread with more than a few pages.

Hopefully this is enough of a description, if not, don't hestiate to ask. :)

(although this might not be an issue rather than a suggestion, I decided to put it into this subforum, since it's forum related)
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Clara Skyborn on February 28, 2013, 03:39:47 pm
I've noticed the lack of this feature, but I'm not aware of any settings that would let me change that. Then again, I could just be missing it...SMF is just chock full of options, and I'm always stumbling over new checkboxes somewhere.

If anyone more familiar with SMF knows of a setting that would enable this behavior, please do tell! Otherwise, this might be an issue for the forum software developers...
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Shinkurex on February 28, 2013, 04:15:28 pm
From a brief google, it looks like there is a "New" button that is supposed to provide this function... not entirely sure where to enable it, but I hope this points you in the right direction.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Meneldour on February 28, 2013, 05:08:44 pm
Is this what you're looking for? Then again, it was one of the first links google gave me...

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/style/we_clearblue/support/add_view_first_unread_post_button-t_94946-sid_0b1e6fc4cd5004e7c2e83a843b8aca58-p_230057#p230057

(bear in mind that the only thing I know about the webdesign and its coding is the marquee tag :) )
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Shinkurex on February 28, 2013, 05:11:50 pm
Is this what you're looking for? Then again, it was one of the first links google gave me...

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/style/we_clearblue/support/add_view_first_unread_post_button-t_94946-sid_0b1e6fc4cd5004e7c2e83a843b8aca58-p_230057#p230057

(bear in mind that the only thing I know about the webdesign and its coding is the marquee tag :) )

ha Funny enough, your post helped me find it... see attached
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Meneldour on February 28, 2013, 05:16:21 pm
Wait, don't tell me the glowing orange button is the thing we're looking for!

EDIT: Yes, it is... Well then, thanks for checking it out, I believe the topic can be locked now. :)
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Clara Skyborn on March 01, 2013, 12:09:37 pm
Huh. I...never knew that was a button. Well.

Thanks for digging that up. :)
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Shinkurex on March 01, 2013, 02:44:39 pm
Huh. I...never knew that was a button. Well.

Thanks for digging that up. :)

Happy to help
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Helmic on March 04, 2013, 04:55:41 pm
Huh. I...never knew that was a button. Well.

Thanks for digging that up. :)

I hate it when a feature's already provided and no one knows how to use it because of a poor UI.  This is why everyone just pirates Vbulletin.

Is it possible to add a "quick reply" option so you can type up a post in a thread without clicking a reply button and bringing up the full editor?
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Clara Skyborn on March 04, 2013, 05:45:05 pm
Is it possible to add a "quick reply" option so you can type up a post in a thread without clicking a reply button and bringing up the full editor?

There you go!
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Shinkurex on March 04, 2013, 05:53:15 pm
Haha Awesome... Thanks!
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Helmic on March 04, 2013, 08:00:58 pm
Is it possible to add a "quick reply" option so you can type up a post in a thread without clicking a reply button and bringing up the full editor?

There you go!

I love you.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Clara Skyborn on March 05, 2013, 12:05:39 pm
Is it possible to add a "quick reply" option so you can type up a post in a thread without clicking a reply button and bringing up the full editor?

There you go!

I love you.

Aww, shucks.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Jazzza on March 06, 2013, 05:59:09 am
I also wondered how to view the last post of a thread and I only just found it out by clicking "New"...
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on March 06, 2013, 03:28:03 pm
Is it possible to add a "quick reply" option so you can type up a post in a thread without clicking a reply button and bringing up the full editor?

There you go!

Sweet to have it. One thing though, when quoting someone the quote now goes in the quick-reply area instead of the general reply area.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Clara Skyborn on March 06, 2013, 04:24:45 pm
Sweet to have it. One thing though, when quoting someone the quote now goes in the quick-reply area instead of the general reply area.

You can always hit reply first and then quote any of the posts (or multiple) in the thread.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on March 06, 2013, 04:32:00 pm
Sweet to have it. One thing though, when quoting someone the quote now goes in the quick-reply area instead of the general reply area.

You can always hit reply first and then quote any of the posts (or multiple) in the thread.

I suppose it doesn't really matter, though a general forum tends to direct the quote to the "real" reply function.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Helmic on March 06, 2013, 05:02:09 pm
I suppose it doesn't really matter, though a general forum tends to direct the quote to the "real" reply function.

On VBulletin, which you'll see most big boards using, quoting will bring up the quick reply box.  It's just that there's also a clear "Go Advanced" button that'll let you get the full WYSIWYG editor, whereas here you'll need to hit preview to bring it up.

While we're on the topic of forum functionality, the ability to embed flash videos like Youtube videos would be awesome.
Title: Re: "First unread post" button missing
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on March 06, 2013, 05:05:41 pm
I suppose it doesn't really matter, though a general forum tends to direct the quote to the "real" reply function.

On VBulletin, which you'll see most big boards using, quoting will bring up the quick reply box.  It's just that there's also a clear "Go Advanced" button that'll let you get the full WYSIWYG editor, whereas here you'll need to hit preview to bring it up.

While we're on the topic of forum functionality, the ability to embed flash videos like Youtube videos would be awesome.
Only speaking out of my own experience in all the forums I've visited, which I though was a good enough source. my bad

And yes, embedding youtube videos would be great