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[LWM]

At the bottom of the main forum page is this table:

Icon Legend
Contains unread forum posts
Contains no unread forum posts
Forum is a category
Forum is a Link

It shows that threads with a new post have a blue field where others do not, If you click that section it lets you select the threads with new posts if you so desire.

[Matt]

We're talking about how the threads show up when you click "new posts". I never (or very rarely) go into a single forum at a time to browse... i just click "new posts" to see what's active. There is where, if i read a thread, it disappears.

[LWM]

We're talking about how the threads show up when you click "new posts". I never (or very rarely) go into a single forum at a time to browse... i just click "new posts" to see what's active. There is where, if i read a thread, it disappears.

Okay, Maybe that is something with this version of software as I do not see a feature to show posts already read when you click NEW posts.

[Matt]

Here's another forum im on that's using the same software and it works. Maybe it's just a different revision?

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forum/

[hoaxci5]

4.0.8 there vs 4.0.6 here, however by the looks of it one of the sites I'm on is still using 3.8.5 so I'm not sure it's a versioning issue.

[LWM]

4.0.8 there vs 4.0.6 here, however by the looks of it one of the sites I'm on is still using 3.8.5 so I'm not sure it's a versioning issue.

As of today we are 4.1.3 here.

I am having a hard time grasping the difference, I might have to get one of you on the land line so I can fix the issue.

[Matt]

I made some screen shots of whats going on and compared it to another forum.

I'll run you through what they are:

Pic 1: Home screen
Pic 2: Clicked "Whats New", shows "new threads". You'll see i take note that the next 3 threads are "Switch Panel--IamJeep Style", "New member in northwest NC" and "Computer Security software".
Pic 3: Clicked "Switch Panel---IamJeep Style
Pic 4: Clicked "Whats New" again. You'll notice that the thread i just read is now gone. The other two remain. There are now also 8 threads returned in the search of "whats new".
Pic 5: Clicked "New member in northwest NC"
Pic 6: Clicked "Whats New" again. The thread i just read has disappeared, only the Computer Security software thread remains and we're down to 7 results.

The above happens regardless if i click "Whats New" or "New Posts".

For comparison, the next 3 pics show how other forums handle this.

Pic 7: Clicked "Whats New". I'm going to click the thread with the arrow pointed to it. Take note that all of the threads are in BOLD font.
Pic 8: I clicked that thread.
Pic 9: I clicked "Whats New" again. The thread did not disappear... it is still in the results list. BUT, it's no longer BOLD which means I have read it. The other non-bold threads are new results that I have not read. If someone replies to that thread, it will turn BOLD again.