Need help using the new forum ...

John,

I used to browse the old forums the same way you did (Posts Since Last Visit link). Here's what I did with the new forums.

First, I determined the time period between my visits. In my case, I decided on using 1 Day. Even if I happen to miss a day or two, my thoughts are that even if a thread was posted two or three days ago and no one replied to it, it's probably not worth my time anyway.

Second, I set up the forum filter in EVERY forum to only show posts made within the past 1 Day. I also tried the "Since Last Visit", but that filter is NOT working. Be sure to hit "Remember" and "Apply" when you make the changes in each forum and it works fine. This process took the better part of an hour to complete in all the forums and sub-forums, but I felt it was necessary.

Now, I only see posts made within the past 24 hours in every forum.

Hope this helps...

Robert:

Hi -- it's John Ratzenberger from IPMS, MAP & all that ...

Thanks for the info -- your comment on "Last Visit" not working sure explains why I had trouble with it ... also makes me feel better ...

I guess I'll go with what you suggest & learn to live with it.  Since I don't watch al the forums, it won't take long to set up ....  My question is -- did you do "Apply" & "Remember" in that order or "Remember" & "Apply" in that order  or does it matter ???

ARC also changed forum software but they have button that allows me to "mark forum as read & return to main forum list" and that was a suitable substitute ...

John

jratz wrote:

I guess I'll go with what you suggest & learn to live with it.  Since I don't watch al the forums, it won't take long to set up ....  My question is -- did you do "Apply" & "Remember" in that order or "Remember" & "Apply" in that order  or does it matter ???

John: I knew who you were...I recognized Kermit

I'm pretty sure it's "Remember" then "Apply", but it only takes testing in one forum to figure out which way works. Also, you can set up one forum (A/C for example) to only display 1 or 2 Days worth of posts - since you visit more often - while another (Ships for example) can be set up for a week or more. This way the forums you don't visit as often won't drop threads as quickly.

Actually, with the severe drop-off in posts since the software change, you could probably get away with setting 2 or 3 Days in most forums and you shouldn't be "overloaded" with threads. At least they're not all jumbled together and you don't see posts that are a month old with no replies.

Take care,