Two things have been updated:
1.
- Old situation on old message board (without the passwords):
After you read a message and you came back to the main topics page, a message was immediately marked read, as well as all other new messges.
- Old siutation on new message board:
New messages were marked read by clicking on the ‘Mark Forum Read’ link right above the purple table header on a forum page, or on ‘Mark All Forums Read’ on the main page. Even messages posted by someone AFTER you entered the message board (the ‘current session’) were marked read, without you even knowing they were there.
- New (updated) situation:
The link on the main page ‘Reset All Forums’ and the one on the forum pages (‘Reset This Forum’) now markes all posts read up until the time you entered the board for your current session. If someone posts a message while your browsing the board, it will still be marked new after you click a reset link. The difference between the two is obvious. The one on the main page resets all forums, the one on a specific forum page resets only the current forum.
2.
The issue some people had with all posts being marked as new, has either to do with not clicking on the reset links, which have been added in the new board (see explanation above), or has to do with the fact that cookies are disabled in your browser. If it is caused by the second thing, you will now get an error message on the main page, saying that cookies are disabled in your browser. Click on the ‘Read more’ link, following the error message, for an explanation about cookies, and a walk-through on how to solve the problem for the three most popular browsers.
Hope this helps, and that you like the new features.
Posted on Fri, 21 July 2000 at 22:17
