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Started by Bryan, 2007-11-28T15:41:02-06:00 (Wednesday)

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Kit

SIUe Computer Science Graduate

bandyguy

Yeah, I've been looking at that. Actually my html skills are sort of sub-par and I doubt I'll get much php learned with finals coming up. :'( I might try over christmas break.

bandyguy


Bryan

Bryan Grubaugh
Quickly aging alumni with too much time on his hands
Business Systems Analyst, Scripps Networks.

Admin

It has the same information as what is on the recent posts index now. The message subjects and author names have just been put into a table. The table form, as opposed to the list form that is present now, requires a lot more space so far fewer recent posts can be displayed up front. This means that, for those of us who don't view the site as frequently, some topics may be missed because they aren't the top 5 or so newest. The current list format has the 24 most recent posts listed. I actually like what is there now better.

Are the recent posts not at the top for others? I thought I had changedthe setting globally for everyone. I didn't modified the other two themes though so if you are using one of them, you might want to switch back to the default theme.

Admin

If you want the list of boards to be sorted according to which has the latest post, then I think you are wanting this module:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=382


bandyguy

So would that bring the forum sections that are active to the top, or the actual threads. I liked the way the last forum was set up because I could instantly see what threads had been active, even if there were multiple posts in that thread. The way it is now, 18/about 25 threads would be consolidated into one row of the table showing that the corresponding thread had been active. One click and you can go and see that threads page and all the recent posts in that thread. Also, the RSS feed contains a feed of all posts, so if someone is not on often, the RSS would be a good way to see all the posts.

bandyguy

Just to clarify on my tone, I am not in anyway unthankful for the new forum. It is great and has a lot of potential. The people working on it are very talented and I respect them very much. I simply want to make suggestions as a user as to what I think would benefit the forum and make it easy to use, and more convenient.

Admin

It sounds like what you want is the mod that I posted a link to, not the one that you posted earlier (which doesn't consolidate threads (as is evident from the image preview on the download site)). I'm trying out the board/thread sort module on the test site now.

P.S. - I have no problem with people voicing their opinions (even if they differ from my own  :-)).

Admin

My mistake, it looks like there is an option to "only show the last reply" in the module that you posted a link to. That would consolidate the threads like you want. I'll try it out on the test site.

Admin

I've installed the recent posts module so that it is now grouping the threads, but I don't see any option to show the recent posts in table form? Does anyone know to get the table form?

Admin

There appears to be a bug in the recent posts module that I just installed. It will group the threads in the recent posts section but, if you set any of the options for the recent posts module in your profile, then the grouping will stop working PERMINATELY! So if you want the threads grouped, don't mess with that setting!

Admin

Never mind that last post, I found an option buried in the administrative menus which was preventing users from being able to set the "Only show the last reply of a thread" option. It is working now. Enjoy, and thanks to "bandyguy" for finding and recommending this feature!

Gregory Bartholomew

Now it seems to have this issue where it will only display the latest 10 threads??? Oh well - I guess 10 isn't such a bad number.
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