"Latest Posts"

[Squelch]

On another forum I frequent, Triumph675.net, they have a section at the bottom of the front page that shows the latest posts. It's quite useful, and when I'm incessantly checking and rechecking the boards, I can see exactly what's new with a glance. Can we add something like that?

They're on VBulletin 3.8.1, so I'm not sure if that's specific to that version or what.

Here's a screenshot (sorry for the size):

[Logan]

Click the "new posts" at the top of the page.

Same thing, isn't it?

[Squelch]

It's that extra click that I don't like. I'm a big fan of efficiency - if I can get all the information I need on one page, I'm happy.

I guess one option would be to put the "Mark Forums Read" at the bottom of the "New Posts" page - then I could just bookmark that page and not even go to the forum index page.

[sin808]

I guess one option would be to put the "Mark Forums Read" at the bottom of the "New Posts" page

I'd like to see that option.

[CaptGoodvibes]

Just bookmark one of these pages instead of the forum page...

http://www.beginnerbikers.org/

or

http://www.beginnerbikers.org/forum/....php?do=getnew

???

[Squelch]

But there's still an extra few clicks to mark them all as read so they don't keep popping up. If I could see what's new, and mark them all as read on the same page, that would be fine. As it is, I go to "New Posts" and see a bunch of posts. Some of them I want to read, some I don't. I click through to the ones I want to read, and then hit "New Posts" again (but not too fast - gotta wait 10 seconds!). Then when I'm done I still have to go back to the forum index page to mark everything as read.

[CaptGoodvibes]

Well... I like the way it is now and vote for zero change in the new posts listing. Sorry.

[Squelch]

Well there are two of us that would like "Mark As Read" on the bottom of the "New Posts" page. Of course, I have less than 1,000 posts in four years, so what do I know...

[CaptGoodvibes]

On our local moto board, if I read a post from the "new posts" link and then go back to the list, all the posts are gone... essentially marked "as read". It really pisses me off actually.

[Afflo]

Are you looking for something different than the "Mark FOrums Read" option that is in the "Quick Links" meno?