topic Re: Suggestion for forums in myFICO® Forums Technical Help

Suggestion for forums

laz98 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:53:40 GMT

it would be great if we could have a link for New Posts. sometimes it's a pain to go into each category i'm interested in & try to figure out which ones are new & that i haven't read a part of. if we had just one list of new postings since last login or whatever, it would be awesome, because then they would all be in one spot!

Re: Suggestion for forums

llecs — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:21:44 GMT

@laz98 wrote:
it would be great if we could have a link for New Posts. sometimes it's a pain to go into each category i'm interested in & try to figure out which ones are new & that i haven't read a part of. if we had just one list of new postings since last login or whatever, it would be awesome, because then they would all be in one spot!

I don't know if I'm answering your question, but there are a few different ways you can see new or unread posts already. One way is to click on the board (e.g. SLs, CCs, RYC, here, and so on) and you'll see a column going down for unread posts:

If you click on any number within the second column after the thread title, it'll automatically take you to first post within that thread that you haven't read.

Another way is to scroll to the bottom of board or community and you can see all of your unread threads.

Finally, all unread threads are bolded or unread posts within a given thread results in the thread being bolded.

Also, I never tinkered with this, but IIRC there's a setting to show unread threads at the top of the community as opposed to the bottom. I'll defer to others on that. There are settings that you can control which would change the appearance.

Re: Suggestion for forums

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:56:47 GMT

@laz98 wrote:

it would be great if we could have a link for New Posts. sometimes it's a pain to go into each category i'm interested in & try to figure out which ones are new & that i haven't read a part of. if we had just one list of new postings since last login or whatever, it would be awesome, because then they would all be in one spot!

Last September a member made the same suggestion and we were able bring this to myFICO! The Unread Discussion module allows members to find all of their Unread Discussions in one easy location. On the Home Page or at each category level (example Types of Credit) you will find a module called Unread Discussions at the bottom of the page. The module only shows 5 Unread Discussions in chronological order from newest to oldest, but when you click on View All in the bottom left hand corner you will see all your Unread Discussions. As you read posts, they will automatically be removed from the module.

Note: If you use the option to mark "All Read" it removes ALL the Unread Discussions even if you do it at a category level.