Forum Question: New Posts?
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:24 am
Hi guys
im wondering if you can help me out with a little dilema im having. Im building a customised forum for a project im currently working on. I cant seem to get my head around how the 'New Posts' feature operates on forums such as this phpbb based one.
I have 2 timestamps. 1 which is the users last logged in time, so whenever a user logs in via the auto login function or logging in via the login form. The other stamp being whenever a page is refreshed by the user. Ive managed to get as far as showing new threads for a user since their last logged in date but then I hit a brick wall. What ive noticed on forums such as these is when you view a new post and then go back to the thread or category listings the new posts icon is no longer present and the thread or category dosnt show it as it having a new post to it. Thats what im having quite a bit of trouble with and can't quite seem to get my head around it.
I hope ive made sense.
Thanks for any help you guys can offer
krak3n
im wondering if you can help me out with a little dilema im having. Im building a customised forum for a project im currently working on. I cant seem to get my head around how the 'New Posts' feature operates on forums such as this phpbb based one.
I have 2 timestamps. 1 which is the users last logged in time, so whenever a user logs in via the auto login function or logging in via the login form. The other stamp being whenever a page is refreshed by the user. Ive managed to get as far as showing new threads for a user since their last logged in date but then I hit a brick wall. What ive noticed on forums such as these is when you view a new post and then go back to the thread or category listings the new posts icon is no longer present and the thread or category dosnt show it as it having a new post to it. Thats what im having quite a bit of trouble with and can't quite seem to get my head around it.
I hope ive made sense.
Thanks for any help you guys can offer
krak3n