Show forums with new posts indicator
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Show forums with new posts indicator
Hello all,
I am trying to make a bulletin board system for my site and I am trying to make a Forums with new posts inidcator on the index page. For example, when you make a new post in a forum that hasnt been posted in in a while, the icon next to the forum turns a different color or something normally. Well I know this has something to do with cookies, but I cant figure it out. So, could someone possibly give me a real straight forward example of how you might do this.
Thanks!
-maddog39
I am trying to make a bulletin board system for my site and I am trying to make a Forums with new posts inidcator on the index page. For example, when you make a new post in a forum that hasnt been posted in in a while, the icon next to the forum turns a different color or something normally. Well I know this has something to do with cookies, but I cant figure it out. So, could someone possibly give me a real straight forward example of how you might do this.
Thanks!
-maddog39
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There's a couple of things recorded: The major one is the last time the user was seen from a previous login. This creates your new posts list. The second recording is when posts/threads are read, so they disappear from the new list. The time of reading is needed for each of them so you know when the thread becomes new again during their session.
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Or you get phpBB at
http://www.phpbb.com/
Free (as in Free Speech) forum. You are using phpBB at the moment
http://www.phpbb.com/
Free (as in Free Speech) forum. You are using phpBB at the moment
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Re: Show forums with new posts indicator
He's trying to make one, not find one.AlecH wrote:I am trying to make a bulletin board system for my site and I am trying to make a Forums with new posts inidcator on the index page.
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