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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:07 pm
Hi guys.
Currently I'm working on building some simple discussion boards / forums. ( Don't worry I know all about phpbb etc etc, and use it on a couple of my own sites ).
What I need explained to me, in a general way, is....
How does the forum know I have not read a topic? How does handle all that sessions stuff so that it can set the icon to be red, for example, to indicate that there are new posts or topics since the last time I loaded that page.
I get the basics of sessions etc... but I'm doing my head in.
I want to inform my users when a new topic has been posted by changing something visually on the site (change the icon colour, make topic text bold etc etc).
But what sort of session handling is going on?
Can someone attempt to explain this to me in a basic way (at first)?
I took a look at the source for phpBB and it's session stuff is WAY WAY WAY beyond what I THINK I need.
Thanks in advance.. I know this is a bit of a big question.
Scottie
Currently I'm working on building some simple discussion boards / forums. ( Don't worry I know all about phpbb etc etc, and use it on a couple of my own sites ).
What I need explained to me, in a general way, is....
How does the forum know I have not read a topic? How does handle all that sessions stuff so that it can set the icon to be red, for example, to indicate that there are new posts or topics since the last time I loaded that page.
I get the basics of sessions etc... but I'm doing my head in.
I want to inform my users when a new topic has been posted by changing something visually on the site (change the icon colour, make topic text bold etc etc).
But what sort of session handling is going on?
Can someone attempt to explain this to me in a basic way (at first)?
I took a look at the source for phpBB and it's session stuff is WAY WAY WAY beyond what I THINK I need.
Thanks in advance.. I know this is a bit of a big question.
Scottie