Interesting. Have you cleared your cookies since Monday/last week? Issues staying logged in are session-related, which are often cookie-related. It's been fine for me, so I hope this clears up for you.
3rd person who's brought this up in this thread. Wasn't "broken" per se, but we were on version 1.5(?) or so of the forum software, which will no longer be supported by the end of May. Version 2 was a major upgrade and a necessity to keep the platform current, secure, and stable for future growth. The unfortunate side effect, as everyone has seen, is that the styles/themes from the old version don't directly carry through to the next major version so have to be re-done. The good news is that it seems there is flexibility in customizing the look and feel and themes and some of the navigation, so it's just a matter of time and what the volunteer team/admins decide on.
New posts and unread watched threads are literally the only 2 I use
There is in basic mode, but originally there wasn’t in the “default” mode. Not sure if it’s been fixed or not (doubt it), but basic mode has it (and also looks nicer than “default”)
Agreed. I was on night mode so I had issues.
The little button of three horizontal lines upper left. Click that and mid way down (on basic) is search forums which gives all the typical options
Change to the basic view.
Because why do we need a 6th thread about stethoscopes or laptops instead of just continuing the old thread and asking the people in there for advice? If it’s the same question or a related question I don’t get why we need ANOTHER new thread to answer it.
Giving an update for something that took time (whether that be an op who asked a question letting people know what they did and how it turned out, or if it is an event that occurred that now has new info from an investigation or a verdict from a pending case). The people who had posted in that thread might be interested in the update and wouldn't necessarily see a new thread posted about it.
For the exactly reasons @SkiOtter and @dpmd said...
Also, when people ask the same question over and over in new threads, at least a quarter of all the responses are basically...
Nice gif
Okay makes sense. I liked that warning box too but was just curious regarding the pros/cons of bumping vs creating new threads. If someone makes a new thread, people complain about not using search function. If people bump an old thread, people complain about necrobumping. There's always a critic so having a warning box is a good measure.
Somebody made it years ago because of exactly this issue and I have merely resurrected it from the depths of the internet because it is relevant again and perfectly fits the situation which I wish to addressNice gif
I can think of two threads off the top of my head that I've bumped with an update to a legal issue - often proceedings take >1year to be resolved in the courts. Also I love it when OPs update after they have resolved their issues/lost appeal/etc.Nice gif
Okay makes sense. I liked that warning box too but was just curious regarding the pros/cons of bumping vs creating new threads. If someone makes a new thread, people complain about not using search function. If people bump an old thread, people complain about necrobumping. There's always a critic so having a warning box is a good measure.
FWIW, I just bookmark the "Watched Forums" page and only ever visit that page. Even easier that way honestly.
Somebody made it years ago because of exactly this issue and I have merely resurrected it from the depths of the internet because it is relevant again and perfectly fits the situation which I wish to address
Seems like it
Dark. I tried to refollow pre vet and it all populated to my list againThat's strange because when I used a Watch Forum feature on a test forum (e.g. preallo), only the unread threads were listed in Unread Watched Threads
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Are you using Basic style?
Correct. In the prevet forum, only my watched threads have an eye icon. But whenever someone updates any thread in pre vet,, it shows up in my unread watched list with an eye icon. If I go to the thread itself, I can't unwatch it as I'm not watching it in the first place.I used Dark Mode and no threads showed up in prevet when I watched it
In the Unread Watched Threads, only the Unread Threads and Watched Content were checked right?
If it is and all threads still show up, there's probably a glitch somewhere @WildWing
Thank God, because I was hoping to bump the hawt chicks thread yesterday and was really disappointed when I couldn't
I posted about this last week after the upgrade (see below). I'm not sure it's possible out-of-the-box to show the watched threads that are unread. I said that the forum software developers need to be reminded that removing this feature is annoying to many people in many forums and need to be pressured to re-add it out-of-the-box.
@WildWing, from this thread: Watched Threads - No option to view only unread Watched threads. it looks like they nixed the direct link to show unread watched threads... but that's as of January 2019, so I dunno if they re-added it.
Also from that thread, someone made a paid add-on that's $25 up-front + $15 annual renewal fee: Watched Thread Filtering
Yuck. I'll continue seeing if there's any filtering option that's exposed, at least what I can see as a user.
Edit: Last post is from March 25, 2019, saying a lot of members are bummed about this, so it's possibly still not re-added.
Edit 2: This post from XF Mike allows users to "Filter" and then "Save as Default":
Edit 3: OK, Mike's suggested workaround of using the Filter doesn't even work. Watched means "Watched Forum" rather than "Watched Threads."So setting the filters like shown in that screenshot only shows unread threads in every forum I'm watching.
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Edit 4: OK, here's what I think. I think this is something that XF Developers need to address, since -- looking at the Filter screenshot that XF Mike posted above -- that Filter UI is available in both the What's New --> New Threads and What's New --> New Posts.
Specifically, what I'd like to see the developers carve out is the Filter checkbox for "Watched Content."
- Current behavior: It's defined as any content in a forum that I watch. This is silly and gives me thousands of threads.
- Expected behavior: Create two options: "Watched Threads" and "Watched Forums" that are more granular/specific so we the users can specify exactly what we want and also so the filter can be set in the URL by forum admins. In other words, when I click "Unread Watched Threads," I expect to see exactly that, watched threads that are unread. Not a list of all threads in all watched forums, which pretty much defeats the purpose.
I almost want to create a XF forum account (been meaning to anyways as a prospective customer) just so I can suggest this to the development team. Seems very straightforward to code, since it just seems like basic database querying and filtering/sorting. Nothing "new" that needs to really be done.
But I'm watching the lounge, and I don't get all of the unread lounge threads, only the ones I'm watching. This issue is exclusive to pre-vet for me
What you're describing doesn't make sense, since XF 2.x removed the ability to see unread watched threads. Would you be willing to post a screenshot? If you hover over the "eye" icon, it says the thread is listed because it's in a Watched Forum, not because it's a Watched Thread.
Still can't bump old threads. I dunno what the age cut-off is, maybe 6 months and older cannot be bumped.
Here are some screen shots. Two are the unread watched thread list, showing only prevet, even though I also watch lounge and vet. Lounge definitely has recent posts as you can see in my watched threads list screen shot. You can compare times. You can see the meme thread and chillin' thread are unread (even though the GD bold issue hasn't been fixed) and do not list in the unread watched list at all. Only prevet is in there.
Still can't bump.
