Using the latest SVN update I saw new posts in WP dashboard. Went and read all new posts & now forum shows no new posts.
Going back to the WP dashboard it showed the same posts as new. Double checked and went to the forum and it again said no new posts.
If I turn off the admin bar I see nothing shown at all in the new post spot.
So it appears that even though the forum shows no new posts the dashboard continues to say there are new ones.
Brandon C said
Using the latest SVN update I saw new posts in WP dashboard. Went and read all new posts & now forum shows no new posts.
Going back to the WP dashboard it showed the same posts as new. Double checked and went to the forum and it again said no new posts.
OK – firstly I assume this is as a forum admin. I can not replicate this at all. So can we recap? The list of posts in the WP dashboard should echo the same number and posts in the admin bar at the top – which should also all show up when it is opened. Are you saying that this is NOT the case?
This is what used to be called the ‘queue’ – is now tentatively called the ‘postbag’ – and any suggestions for a good name are welcomed! Posts in the ‘postbag’ will only be removed when they are answered or explicitly marked as read. Dont confuse this with your personal/user level list of new posts…
If I turn off the admin bar I see nothing shown at all in the new post spot.
Correct. If you are not using the admin bar there is no postbag so nothing is shown.
So it appears that even though the forum shows no new posts the dashboard continues to say there are new ones.
See above…
OK, recap. 
This is a forum admin (me)
Admin bar plug in activated.
Admins – Your Admin Options > Display the Simple:Press admin bar: Turned off
I see this in WP Dashboard
Go to forum and I see this.
Turn on display of admin bar
Use this to mark all as read.
Still shows 2 topics unread even after page reload.
Use the admin bar and view and mark both posts as read.
Now admin bar shows Zero unread. Reload page and the right side now shows ‘0 topics with unread posts’ which is correct and there are no new posts shown in the WP dashboard.
Hope that helps.
I don’t follow the comment ‘Use this to mark all as read’. Oh – you mean from the personal list? That will NOT remove them from the admins postbag list. Your personal list and the admins list are not connected (except when a post needs moderating)
Ok, I understand what you mean on the personal list and admin list.
So to break it down.
Admin Plugin activated, Show Admin Bar off and there are 2 new posts.
Shows 2 new posts in WP dashboard and if I read them normally in the forum it will allways say there are 2 new posts in the WP dashboard.
The only way to get it to reset to 0 is to turn on showing me the admin bar then use it to view and mark as read.
yeah, thats the way its currently designed… we have been toying and experimenting with other potential changes… Andy and I are not in total synch yet on how this should operate…
but the admin dashboard shows the admin queue errr, now called admins postsbag… so to be removed from the postbag, they have to be removed from the admin queue – that is approved or replied to… simply viewing a topic/post will not remove it from the admins postbag…
its not a personal unread list… its is a list of posts on the forum that have not been acted on… that means, approved (which really removes from the postbag) or replied to (which also removes)…
if you are not using the admin bar, then I would not use the admin bar plugin… yes, you will lose the unread list from the dashboard… perhaps that should be a standalone plugin…