where do want it to be located is probably the first question.

And just so you know – the QuickLinks (topic list), the New Post popup list, the post notifications anywhere and the list shown by default at the bottom of the front forum page ARE all personal to the currently logged in user.

Perhaps some of the confusion is around terminology. Maybe it comes down to relabeling.  I might try this.  Nobody likes change, but, my users have hated it.  They are still angered about the double comment bubbles that indicated different status’s.  So i’m trying my best to build something similar. But, it’s still not good enough for them.

Are the quicklinks the little icons before ‘Select Forum’?  Where is the ‘New Post Popup List’?

I think for my users they don’t like having to click into a page to view what’s they have posted in or what topics they started.  So they’d love a drop down for this much like ‘New or Recently Updated Topics’  If i could get one of these for my users based around their topics they may be happy.

I also, don’t have the list on the forums main page below the forum of ‘unread and recently updated’ not sure why it won’t show up for me.

Perhaps, you can check out our forum http://www.fantasyfootballxtreme.com/forums and let me know if something is out of whack because of the template updates i’ve made.  Though, i must admit have been minimal and purely based on your guys response to my many questions.

double comment bubbles?

the quicklinks are the two dropdowns (not popup) next to the search button (at least here)… they are the dropdown for list of unread topics (specific to logged in user) and the dropdown of forums…

the unread topics popup is below the quicklinks on the right…  there is text that tells number of unread topics and if greater than zero there is a button to open the list in popup (there is option on that template tag to make it open in new page too) and then there is the arrow icon for jumping to the bottom… again, the count and the popup button are specific to the logged in user…

the unread topics list at the bottom of the group view page (main forum page) probably doesnt show for you because you are an admin…  in the spGroupView.php template file, look for the template tag:

sp_RecentPostList

you can add an argument admins=1 if you want the list to show for admins…

Aaron Wentzel said
I also, don’t have the list on the forums main page below the forum of ‘unread and recently updated’ ..

Uh, yes you do. Perhaps you just added it. Nothing looks out of whack on your forums to me!

The Quicklinks is the dropdown menu with recently updated posts, next to the Go To Forum menu.

Mr Papa said
double comment bubbles?

I was going to say that!

sp_RecentPostList … you can add an argument admins=1 if you want the list to show for admins…

Thanks for that! Is there a way to add the first post details and link which no longer appear. Our members are all over me for getting that back… in group forum and forum view too.

Mr Papa said
double comment bubbles?

the unread topics list at the bottom of the group view page (main forum page) probably doesnt show for you because you are an admin…  in the spGroupView.php template file, look for the template tag:
sp_RecentPostList

you can add an argument admins=1 if you want the list to show for admins…

Unread topics list is now showing for admins. Thanks for your help on this.

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So, i think the biggest thing is there are a lot of ways to see recent posts and unread posts as you point out.  However, literally my forum has hundreds a posts at any point in time.  My many of my users have over 5k posts individually.  What my users care about is just to see ‘My Posts and My Topics’ 

How can I create a select drop down list like the current ‘New Recently Updated Topics’ and ‘ a list at the bottom of the page for ‘My Posts and My Topics’ instead of ‘Unread posts and Topics’  Make sense?  I created ‘My Posts’ and ‘My Topic’ buttons for them.  But, then they complained they are still one extra click away.

What do you guys suggest i do to get this functionality? 

Thanks,

Aaron

sorry, what is ‘my posts and my topics’??  posts that users have posted in? those are available in the popup profile so you could copy the code to the end of the page… 

a dropdown would not be a wise choice if there were large numbers as they would take significant time to populate…