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New Messages Across All Forums?
Erik Westra | Sep 24 2007
The new 43Folders site looks great, as does the new 43Folders forum. But…how can I get a single list of all the new messages posted since I last accessed the forum? The old forum software had a “Show New Posts” link, which showed all new messages across all the various forums. With the new software, I can see the new messages on a forum-by-forum basis, but I can’t see any way of viewing all the new messages across every forum. I’m sure I could use RSS for this, but prefer to come to the site to see what’s changed. Is there any way to quickly see the new messages — or do I have to go through each of the seventeen forums one by one? Thanks,
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 new messagesSubmitted by Merlin Mann on September 25, 2007 - 6:08am.
Yeah, that’s not presented well at all right now. I’m realizing that at the least you should be able to sort the table rows. Let me see what we can whip up — we’ll be working to improve the usability of the forums in general, and this is a great suggestion. Thanks! »
 http://www.43folders.com/trackerSubmitted by mivok on September 25, 2007 - 9:50am.
http://www.43folders.com/tracker is what I use. It shows anything new since your last visit, including blog posts and comments on them. This should work for most drupal based sites too if they have the module enabled. »
New MessagesSubmitted by Erik on September 25, 2007 - 12:35pm.
Hi Mivok,
Perfect — thank you! Now, as Merlin says, if we could only get a link to that page directly from the main forum. By the way, it seems that the site gets confused about what constitutes a “new” message. I keep getting old messages marked as “new” — some of them are weeks or even years old, but they keep getting marked as “new” despite repeated visits to the forums. Hopefully that hiccough can get sorted out as well…
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