by wobo » Jul 19th, '12, 09:05
I think this is everywhere. The "active_topics" list is ordered by *last posts*. So, in a lively forum you may always have several pages, the number of entries in the list depends on the time span you set at the foot of the page.
Now, if you have been away for some days you will have (f.ex.) 2 pages of unread active topics. You start reading the interesting topics. You always return to the list after reading a topic. This topic will stay at its place in the list but will turn to normal color (aka read) while the unread topics still keep their red color.
After you have read all interesting topics you will see the unread topics in the list, not at the top but in their place according to the time stamp of the last post. Now you can do 2 things:
- click on "Mark all forums read" which makes your issue go away at the cost of possibly missing topics you may want to read later. They are still in the list but not marked as unread.
- or you use the "View unread posts" view which is also ordered by date of last post but only shows unread topics. After you read one topic and return to the list this topic has vanished from the list.
Hopefully I have explained understandable enough (a German explaining something to another German in English language!)
wobo
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