dondigitalia Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Sometimes, when I log in, then log out without reading everything, all of the topics will be marked as read when I return, including those I haven't read. Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone know the cause or how I can avoid it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 That's normal. The board marks topic that have new replies since your last visit. I don't think that there's any way to change that to be cumulative and include ones that you still hadn't read at the end of your previous visit. But I wish there were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondigitalia Posted May 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Oh, that makes sense. I thought it was a read/unread notation, rather than new/old. I guess I'll just have to use the date of the last post as my bookmark instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Yes, that's what I did when I stopped reading everything on the board due to time constraints at the end of the semester. I just made a mental note to myself, "Okay, anything after April 20th I probably haven't read yet." Then when the semester was over, I just went back to the threads in which the newest post was after the date and got all caught up. So it's possible to do it that way--but still, it would be a lot more convenient if the board kept track for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 I don't think that there's any way to change that to be cumulative and include ones that you still hadn't read at the end of your previous visit. But I wish there were. Try this: Go to the top of the screen and click on "My Assistant" and then select "Today's Active Topics." It will take you to a place where you can specify just today's posts or a number of days you may have missed. Once you select that, you will see a list of topics from the newest to the oldest. Every topic with a message you haven't read will have a little box to the immediate left of the topic description. If you click on that box, it will take you to the first message you haven't read in the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Every topic with a message you haven't read will have a little box to the immediate left of the topic description. If you click on that box, it will take you to the first message you haven't read in the topic. Actually, I think that's still just for topics that have new posts since your last visit--not necessarily everything that you haven't read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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