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Following Forums and Threads (Warning screen shots within - big images)

Dav · 2010-08-23 09:34:31

Only 4% of members subscribe to forums. We consider it to be an easier way to navigate the site and keep tabs on whatever forums you might have an interest in. With that in mind, we've decided to make it easier to do this. Today, we're introducing a Follow Forum and Follow Thread button onto forum and thread pages…

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#62 23-08-2010 7:22pm
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OutlawPete wrote: »

It's in 'Edit Options'.

Scroll down to: Default Thread Subscription Mode.

Ah i thought that was just for email notifications. Ages since i turned that off.

Thanks Pete!

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#63 23-08-2010 9:08pm
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#64 23-08-2010 9:13pm
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Plowman wrote: »

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With all the custom code on Boards, I'd imagine an upgrade will be unlikely.

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#65 23-08-2010 9:17pm
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The new set up seems to open a new tab for each new post viewed.

Dont recall this before.

A pity there is not a button to Follow Poster or would it be too much like Twittle

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#66 23-08-2010 10:17pm
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Plowman wrote: »

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An upgrade to vBulletin 4 is highly unlikely. As basquille alluded to, we've modified vBulletin 3.8 quite a bit to get it to suit our needs so it would be a lot of work to upgrade to vB4. There aren't a huge number of benefits to moving to version 4 and a pretty big cost in both manpower and potential downtime.

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#67 23-08-2010 10:22pm
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Carlow52 wrote: »

A pity there is not a button to Follow Poster or would it be too much like Twittle

This is something we've knocked around the office a little bit, but we haven't come to a solid conclusion on how best it would fit in to the site. We may or may not do it in the future, but there's a lot of thinking and a chunk of coding between here and there.

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#68 24-08-2010 7:22pm
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Wish there was a my threads up in the menu at the top ^^

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#69 24-08-2010 7:52pm
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angel01 wrote: »

Wish there was a my threads up in the menu at the top ^^

If you click on 'User CP', up in the top left of every page, just under the Boards.ie logo, it shows you a list of all the threads that you are following.

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#70 25-08-2010 6:54pm
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Hmmm...Boards has gone all twittery.

Anyway, I'm truly shocked that only 4% of users have subscribed to (followed) forums/threads. I've been doing that as long as I can remember and I can't even imagine how much hassle it would be not to use it. I suppose it would be ok if you only visited one forum though.

BTW, it sucks that I can't see the 'Follow Forum' or 'Follow Thread' buttons because I'm not using the ugly default skin.

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#71 25-08-2010 7:04pm
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I use the Beta and I can see them

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#72 25-08-2010 7:06pm
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This following threads business could lead to a lot of bull.

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#73 25-08-2010 7:22pm
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King Felix wrote: »

This following threads business could lead to a lot of bull.

How so? You could always do it, this feature only makes it easier

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#74 25-08-2010 7:51pm
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DaPoolRulz wrote: »

How so? You could always do it, this feature only makes it easier

You're right.

It can be a real labyrinth this place. Even a minor tour of the place can take ageus.

This feature can only help.

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#75 25-08-2010 8:42pm
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King Felix wrote: »

This following threads business could lead to a lot of bull.

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

How so? You could always do it, this feature only makes it easier

King Felix wrote: »

This feature can only help.

I think i'm a little bit indecisive... Or am I?

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#76 25-08-2010 9:06pm
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i was seriously looking for my threads on facebook, oh the shame

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#77 25-08-2010 9:24pm
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Great idea and well implemented. I used the clunky,maybe even bizarre method of bookmarking all the forums i follow in a folder on the Bookmarks Bar in Chrome and just opened it and hopped from one forum to the other. I never went near the Boards front page!

This is much better.:)

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#78 25-08-2010 9:45pm
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King Felix wrote: »

You're right.

It can be a real labyrinth this place. Even a minor tour of the place can take ageus.

This feature can only help.

It makes it easier to peruseus your forums.

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#79 25-08-2010 10:00pm
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WindSock wrote: »

It makes it easier to peruseus your forums.

Someone should write a theseus on the subject.

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#80 26-08-2010 4:31pm
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I'm using one of the other skins so still have to "drop down" to follow a thread.

After clicking on this I am greeted by this screen where subscriptions are still mentioned.

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#81 26-08-2010 6:54pm
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I love the new feature.
In my forums, is there anyway besides memory to know which threads are read or unread? The 'go to new post' icon would make it epic.

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#82 26-08-2010 6:56pm
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CORaven wrote: »

I love the new feature.
In my forums, is there anyway besides memory to know which threads are read or unread? The 'go to new post' icon would make it epic.

When you get email notifications, they always link to the newest post since you last visited the thread.

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#83 26-08-2010 6:58pm
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OutlawPete wrote: »

When you get email notifications, they always link to the newest post since you last visited the thread.

And without the emails?

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#84 26-08-2010 9:21pm
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CORaven wrote: »

I love the new feature.
In my forums, is there anyway besides memory to know which threads are read or unread? The 'go to new post' icon would make it epic.

The go to new post functionality is there, as the number in brackets.

In future I imagine we'll be changing the layout of each entry in the lists to make it a bit more legible. It's had that retro "Excel spreadsheet" look for so long it's nearly fashionable.

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#85 27-08-2010 9:21am
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OutlawPete wrote: »

Click on these little 'pointing down arrows', that precede each thread:

they are not on the "my forums" page last time I looked.

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#86 27-08-2010 12:27pm
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Is 'Unfollow' a real word? It doesn't trip lightly from the tongue and it sounds inelegant.

I'm older than Minecraft goats.

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#87 27-08-2010 12:37pm
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It's not, but we couldn't think of a better alternative.

That said, it may well become a word because we're not the only ones using it

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#88 27-08-2010 12:46pm
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/Considers alternatives
Adhere - Dismiss
Tie me in - Untie me
Glue - Solvent
Stalk - Destalk

I'm older than Minecraft goats.

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#89 28-08-2010 11:24am
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OK :mad:

MY preferred way to keep track of my threads was to go to User CP and a list of threads I'd posted in was there. THis seems to ahve gone and I no longer know when threads are updated. There follow fourms are there wright enough but I want to see what threads have new posting !?!?!

I am doing something wrong or did ye ?? :P

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#90 28-08-2010 11:28am
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Click this: http://www.boards.ie/?filter=threads

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#91 28-08-2010 11:36am
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Davy wrote: »

Click this: http://www.boards.ie/?filter=threads

Ok no I don't like that. Its much less useful than the old way. For one thing it just lists all my threads ever. It was much more useful to see the ones with updates.This version doesn't even bold the ones with new threads for example. The other thing is it doesn't show the pages of the thread. I can only click into the first page and then have to click tot he latest page. This is a lot of extra clicking:mad:
I expect I'll use the site a lot less now

Edit: ok wait something just changed. Now when I click on UserCP there are some followeed threads with updates. THat wasn't there a few mins ago !? Ae you guys changing things now ?

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