3 days?

[beerking]

Sometimes a member may go away for a weekend, and not be able to check the boards. Upon returning to the boards Monday, it would be nice to be able to look at posts for the last 3 days. The options currently exist for 1,2, and 5 days (etc) but not for 3. Any chance it can be easily added?

[fretlessman71]

Two thoughts:

1) An easy thing to do (which you may already know about) is to just click on View New Posts when you login each time. Makes it a little easier for me, and I don't miss anything (usually).

2) Where are you looking for the 1, 2, and 5 day options? This would be nice to know...

[Beer Monkey]

not to related but something I've noticed thats a bit annoying, any way the time can be set on the board server? makes it a little hard to keep track of things as well

[HarkJohnny]

user cp > options > time zone

i'm -5GMT here in ohio and we are in EST, not sure what time zone you are in

[Beer Monkey]

Originally posted by HarkJohnny
user cp > options > time zone

i'm -5GMT here in ohio and we are in EST, not sure what time zone you are in

opps my bad, thanks for the quick fix East Mondrovian wasn't the best time zone

[beerking]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Two thoughts:

1) An easy thing to do (which you may already know about) is to just click on View New Posts when you login each time. Makes it a little easier for me, and I don't miss anything (usually).

2) Where are you looking for the 1, 2, and 5 day options? This would be nice to know...

1) "View New Posts" doesn't seem to work for me. When I click it, I see the theads with new posts, but if I click on that thread, it takes me to the beginning of the thread. That can be a long time ago for some of these posts.

2) When you are looking at the threads list, at the bottom of the page you can select from 3 pull downs. The last one usually says "Last Day." Hit the pull down and you can choose a longer period. Hit go, and you will see threads that have posts older than just the last day.

[bruin_ale]

I use the "View New Posts" almost exclusively. You could probably use that in combination with the "Go to first unread post" to get what you want.
I don't use the search that you're talking about because I never go into the individual forums unless I'm looking for a specific thread. With "View New Posts", I see all the new postings in every forum.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by bruin_ale
You could probably use that in combination with the "Go to first unread post" to get what you want.

That's exactly what I do.

[chazwicke]

I use the notification. I get an email informing me of any posts in threads where I participate. I also us e the view new posts as well. Or if you are not signed in you can view todays active threads.

[brewcrew76]

Do any of you have a problem with using "view new posts" and then "go to first unread post." Sometimes when I use this feature it takes me to the last post in the thread even though I have not read the previous x posts in that thread. It is still easy to use sine I just scroll up several posts but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Just wondering if anyone else expereinced this.

[zoom6zoom]

I always use the view new posts - it's actually how I have the site bookmarked! The "first unread post" bit doesn't really work most of the time.

Chaz, that must generate a lot of email!

[HogieWan]

I have the same problem with the "go to first unread" thing. It seems to happen after not being logged in for a few days, which is the point of this whole thread.

[bruin_ale]

Agreed, the first unread doesn't work that well, I usually don't use it but just know where I am in the thread and scroll down to there.

I also use the auto-notification on threads I'm subscribed to. I filter it to a separate folder in my Inbox so that I don't have alot of realbeer notifications clogging things up, but yeah it generated quite a bit of mail.

[chazwicke]

I am online almost continously through out the day so if I get a notification or two I usually can get to them before things start piling up. I am pretty good about keeping both my office and personal email boxes cleaned out.