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Kolin_Tregaskes
Wed 24th Dec '03, 12:10pm
Hello,

I sent this message a while ago, but received not feedback. If this feature is available or could be added I would definitely but the forum software, but I feel this feature is important to be there first (and supported by VBulletin) as I don't want to modify the code and have no support thereafter.

I had a lot of trouble explaining this to the support guy, so forgive me if no one understands...

I've used vBulletin forums on many sites and see it as probably the best one around, but when I use the one on CGTalk.com (and this probably affects them all), I check the galleries forums each day and all I want to view are threads I've not seen before (new threads not new posts for each thread), but what the site does at the moment is sort the threads in order of the last post.

At the moment, if I use CGTalk.com as an example again, I have to remember in my head what threads I've already seen and those that I've not, which is a pain when there is a lot of posts to old threads and new threads mixed together. Does vBulletin have this option where you can sort by new thread (i.e. brand news topics) instead of last posts on each thread? I've already exchanged e-mails with the webmaster at this site and he says it's a really good idea and it would be very useful to me and probably others.

Hope someone understands that. :-)

Kol

Steve Machol
Wed 24th Dec '03, 12:35pm
This is currently not a feature of the software. I don't imagine this would be too difficult to do, but at this time it does require hacking. (Unless the Devs have put in some undocumented search options I'm not aware of.)

Kolin_Tregaskes
Wed 24th Dec '03, 12:38pm
Hi Steve,

I couldn't see it in the list for version 3? I've seen another post mentioned having the ability to see the start date of the threads (kind of similar to what I'm suggesting here). If this is implemented then it must be simple to then sort by this date?

Merry Christmas!

Kol