Forum Tools

[dustoff99]

I was on Mark B.'s site and didn't notice a "Forum Tools" option to mark the forums read. Did I miss something?

[Shyuan]

I would love to know too. I couldn't see such option as well. :S I was using the vb5demo.

[Mark.B]

Down at the bottom of the front page, 'Mark Channels Read'.

[dustoff99]

Down at the bottom of the front page, 'Mark Channels Read'.

Thanks for the quick reply, didn't look at the "Front" page.

Do you know if they will add that ability by forum? On bigger sites, it's easier (for me) to go forum by forum and then marking that forum as read and moving to the next.

[Shyuan]

Saw it Should make it more visible

[Wayne Luke]

Saw it Should make it more visible

I disagree... Most people don't read everything on a single visit and don't mark forums read on a regular basis. That is a key behavior difference between community forums and social media sites like Facebook. The functionality should be available, don't get me wrong, but it shouldn't be obvious to direct people to use it when the opposite will suit their needs better.

I do agree it could be formatted better though.

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For the original question, Mark Channel Read has been merged into the inline moderation dropdown. This should be depicted on your page as a notepad with a pencil icon on the right side. None moderators should have access to this as well but not moderator functions.

[dustoff99]

For the original question, Mark Channel Read has been merged into the inline moderation dropdown. This should be depicted on your page as a notepad with a pencil icon on the right side. None moderators should have access to this as well but not moderator functions.

I don't see it on the beta 23 on two different test sites. Is this something that will be added on the next beta?

[Wayne Luke]

I see it at http://www.vbulletin.com/vb5demo. That is beta 23. It is the first option in the dropdown.

[dustoff99]

I see it at http://www.vbulletin.com/vb5demo. That is beta 23. It is the first option in the dropdown.

Ok, maybe I am missing it. I am at the site above.

I am logged in. I am drilled down to the "Demo Question and Answer..." forum. What drop down menu are you referring to?

Another odd thing I noticed - the Announcement doesn't stack for me (as it states in the announcement), however I can rotate message to message.

[Wayne Luke]

Looks like you found a bug...

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-6816

[Yves R.]

The option is in the inline moderation menu, which is bad for registered users (they don't have access to the inline moderation).

[Wayne Luke]

The option is in the inline moderation menu, which is bad for registered users (they don't have access to the inline moderation).

So it would seem. I was informed it would work differently since if you give users permission to edit or delete their own posts, they should get access to that menu now.

[Yves R.]

I'll try it on Beta 24

[Yves R.]

I set 'Can Can Edit Own Posts', 'Can Delete Own Posts' & 'Can Delete Own Topics' to Yes, the checkboxes appeared on the forum topic list but the menu is not displayed.

We will make developers sad!

[dustoff99]

I set 'Can Can Edit Own Posts', 'Can Delete Own Posts' & 'Can Delete Own Topics' to Yes, the checkboxes appeared on the forum topic list but the menu is not displayed.

We will make developers sad!

What about the forum that a registered user didn't post in, would they be able to see the inline moderation menu? Does it (the ability to mark the forums read) have to be in the inline moderation menu?