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A New "New" Tab



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Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:47 am
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By now, you've almost certainly noticed a new link across the top of the site: " New". The link takes you to the "View New Posts" page.

The view new posts page shows the latest activity from all across the site. It includes:
- Forum posts
- Storybook posts
- Reviews
- Literary Works
- Club topics

My hope is that by promoting it to the top bar, it'll start getting more attention and lead people toward discovering all the great stuff YWS has to offer, such as storybooks, clubs, and the forums that are "below the fold" on the forums page. But, consider this as a two week trial period. If it ends up being helpful, it'll stay. If, though, it ends up just taking up space, it'll be removed after two weeks.


Known Bugs

- Already read posts from the forums and storybooks will sometimes show up as unread.

- The "New Posts" count in the userbox on the front page sidebar will differ from the count shown on the View New Posts page. The former counts only forums and storybooks. The latter includes everything listed above.
  





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Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:51 am
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Iggy says...



I have a sneaky suspicion that you put it between the messages and notifications tabs so people, say, on touch screens with fat fingers (moi) will click on it by mistake. ;)

It's awesome. I love it!
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yubbies21 says...



Haha @Dragon99 we discovered this "new clicky thingy"...Go us! :{)
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Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:53 am
MooCowPoop says...



I mean cool. Or coil too.
  





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Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:06 am
Holysocks says...



I checked it out before my notifs! That's a first... It seems cool! :-P
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Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:06 am
Ossum says...



Neat. ^-^
Never give up on yourself or others.
Fight for what is in your heart, not in your head.
And if it all comes down to it,
Die on your feet before yo live on your knees.

Chin up, shoulders back, smile on.
  





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Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:09 am
Snoink says...



YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.

"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach

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Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:30 am
Basil says...



First thing I click on :P
Dorian, are you the one adding all the spices to our food?
Of course I am.
Why?
Because frankly the food here tastes like poorly cooked sawdust. It genuinely tastes how Solas looks.
  





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Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:37 pm
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I went ahead and removed the pink coloring for unread topic icons. It wasn't working correctly, and I'm not sure how much of a benefit they really have on a new posts page. However, if people would like it added back in, definitely let me know.

Also fixed a big bug having to do with ordering of literary works. They were being ordered by the time of the oldest post on each work since your latest visit instead of the newest post on each work. So a literary work with two new posts at 2pm and 5pm would show up as if the newest post was at 2pm.

Anyhow, cool to see people using the page! The number of unique views has increased from 20 on average per day to 112 as of yesterday.
  





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Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:43 pm
carbonCore says...



Is it possible to remove all items from the New tab if you click the "Mark forums as read" button, so that it's easier to see which items are new since you've cleared your unread items?
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Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:09 pm
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I went ahead and added a "Clear New Posts" button based on your feedback, carbon. Does that work?
  





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Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:29 pm
carbonCore says...



test

Edit: Works perfectly. Thanks Nate!
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Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:48 pm
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Thanks Nate!
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