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This seems the best spot to post this. I am confused by terminology and functioning in the forum.

I cannot tell the difference between what the forum calls new "posts" and new "topics". Clicking on these lists usually takes me to the middle of the chain of replies. What is the BIAB forum definition of a "post" and a Topic"?

Also most boards I am familiar with have a button for marking all posts as having been "read" (past tense) so that the forum is cleared and next time you visit you can show all the new topics and responses that have been created since you last visited. Do we have something like that here?

Also is there a "like" or "thanks" button functionality for user's individual replies?

Thanks for clearing this up for me so I can really use the forum well.


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No "Like" or "Thanks" button.

A topic is normally contained in the header. In this case the topic is "Need info about how forum works".

A post is one message. This topic contains two posts (so far); the first post is by you and the second by me.


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Originally Posted By: BackingTrack
...Also most boards I am familiar with have a button for marking all posts as having been "read" (past tense) so that the forum is cleared and next time you visit you can show all the new topics and responses that have been created since you last visited. Do we have something like that here? ...

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Great answers. Thank you.

But it looks like there is no function to mark the forum as "read" (past tense).

And now I see using your definitions you kindly provided, that clicking on latest "posts" or "topics" takes you to the last post of a topic, not the start of a new topic unless there is only one comment so far. This is very different behavior than most forums. I guess I will just have to get used to this. Curious stuff. (not a complaint; just head-scratching)


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When you select a topic that has multiple posts the forum software automatically sends you to the first unread post. In other words if a topic has ten posts and you previously read five of them the next time you select the topic the forum software will direct you to post 6 of the topic.

The forum software is called +++ UBB +++ and has been around since 1997 so it's not new.


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Ah that was a great comment about the automatic referral to the last read post. Thanks, that was not clear that that was happening.


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Originally Posted By: BackingTrack
But it looks like there is no function to mark the forum as "read" (past tense).

There's no need to mark a forum as "read". The forums here will show topics in bold if they are new since your last visit. If you leave the forums then come back tomorrow, anything that was previously bold will not be bold (unless it has new posts within that topic).

There are hundreds of thousands of posts on this forum - it would be overwhelming if they were all marked in bold to say "READ ME NOW"!


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