What new features did the Upgrade bring us?

[RAY@HQ]

Yes, when you get the list unread threads after clicking 'What's new', use the little down arrow (looks like two v's stacked vertically) icon next to the last spot in the thread. That will allow you to read in the correct order (forward) from the last time you were in the thread.

[Whistler]

Sorry, which 'stickies'?

So, in the Clubhouse forum main page, there are three stickies at the top of the scroll, from 2007, 2009, and 2010. There are scattered ones elsewhere.

[RABohms]

Question about the navigation - I am now using the What's New again which does seemingly replicate the old functionality. However, is there a way once in an unread thread to get directly to the last read post in that thread? I feel like I was able to do that before but can't figure it out now. Right now, once in an unread thread, I'm clicking latest activity and essentially reading backwards from the last post in the thread whereas before I could jump directly to where I had last read in a thread and then read to the end of the thread.

[RAY@HQ]

Sorry, which 'stickies'?

[Whistler]

It will be nice to get rid of the stickies when you can

[RAY@HQ]

Thanks Ray for the quick fix! So nice to be able to see what was posted since your last visit. That was my favorite feature of the old forums. (Outside the content of course)

Same, that's totally how I navigate this place.

We're getting there. It already looks a lot more familiar than it did last night. Sorry that we have to show "how the sausage gets made" in live mode here, but thanks for bearing with us.

Good news is that this thing is super configurable, so we'll keep flattening the pain points as we find them. (We just moved the login box below the USAT banner so it's easier to see now. Before it looked like it was part of your browser's bookmarks bar).

[bankerboy]

Thanks Ray for the quick fix! So nice to be able to see what was posted since your last visit. That was my favorite feature of the old forums. (Outside the content of course)

[RAY@HQ]

"what's new" (on the top bar under 'Forum Home') seems to do that for me, Red. If you go to the bottom of the forum list and 'mark all channels read' now, then next time you come back, click 'what's new', and you should see all threads with updates (across all forums) since you left.

You're right that 'latest activity' exists within each forum (not at the site-level) and just shows latest activity within that forum.

[Whistler]

I can't find a "Latest Activity" on the forum home page, only within a specific forum. Prior to the changeover, there was a New Posts on the main page, so you could scroll through all new posts in all forums, rather than having to click through each individual forum. Will that be added?

[RAY@HQ]

OK, so here's what I've found on this, as I continue to play with the controls here...

There's a "Mark all channels read" link at the bottom of the forum list on the main page. (I'm working on moving that back to the top, stay tuned on that.) But once you click that to mark everything read, then the 'new topics' link at the top left seems to work the same way 'What's new?' did. (In fact I think I might re-label it...)

Let me know if you see same.

Confirming that this seems to work as I described. And I changed the label to "What's new?"

[RAY@HQ]

The Latest Activity points only to the start of the post, not the subsequent activity.

I think after you mark everything re-read (use the link at the bottom of the forum list), this will start working again. Just a one-time cutover issue... hopefully.

[RAY@HQ]

Where is the Search function? I see it in a post, but not in overall or in specific forum

Search is there (and seems to work), it's WAY up in the top right.

[RAY@HQ]

Really really really missing the 'What's new' feature from the old forums. This feels like a downgrade...ugh.

OK, so here's what I've found on this, as I continue to play with the controls here...

There's a "Mark all channels read" link at the bottom of the forum list on the main page. (I'm working on moving that back to the top, stay tuned on that.) But once you click that to mark everything read, then the 'new topics' link at the top left seems to work the same way 'What's new?' did. (In fact I think I might re-label it...)

Let me know if you see same.

[RAY@HQ]

Really really really missing the 'What's new' feature from the old forums. This feels like a downgrade...ugh.

Patience... working on bringing that back.

[bankerboy]

Really really really missing the 'What's new' feature from the old forums. This feels like a downgrade...ugh.