Longer list of recent forum posts

[ITWombat]

Just wondering if there is a way of providing a longer of list of recent forum posts. If front page real estate is at a premium then why not use the method they have on other sites (e.g. OS News) a link to to seperate page with a longer list.

[ITWombat]

I made lof posts today. Apologies to others for scrolling out their topics but

When the muse comes I just gotta to post :oops:

[russdev]

problem with front page we increase forum space we get told of as to crowded...

 

Will look into a seperate page etc also remeber got View posts since last visit at top of each page.

 

Russ

[MkII]

Seperate page needed definately

[free4440273]

i will second that

[Ric_]

TBH I never even look at that list. As Russ mentioned, there is a link to show new posts since last visit which works quite well. I find that this is a lot more useful since I can read through all the posts I haven't looked at yet.

 

IMHO the block that displays the most recent posts simply takes up a lot of space and increasing its size would look clumsy - it doesn't fit on my 1800x1200 svcreen as it is!

 

Perhaps a better solution for people requiring the most recent posts would be an RSS feed of the last 20-30 posts then you could use a live bookmark in Firefox or an RSS reader?

[russdev]

you mean like one we already got ...

 

 

http://www.edugeek.net/rss/forums.php

 

Russ

[MkII]

I want to see what's being discussed in a day. I check posts out as they're posted, but want to re-visit after. They sink without trace with 'view posts since last visit'.

 

I'm not a fan of rss readers, I just can't be bothered with that/ not found a reader I like

 

If the front page is wanted to fulfil another purpose, the role should be split, and have another page for forum posts. Mostly, like 95% of the time I wan't to check out the forums, and it's not made easy.

[free4440273]

see my earlier post re 'hotlist' of topics - it makes absolute sense also in this context

http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=27073#27073

[MkII]

I get emails for threads I've commented on free4440273

[NetworkGeezer]

Perhaps a better solution for people requiring the most recent posts would be an RSS feed of the last 20-30 posts then you could use a live bookmark in Firefox or an RSS reader?

 

The RSS feed takes to long to update. I want an up to date list now dagnabit!!

 

Sorry. I'll carm down now.