Can we have more than 5 latest posts?

[reserves]

Hi,

Just wondering if it's possible to have more than 5 latest posts, I always just use search.php?search_id=newposts to catch up on what i've missed, but unless I check everyday I'll probably miss posts.

Something like 20 - 30 posts would be more useful, not sure how easy this is to do?

Thanks

Rich

 

[Martin]

Hi Rich,

If you click on View unread posts at the top (under the SMG banner) this will then show all the posts you have not read since your last login.

 

[reserves]

Much better

Thank you

 

[Stu]

It's funny you mention this. :clap

I was thinking at the weekend do people miss posts here and I thought I would start a thread to ask how people use the forum.

For me I use 'View Unread Posts' which then shows everything I've not read or marked as read. Then before leaving the forum I once again 'View Unread Posts' to pick up any made whilst I've been browsing before then selecting "Board Index' followed by 'Mark Forums Read'.

I have tried TapaTalk but really cannot get on with it and I think I can miss posts with that.

 

[Freeley]

I've gone the other way to you Stu and now pretty much only view the forum on tapatalk. I can easily see all the unread posts by choosing "unread", I tend to just view that and "participated" to see the threads I've posted in.
I've got so used to tapatalk that I now struggle to use the forum through my desktop browser so tend not to bother anymore.

 

[Stu]

I've gone the other way to you Stu and now pretty much only view the forum on tapatalk. I can easily see all the unread posts by choosing "unread", I tend to just view that and "participated" to see the threads I've posted in.
I've got so used to tapatalk that I now struggle to use the forum through my desktop browser so tend not to bother anymore.

One thing I didn't like about TapaTalk, maybe it's changed or can be changed in settings, was that it strips out a lot of the information available in a post, namely signature and user details. Is that something I should have sorted out in the settings?

 

[Larkrise]

I use TapaTalk almost exclusively now, but agree that it is a nuisance not being able to view the signature- would be good if anyone has found a workaround for this.

 

[Stu]

Exactly my point, and in which case you'll not be seeing things like this -

 

[Freeley]

Yeah it is a bit of a pain but I wouldn't have been going to the firework display anyway lol

 

[Stu]

Yeah it is a bit of a pain but I wouldn't have been going to the firework display anyway lol

I could have been giving fivers away :laugh2 :smile

 

[swigle]

I use TapaTalk almost exclusively now, but agree that it is a nuisance not being able to view the signature- would be good if anyone has found a workaround for this.

I also use TapaTalk, View Unread almost exclusively.

Signatures can be viewed by 'tapping' the avatar on the post. So they are viewable but it takes a bit of extra effort.

Steve

 

[johnv]

doesn't 'view active topics' do what you want, or have I misunderstood?

 

[reserves]

As Martin stated "View unread posts" works perfectly, just didn't see the link before.