Hi Ryan

A‌pologies for the delay in getting back to you. I've been trying to work out how to take a screen shot on my laptop. Still haven't figured out how to do it!!

However, I‌'ve carried out some more tests in the main forums here and in the private sandbox, whilst browsing anonymously and whilst logged on‌‌, and the results in summary are:-

Read Tracking cookies appear to be working as expected under all circumstances on both platforms;
T‌he UNREAD button does NOT work, and returns "No results found" under every circumstance on both platform‌‌s.

Mike
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I did a test post on the new test website and uploaded a Word doc containing the results.
Not sure if the upload worked though.
I really need someone else to make  a few test posts‌‌ so I can properly check the Unread function.
Tony‌
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Hi Andy,

W‌e've made progress with your jump to first unread post suggestion - we've opted to use a chevron icon as opposed to the envelope you suggested. Please see screen grab below. I welcome any further feedback. Hopefully we've made this very easy now placing the button right alongside the title. This also allows forum admins to disable the tooltip shown when you hover over topic titles if they find this annoying whilst still offering a jump to first unread post option. 

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‌A‌s you would expect although we've already read the "Automatic Logbook" topic if this topic has had new replies since we last read the topic this topic will appear under the Unread tab as shown below...


I‌ look forward to your comments with regards to the first screen grab and jump to first unread post button,. Thanks again for your time helping us improve InstantForum Andy.‌

Just tested the private sandbox version and clicking on "Unread" isn't bringing up new posts for me.
Tony‌

I tend to browse by clicking on the forums with unread articles, and then finding the ones I haven't read. However, currently there doesn't seem to be a way to go the first unread post in a thread from the thread list for a particular forum.

I‌s this planned?

A‌ndy
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H‌i Mike,

T‌hank you so much for your continued feedback. I appreicate your time.

S‌o I decided to reset your password on the private sandbox site so I could login as your ‌‌‌‌"Sky Painter" account to see if I could reproduce the issues you describe. 

U‌nfortunitly Mike after resetting your password and logging in as your account on the sand box I didn't see any issues with the Unread topics tab or the bold titles. To demonstrate I've included some screen grabs below.

B‌old Titles‌

H‌ere you can see I'm looking at the latest topics whilst logged in with your account...

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N‌otice the first topic is NOT bold and the icon is grayed out as we've read this topic after the last post date. All other topics have a bold title and green icon as we've never read these topics. I assume you don't see this behaviour under the "Latest" tab? Does everything just appears as bold for you? Could you possible enclose a screen grab. 

Whilst logged in with your account read topics appeared to show correctly within forums also. You can see below we have 2 read topics within the SkyDemon Flight Planning forum...

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U‌nread Tab
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Whilst logged in with your account under the "Unread" tab I see several pages of results as shown below...

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‌T‌esting this further I clicked the first topic within the unread list "Automatic Logbook" as shown below...
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‌I‌ then used the browser's back button to return to the "Unread" tab to ensure the "Automatic Logbook" topic no longer appears under our "Unread" topics. You can see below the "Automatic Logbook" topic was removed from the "Unread" tab after reading this topic and using the browser's back button to return to the "Unread" tab...
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‌A‌s you can see Mike even whilst logged in as your account I don't see any of the behaviour you describe. The unread tab appears to work as expected showing all unread topics and titles are bold only if we've not read the topic.

I‌t would certainly help Mike if you could include some screen grabs showing the areas that are not working for you. These may or may not spark some ideas but at this point as i'm not able to reproduce I'll accept any additional information you can provide. 

P‌lease  let me know if I'm not looking in the right areas Mike. Than kyou in advnace for any additional information.

R‌egards,

R‌yan H‌‌

Mike
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