Tracking which threads you have already read

[Khatovar]

Inactivity/Cookie Based - once a user has been inactive for a certain amount of time (the value of the session timeout option) all threads and forums are considered read.

This is the part that is annoying to me. If I come here and start reading threads and come across one that requires a little time to read, respond to or research, everything is marked read by the time I'm done. I could come in with 200 new posts and by the time I read through 1 new thread with more than a few pages or respond to something that takes a little while to type out, the whole forum is marked read and I have to search by date/time to find the other 150 posts that I wanted to read.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I looked through the User CP options panels and I can't find a setting that disables auto-marking of threads.

[Svpernova09]

I made a few tweaks in a few areas, we'll see how it goes.

I've enabled this option:

Database (automatic forum marking) - this option is the same as a previous option, but forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read.

This is the most usable option for end users, but most processor intensive.

So far, looks tolerable. Kind of a waiting game to see how much performance spikes. Some of my changes to the server that I did before we moved to this system have been undone. Not sure what is up with that but I've reverted to values that should let us run pretty lean.

Don't tell Ellay. :_)

[Ridere]

Looks good. Hopefully it won't bog the system down.

Edit: If there's a way to mark a sub-forum as read, that would be cool, too. Maybe there's a button for it that I'm overlooking, however.

Edit Edit: Found it under the main display of all forums. Worked for the entire board. Good enough for me! I'll start with a fresh slate as of now. Thanks again for the change.