I was messing around with an install today when I realized there isn't a good visual indicator anymore in vBulletin 5 that a post is new (via mark read, or last visit) this makes it harder to use the forum.
In the short term, I've built this:
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I'm also going to have another option, for a more "clean" look here
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The first style uses an extra div, but works in firefox, IE10, and Chrome.
The second style is just an extra class applied to the postbit box to add a background image. Though I'm not totally happy with how it looks yet.
what do you guys think?
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I like the more "clean" look of the corner image. :)
The corner one looks better or it can even be on the bottom corner of the post.
you could rework the image idea to specify awards, usergroups, administrators, anything. first thing i thought when i saw that was a combat medal of some sort.
You can already do that with usergroup profiles, or some major custom code. All im doing in the example is using a condition to check the user lastvisit timestamp against the posts timestamp. Its simple css and vb template syntax.
You can already do that with usergroup profiles, or some major custom code. All im doing in the example is using a condition to check the user lastvisit timestamp against the posts timestamp. Its simple css and vb template syntax.
If that's the case, wouldn't it mean it will consider any post they didn't read on their last visit as a read post anyway?
Looking nice by the way!
Yes, however that is the limitation without getting into adding a ton of queries to each post displayed, or without knowing more about how mark read works.
what do you guys think?While I like the concept...badge did not say "New message" to me. I think I would like something that was more-visually-connected to the posting date.