Forum OpenACS Q&A: Forums last post date

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1: Forums last post date
Posted by Jeff Davis on 11/28/02 11:32 AM
Just to let people know, I am upgrading the forums to have correct last post dates and they might break for a little bit.
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2: Re: Forums last post date (response to 1)
Posted by Jeff Davis on 11/28/02 12:39 PM
I think things are now updated.  Thanks to Don Baccus for the
code and to me for applying it to openacs.org :)
If you notice anything broken post here or email me.

thanks.

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3: Re: Forums last post date (response to 1)
Posted by MaineBob OConnor on 11/29/02 02:54 PM
Ok, Thanksgiving USA is over but that doesn't stop me from
Giving Thanks to Jeff and Don for fixing this issue that
really Bugged me.  THANK YOU!

-Bob

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4: Re: Forums last post date (response to 1)
Posted by MaineBob OConnor on 11/29/02 09:50 PM

hmmmm... I'm not understanding HOW this last post thing is working.... and it dosen't seem right yet....

Here is the list from moments ago: 

Subject .........              Last Date
OpenACS' third anniversary     Nov 29 2002 11:54:53
AOLserver clustering  Diego    Nov 29 2002 10:13:55
what is the langage of OpenACS Nov 28 2002 13:54:02
Load Balanced OpenACS 4.5: how Nov 28 2002 16:38:55
Security concerns on AOLserver Nov 28 2002 21:03:29
Forums last post date          Nov 29 2002 08:54:45 
Postgresql 7.3 packaged...     Nov 29 2002 03:14:55 
bin/restart-aolserver needs    Nov 28 2002 11:49:30

The Last date is NOT sorted with the most recent post date at the top. I added to a thread HERE this morning and it doesn't appear on the list until page 3 and yes, there is a "NEW" in the front of it.

I understood that the ADVANTAGE of the Last Post was that a post today, even in thread started a year ago would appear at the top of the list so community members would know something new was added to an OLD thread.

Thanks

-Bob

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5: Re: Forums last post date (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 11/30/02 12:29 AM
Bob,

The last post should show the last post for the thread. It was not decided to resort the threads every time a new message is posted. This is consistent with the way the bboard has always worked. I think it was decided to leave it working this way.

What is missing is a "new since last visit" feature for forums. I believe if this is implemented it should be a site-side service to allow any package to announce new content. Although it should also return pacakge specific results.

Because all the forums are in one package instance the forums package might have to sort the results further for a specific forum.

Has anyone worked on a new stuff feature with OpenACS 4?