Request: Add option to mark post/topic "unread"

[cmiller303]

Since I use the "new content" / content I have not read yet all the time, I sometimes want to read a topic or post without responding straight away, but do so at a later moment. However, it will be off the radar, since it is now marked "read" and will not show up in the "new content" page.

Being able to mark a topic and/or post unread would be a huge improvement!

thanks for your consideration,

Ronald

[Wolfie]

Being able to mark a topic and/or post unread would be a huge improvement!

You might be able to find a hook to give you this functionality. If not, try asking for it to be made. Something like this I think would be 'bloat' if it's part of the core product.

[cmiller303]

Hi,

not sure about bloat, most, if not all forum software I've used sofar has this option.

thanks anyway, but perhaps the dev's can give this another thought,

Ronald

[aia]

Good idea.

[Peter.B]

I'm keen to have a hook or some core functionality to do this as well.

Where's the best place to ask someone about making a hook for it? Willing to stump up some cash for this.

[NenaDice]

I'm keen to have a hook or some core functionality to do this as well.

Where's the best place to ask someone about making a hook for it? Willing to stump up some cash for this.

The best place to request it would be here:

http://community.invisionpower.com/forum/420-request-modifications/

[Misi]

Being able to mark a topic and/or post unread would be a huge improvement!

Yes.

[Adriano Faria]

EDIT: I'll try, when I have a decent internet connection back.

[cmiller303]

Given the support from other members on this, where do we go to add this as a feature request for core IPB?

thanks,
Ronald

[Dmacleo]

you did, this is the spot where you would do so :)

[Adriano Faria]

I don't think it's possible to make this... Couldn't find an "UNREAD" method or something...

This is possible with PMs 'cause it is a column on messages table.

[Marcher Technologies]

I have been... quietly watching this topic.

Matt, Farber... whomever, I could really use

$this->registry->classItemMarking->markUnread

in an app I am working on completely unrelated to the OP... can we have such a method added?

[cmiller303]

Hi again,

just a gentle bump, any word on this?

thanks in advance,

Ronald

[Adriano Faria]

Hi again,

just a gentle bump, any word on this?

Nothing has changed since last december. :)

[stormyweather]

I would really like this too. How else can you re-visit posts that your members have made that you read now but need to answer later?

[Misi]

Nothing has changed since last december. :smile:

There are no replies from the developers,which is much better then an empty promise,never kept.

(You can find a few of them around)

We can take it as: NO.

[Adriano Faria]

There are no replies from the developers,which is much better then an empty promise,never kept.

(You can find a few of them around)

We can take it as: NO.

Nothing has changed on IPS framework. So we can't do nothing!

[GreenLinks]

read wrong

[Wolfie]

There are no replies from the developers,which is much better then an empty promise,never kept.

(You can find a few of them around)

We can take it as: NO.

A lack of a response from an IPS developer doesn't mean anything other than the fact that they haven't responded.

[cmiller303]

I'll just give this another gentle and patient bump,

thanks for understanding

[Adriano Faria]

I'll just give this another gentle and patient bump,

thanks for understanding

Nothing has changed. While IPS doesn't add this in its framework, you can't do it.

I would expect this to IP.Board 4.0, not for now.

[wcollier]

I'm going to bump this thread because I am wondering if this will be a feature in the new upgrade? Crossing fingers.

[Nigel Moore]

Did anything ever happen with this?

I'm surprised it's not an in-built option like it is with some other forum software. It would be a great addition to my workflow (and many others no doubt).

[opentype]

Just to play the devil’s advocate: I’m not seeing this as a useful feature. First of all: It’s asking for a misuse of a feature. If you have read the topic, then setting it “unread” literally makes no sense. If anything, you are looking for a bookmarking feature. And that is already a clue how to solve it. If I know I need to come back to a topic later, I just drag it to my bookmark bar in the browser. Having it hanging around as unread and having to mark it unread (possibly even multiple times) is a poor solution to bookmark content.

Also, regarding the original case:

On 12/14/2012 at 1:48 PM, cmiller303 said:

Since I use the "new content" / content I have not read yet all the time, I sometimes want to read a topic or post without responding straight away, but do so at a later moment. However, it will be off the radar, since it is now marked "read" and will not show up in the "new content" page.

No one is forcing us to use the “unread activity feed” and actually, I never do for exactly the reason described here. I use “latest activity feeds”, which clearly shows unread content as bold, but I still have the other latest content still available there if I need to revisit it.