Is it possible to have the forums automatically jump to the latest post in a discussion instead of showing the first post? I have been getting complaints about this from my users. It always starts them at the top of the discussion instead of sending them to the last page/post in the forums.

If you're viewing a forum's topic list, click the for to the left of the topic title. It will bring you to the first unread post in the topic.

6 hours ago, Josiah Wallingford said:

Is it possible to have the forums automatically jump to the latest post in a discussion instead of showing the first post? I have been getting complaints about this from my users. It always starts them at the top of the discussion instead of sending them to the last page/post in the forums.

There is a setting that changes this behaviour from first post to last post by default. I'm on mobile atm, but I think it's in the ACP. Possibly under activity streams? 

The Dot

Click on the big dot.  

 

I always thought the iconography could be improved with read / unread mail icons like vBulletin 3 or an open / closed circle.  

23 hours ago, Josiah Wallingford said:

Is it possible to have the forums automatically jump to the latest post in a discussion instead of showing the first post? I have been getting complaints about this from my users. It always starts them at the top of the discussion instead of sending them to the last page/post in the forums.

system - content discovery - streams.

I know what the other options are saying is correct, but you are trying to replicate behaviour from another system that you've migrated to, so this is your best option.

edit your stream as per the sections

 

Your users can do this on a one my one basis from the unread content search, but these options make it go site wide.

That is not doing it for me. For example, I am choosing to read a conversation that has three pages in it. I have read all of the content. When I click on the conversation I am taken to the middle of the first page instead of the end of the last page.

I would prefer it if it just took me to the last topic of the conversation even if I have not read it before.

No, I have not migrated any content over.

When that happens do you see the blue line in the post where you end up? (above or below)

 

No, no blue line. I know what you are talking about for the last content read. So, I have read this entire conversation, maybe that is why it is starting me there? It seems like it would either start me at the very beginning or the very end of the conversation if it has been fully read.