ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hi all, I have scripted my own forums from PHP/MySQL and I havn't been able to think of a quick and easy way for each topic to turn bold when there is a new post and jump to the top of the list, for each member. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I would go about doing so? Thanks Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Does anyone have any ideas? Sorry for double posting but this is kind of an urgent need! Thanks Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Well, topics should jump to the top of the list anyway if you sort it by last post time. But the bold thing...sort of like the NEW thing on these forums? Well, you'd need to store EVERY page they visit, and at what time, and search for posts newer than that on the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Well I was thinking that but that wouldn't work with new-registrys.. IE: On these forums it updates whether you just registerd and viewed it or not. I want something like this, not sure how to go about doing it though. And Thanks for the other fix, ill implement it asap. Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 It would work with new registries because they've never seen any posts before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hmm would I have to store it for each person, or? Ive never really run into this problem so its confusing me Lol. Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Wouldn't that be a bit of a overload? When a user has a new topic posted it tracks how many posts it has and the user views it then it updates those posts and goes "unbold".. But making it for every person wouldn't that overload the database eventually? Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 MySQL is capable of storing terabytes of information and still functioning properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hmm, Darkwaters do you think I could talk to you VIA Aim, or MSN? Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 SerpentScars@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShimmyShine Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Could you accept my request?! Lol Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 SHIMMYSHINE could i speak to you over msn if possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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