"New Posts" under my avatar at right

**Father Bill** · 27th March 13, 07:10 AM

Hi!

I've long noticed that next to the link under my avatar which searches for new posts, there is also a number. It is obvious to me that it has no relationship whatever to the number of new posts I can see. Now, that may have to do with a few fora which I have blocked for utter lack of interest, but I noticed that dissonance even before I blocked them.

Any clues to what it all means?

**Steve Ashton** · 27th March 13, 08:28 AM

It is the number of new posts, since you last logged in, that you have not looked at.

If you go up to the top navigation bar, under 'forum issues' and click "Mark Forums Read" the 'new posts' will go to zero.

**Father Bill** · 27th March 13, 08:45 AM

Okay, thanks Steve. Even as I read the new posts though, the number doesn't seem to adjust properly. I'll play with it and see what happens. It really doesn't matter, just puzzled me.

Thanks again!

**Steve Ashton** · 27th March 13, 10:43 AM

The new posts thing should be dynamic.
If, for example, the number is 2. If then you click on New Post on the top Nav Bar you should see the threads where the two posts that you have not read are. (They may also be in the same thread.)
If you open one thread your new post count should drop to 1.

**Father Bill** · 27th March 13, 10:46 AM

Well, it does change, it just doesn't seem to register the same number of posts as I see in front of me... and when I did use the button you suggested, I lost all of my new posts! (No problem, they'll turn up again in due course.

All just interesting!

**Spartan Tartan** · 27th March 13, 04:23 PM

Father,

Every post within a thread counts as "one". So, you might only have 3-4 new threads, but within those could be pages of posts that you have not read. Also, if you don't go all the way to the end of a thread that has multiple new posts, those left unviewed remain "new" under the new post tab.

**Father Bill** · 27th March 13, 05:01 PM

Neat!

**unixken** · 27th March 13, 08:15 PM

Each time I log on, I use the "New Posts" link to bring up the threads with new stuff in them. I open each thread that I'm interested in viewing, in separate tabs in my browser (right-click on the thread title, and open in a new tab), then use the "Mark Forums Read" option under the Forum Actions menu, to reset the counter. Then I read the threads in the separate tabs I opened for the threads of interest. The next time I log on, the "New Posts" counter will generally have incremented, so I lather, rinse, and repeat.

**BCAC** · 28th March 13, 02:40 AM

I understand how this "new posts" thing is supposed to work.

Today I had 25 new posts marked. When I clicked I got a message "Sorry, there are no new items to view". So I thought that the total new posts are not up to date. I refreshed the screen and tried again. Same results?

It's not really a problem, just difficult to understand.

Edit: I tried to insert a "screen grab" but I couldn't get it to work! Sorry.

**Spartan Tartan** · 28th March 13, 08:07 AM

Funny thing... after my earlier post in this very thread, I noticed that my new post counter was NOT going down as I read through a couple new threads. I just laughed to myself thinking, "of course, since I commented about how this works..."