Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
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Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
As far as I'm can see, after you mark the notifications, the show's over.
Am I missing something?
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
Marked read means that you... marked them as read. Meaning you won't see the notification. If you want to unsubscribe from a topic you need to go to Manage Subscriptions just above there.
These features are built into the phpBB core system.
These features are built into the phpBB core system.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
I guess I gave this thread a misleading title. Sorry.
It should have been called "Deleting notifications", and as it indicates, I'd like to be able delete my notifications.
Though I suppose some people like to save stuff like this (my former boss had every single email he ever received - about 650,000!), I don't want or need them.
Is it technically possible to create a button to do this?
Thank you.
It should have been called "Deleting notifications", and as it indicates, I'd like to be able delete my notifications.
Though I suppose some people like to save stuff like this (my former boss had every single email he ever received - about 650,000!), I don't want or need them.
Is it technically possible to create a button to do this?
Thank you.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
Like I already said.
They will drop off.If you want to unsubscribe from a topic you need to go to Manage Subscriptions just above there.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
Thanks for your reply, but I don't want the notifications - whether I'm subscribed or not.John connor wrote: ... They will drop off.
If this isn't technically possible, OK; if it is, though, I think it would be a useful feature.
And wouldn't it save storage space? I mean, there must be thousands and thousands of old notifications stored on a server somewhere that no one ever looks at.
Or am I missing something?
Thanks again.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
JoeyG wrote:...I don't want the notifications - whether I'm subscribed or not.
You can set preferences to control which notifications you get related to subscriptions and threads:
User Control Panel > Board preferences > Edit notification options
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
Thanks. I guess that's a step in the right direction.coffeebreak wrote:You can set preferences to control which notifications you get related to subscriptions and threads ...
The bad news is that the old notifications are still there, and I don't want to unsubscribe from those threads.
Thankful for the help so far, and not wanting to be a pain in the a--, I'm still wondering why there's no delete button for posts once they've been read.
Marking all the posts as read only works until cookies are deleted at the end of my session, which means it's basically useless.
Again, thank you for your help.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
You can mark notifications as read. You can NOT delete them from the list of past notifications.
Past notifications are listed in that list for historical purposes only -- why is this a problem, exactly?
Past notifications are listed in that list for historical purposes only -- why is this a problem, exactly?
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
I wouldn't really call it a "problem". It's just that I like to choose the way my "stuff" works.Moonchild wrote: ... why is this a problem, exactly?
I dropped Fx because they decided to limit my choices.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
Well, this isn't "your" stuff. This isn't even "my" stuff. It's forum software created and distributed by the phpBB Limited company.
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Re: Suggestion for the forum bulletin board
OK.
Have a nice weekend.
And by the way, a personal thanks for the wonderful browsers the dev team and you have made available.
Have a nice weekend.
And by the way, a personal thanks for the wonderful browsers the dev team and you have made available.
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