Hi:

I have found this to be a really useful addition of Forum- thanks Alex. And, like Paul, I decided to make this the "normal" way I run forum- so thanks Paul for the fix os "*" vs. "+"- I would have never figured this out!

Anyway, after doing the conversion, I had some users complain that now when they click on a thread, they are no longer forwarded to the first NEW post in the thread- they just go to the top of the thread. So I checked the code, and sure enough, that is the case!

So, I figure this would ONLY be a problem if you are a registered user, and logged in... the SE's and such do not log in... so I made the following changes. Thought I would post them- they are pretty obvious if you think about it- but figured if you did not think about it, this easy mod might escape you!

in forum_view.html, beneath:

<%if post_moved%><B>Post Moved:</B>&nbsp;<%endif%>

add this:

<%if current_user_id%>

<a href="gforum.cgi?post=<%if post_moved%><%post_moved_id%><%else%><%post_id%><%endif%>;sb=<%sb%>;so=<%so%>;forum_view=<%this_do%>;<%hidden_query%><%if current_user_default_post_display == 1%><%if post_depth%>#<%post_id%><%elsif current_user_jump_to_unread%>;page=unread#unread<%endif%><%endif%>">

<%else%>

<a href="<%cat_path($cat_id)%><%escape_name($forum_name)%>_F<%forum_id%>/<%escape_name($post_subject)%>_P<%if post_moved%><%post_moved_id%><%else%><%post_id%><%endif%>/">

<%endif%>

<%endif%>

in place of this:

<a href="<%cat_path($cat_id)%><%escape_name($forum_name)%>_F<%forum_id%>/<%escape_name($post_subject)%>_P<%if post_moved%><%post_moved_id%><%else%><%post_id%><%endif%>/">

And just a bit further down, replace:

<a href="<%cat_path($cat_id)%><%escape_name($forum_name)%>_F<%forum_id%>/<%escape_name($post_subject)%>_P<%post_id%>/">

with:

<%if current_user_id%>

<a href="gforum.cgi?post=<%if post_moved%><%post_moved_id%><%else%><%post_id%><%endif%>;sb=<%sb%>;so=<%so%>;forum_view=<%this_do%>;<%hidden_query%><%if current_user_default_post_display == 1%><%if post_depth%>#<%post_id%><%elsif current_user_jump_to_unread%>;page=unread#unread<%endif%><%endif%>">

<%else%>

<a href="<%cat_path($cat_id)%><%escape_name($forum_name)%>_F<%forum_id%>/<%escape_name($post_subject)%>_P<%post_id%>/">

<%endif%>

Now, all un-signed-in users (including SE bots) will get the modified URL's, but your real users will get the old URL which takes them to the first unread post!

Good Luck!
dave

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