What am I doing wrong???

[gmccool]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

 

[Old560]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

I wonder the same thing.

 

[DoubleO7]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

In what manner are you "going back"? It makes a difference.

ALL threads are marked as NEW until the user opens those threads.
Thereafter NEW shows on the thread to indicate a new post has been added after you viewed said thread.

P.S. The YT forum contains Categories, categories contain Threads, threads contain Posts
Posts are in a thread.
There are no posts in categories.

 

[M-MAN]

I wonder the same thing.

What I have found using the phone is you need to swipe up all the way to the bottom of the page before you hit the back button. That will reset the (new) until someone else comments. Move to another category and when you come back it will be gone. It's irritating but it works.

 

[Patsdeere]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

Also depends on your browser settings. They can be set to hold the last view of the page for faster loading, but since it was the page that had new on it, it'll still say new. If you refresh the page then the new will go away, unless somebody has responded between the time you left the page and refreshed it.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

Hit your browser's Refresh button.

 

[stevieb49829]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

Most of the time, that just means someone commented on that thread again, while you were away. When I'm done reading through one of the forums for a while, I go up to the top and "mark read" the whole forum. That way, when I return, I know everything that is bold is new since I left. If you want to follow a thread that you have commented on, just go to your "handle" at the top, and press "your content". steve

 

[gmccool]

I wonder the same thing.

Hit your browser's Refresh button.

Where is my browser's reset button????

 

[DoubleO7]

The proper way, as written by cpratt and an excerpt is quoted below.
You can review the long version in this thread too:
Long version


"It's that pesky browser back arrow to navigate between pages. You can't use the back arrow and have it work. This was a problem in classic and modern too, and all websites. It's fine to use the back arrow to navigate if that last page is a static page, in other words a page that never, or seldom changes.
See that "Site Comments" that I've marked as a Breadcrumb, click on that and you tell the server you want to go back to that page, but you want it updated with current information. That breadcrumb will always be at the top of every post. BTW, a breadcrumb is a standard navigation link required by Google and other search engines.

 

[DoubleO7]

Where is my browser's reset button????

Refresh not reset
Upper left 270° circle with arrow on one end.I
On a PC, laptop, tablet.
Elsewhere on a phone

 

[teddy52food]

All way too deep for me!

 

[DoubleO7]

Most of the time, that just means someone commented on that thread again, while you were away. When I'm done reading through one of the forums for a while, I go up to the top and "mark read" the whole forum. That way, when I return, I know everything that is bold is new since I left. If you want to follow a thread that you have commented on, just go to your "handle" at the top, and press "your content". steve

The above is true also, I missed the "away a couple hours" notation.
A fast moving thread might have a red NEW on it as soon as you move out of the thread.

 

[DoubleO7]

All way too deep for me!

Which part might that be?

 

[DoubleO7]

What I have found using the phone is you need to swipe up all the way to the bottom of the page before you hit the back button. That will reset the (new) until someone else comments. Move to another category and when you come back it will be gone. It's irritating but it works.

After swiping to the bottom of the top, you could instead hit the "Tractor & Farm Talk" breadcrumb.
Then no need to refresh.

 

[gmccool]

Refresh not reset
Upper left 270° circle with arrow on one end.I
On a PC, laptop, tablet.
Elsewhere on a phone

Thanks Refresh not Reset

 

[SweetFeet]

Why is when I read a post and then go back maybe a couple hours later it is still Highlighted as a New Post as if I never read it. What am I doing wrong. Thanks Gerald

If you use the correct upper "forum link" to return to a forum - thus marking that thread as "read" (NOT using the "back" arrow at the bottom of screen)...
Still each and every reply to a thread, will cause the "NEW" to reappear, so the thread once again appears bold/unread, as well as making that thread "bubble-up" to the top.
Not a fan of that "bubble-up" effect, myself... but it is what it is, I guess.

 

[DoubleO7]

Hit your browser's Refresh button.

Not recommended

 

[used red MN]

GM cool, it may be helpful for you to go to Site Comments forum, there pinned to the top are 4 Topics that all have information applying to use, functions and navigation in the new software.

 

[Crazy Horse]

All way too deep for me!

Too deep for me too Teddy. The more of these kinds of questions that are asked the more I prefer the old forum ... but to be honest, the new one is fine ..... different a bit but still fine.

 

[DoubleO7]

If you use the correct upper "forum link" to return to a forum - thus marking that thread as "read" (NOT using the "back" arrow at the bottom of screen)...
Still each and every reply to a thread, will cause the "NEW" to reappear, so the thread once again appears bold/unread, as well as making that thread "bubble-up" to the top.
Not a fan of that "bubble-up" effect, myself... but it is what it is, I guess.

You can change that now to prevent the "bubble up" via Preference settings. Doing so will always show the threads in chronological order. And stay that way until you change it back. Even if you log out and come back next week.

But when a new post is added after the thread falls off the first page of threads, you will not know if a new post has been made to that thread.
Unless you go to subsequent pages looking for it.