UNREAD FORUM TOPICS - which one?

• UNREAD FORUM TOPICS - which one?
  Posted by SL4P on 04 Nov, 2015 01:52
• Since the web site rehash, I see that I occasionally end up on two different UNREAD TOPICS lists nm the forum(s)...
  
  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/unread/?c=1
       -or-
  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/unread/?c=2
  
  Seems to be (1) EEVBLOG, or (2) ELECTRONICS
  What's the difference, and which forum is appropriate for a specific subject - as they seem to have the same sections...?
• #1 Reply
  Posted by SL4P on 04 Nov, 2015 02:36
• I should have posted this capture (the forum banner section)
  
  Both sections are collapsible (-/+ indicators)
  Also just BTW - on some posts, I don't get email notifications - yet others I do...

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• #2 Reply
  Posted by crispy_tofu on 04 Nov, 2015 03:01
• Quote from: wilfred on 04 Nov, 2015 02:06

  I just end up on
  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/unread/
  

  Same...
  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/unread/?c=1 brings me to a page I've never seen before
  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/unread/?c=2 just brings me to https://www.eevblog.com/forum/unread/
  Different settings? 
• #3 Reply
  Posted by Maxlor on 04 Nov, 2015 12:24
• Eh, this is really simple: if you click the "Show unread posts since your last visit." link in the upper left corner, you get unread posts from all forums. If you instead click on "Unread Posts" on the right side of a subforum category (only visible on this page: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php), you get the c parameter in your URL, and only forum posts from that category show up.
  
  So: c=1: you only get posts from the "Electronics" category. c=2: you only get posts from the "EEVBlog" category. c=3: you only get posts from the "PCB/EDA Design" category. No c at all: you get posts from all categories.
• #4 Reply
  Posted by SL4P on 04 Nov, 2015 20:33
• You're seeing something different than I am!
  on Desktop PC (Chrome)
  I go to EEVblog - then Forum pull-down (for sake of simplicity).
  The page displays with this banner (attached) - no link to a 'combined' Show Unread Posts
  
  Same on Chrome in IOS - so maybe a Chrome <tag> rendering issue ?
  
  EDGE (EEVblog home page) has a completely different top-menu format, but the same 'odd' Unread Posts display in the Forum

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• #5 Reply
  Posted by crispy_tofu on 04 Nov, 2015 20:56
• Quote from: SL4P on 04 Nov, 2015 20:33

  The page displays with this banner (attached) - no link to a 'combined' Show Unread Posts
  

  Have you tried clicking on the arrow on the top right? 
• #6 Reply
  Posted by SL4P on 04 Nov, 2015 21:16
• Hmm?
  What happened to the old Unread Posts button?
  A white arrow on a light grey background seems counterintuitive - especially when there are TWO unread categories displayed immediately below !
  Oh well form over function seems to be popular nowadays.
• #7 Reply
  Posted by Maxlor on 05 Nov, 2015 01:03
• Quote from: SL4P on 04 Nov, 2015 21:16

  What happened to the old Unread Posts button?
  A white arrow on a light grey background seems counterintuitive - especially when there are TWO unread categories displayed immediately below !
  

  The unread posts link is still there, where I described it above. I'm guessing that at some point you accidentally clicked on the mentioned white arrow and hid it.
  
  And yes, this showing and hiding of content seems rather pointless to me. A classic case of "look what I can do with CSS/JavaScript! Aren't I clever!"