This sounds like a good idea to me, instead of clicking Refresh/View Latest Posts... just like the one in the shoutbox, I don't have a clue as to how hard it'd be or if it has been suggested once before, or even if it's possible, but please consider it

Joe Hargett
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I think that this is a very good idea, it would save a lot of time and effort.

i'm leaving for days and i forgot to close the window.

Such thing will kill the server more then that it would actually be usefull i think.

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Originally posted by traxor
I think that this is a very good idea, it would save a lot of time and effort.

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or mozilla firefox extensions too

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Originally posted by traxor
I think that this is a very good idea, it would save a lot of time and effort.

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As, for what MenthiX said. I agree with him. But I would like to say, it wouldn't put that much of a load would it? I like the idea.

heres a hint: F5

For people who use MSIE, you can use this.

* Johnny_Mac slaps lazy suggestion around a bit with a large trout.

It's been suggested before; putting a 1-minute refresh on the Latest Posts just like the Who's Online. I'm willing to add it, and it's not hard.

As for server load, a 1-minute refresh is no problem. I tend to manually refresh more often than that sometimes. Also, my latest.php script is quite efficient.

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Originally posted by WDZ
It's been suggested before; putting a 1-minute refresh on the Latest Posts just like the Who's Online. I'm willing to add it, and it's not hard.

As for server load, a 1-minute refresh is no problem. I tend to manually refresh more often than that sometimes. Also, my latest.php script is quite efficient.

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Originally posted by Sean
Is that a yes, your going to add it or a maby? Need a poll on it I can make one.

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by Sean
Is that a yes, your going to add it or a maby? Need a poll on it I can make one.

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It's added. It'll refresh every minute.

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Originally posted by Sean

* Sean goes and tests

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Originally posted by bach_m
if ur on latest.php?page=2, it will refresh to latest.php, and forget the page

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by bach_m
if ur on latest.php?page=2, it will refresh to latest.php, and forget the page

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I know. So?

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First tell me what's wrong.

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Originally posted by WDZ
First tell me what's wrong.

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Originally posted by bach_m
and i found a bug
if ur on latest.php?page=2, it will refresh to latest.php, and forget the page

i think that if u don't specify the URL, it will refresh the current page

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i STILL wanna be looking at the page i was on. i don't want a page i was looking at to disapear....

But it will only disappear after 1 minute

I guess I see the point... it will no longer refresh when you're not on the first page. Good enough?

On / Off Switch?

It's a one minute refresh; you don't need that.

The Who's Online doesn't have a switch (well, it does, but it's in the admin cp )...

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Originally posted by WDZ
It's a one minute refresh; you don't need that.

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Why? If you're going to click something to enable or disable the refresh, you might as well just click your browser's refresh button!

i get dodgy postdata error messages when i use the auto refresh so no it would not be a good idea and would be bad for the server load

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Originally posted by pipish
i get dodgy postdata error messages when i use the auto refresh so no it would not be a good idea and would be bad for the server load

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Personally i must say the auto refresh is very irritating. I always go to the lastest posts page and look for the oldest port i haven't read yet. Then i open every post one for one in a new tab until i reach the latest post i haven't read yet. Then i press the latest posts button again to see what hapened while i was posting.

Now it constantly refreshes and new posts are added already while i'm posting which can even push posts i didn't read yet to the 2nd page. Bottom line, i'd just like to press refresh myself. Could there be some option to rurn it off, please?

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Personally i must say the auto refresh is very irritating. I always go to the lastest posts page and look for the oldest port i haven't read yet. Then i open every post one for one in a new tab until i reach the latest post i haven't read yet. Then i press the latest posts button again to see what hapened while i was posting.

Now it constantly refreshes and new posts are added already while i'm posting which can even push posts i didn't read yet to the 2nd page. Bottom line, i'd just like to press refresh myself.

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Could there be some option to rurn it off, please?

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Originally posted by MenthiX

Personally i must say the auto refresh is very irritating. I always go to the lastest posts page and look for the oldest port i haven't read yet. Then i open every post one for one in a new tab until i reach the latest post i haven't read yet. Then i press the latest posts button again to see what hapened while i was posting.

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Originally posted by Johnny_Mac

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Could there be some option to rurn it off, please?

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Seconds that... ?

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I just use Mozilla's Auto-Refresh feature. If WDZ wants to make a switch, then he'll makes one, but if he thinks it's pointless, then  no auto-refresh.  I fourth it btw.

i must admit... it's very annoying =/

We got six people already noth liking it now . I think WDZ made a little mistake in his thinking. He probally thougth normally nobody would stay on the latest posts page for longer then a minute, only people who are waiting for new posts stay on pressing F5 on that page longer then a minute.
But that doesn't seem to be the case... when i check out the latest posts page i always leave that page open until i visited every post i didn't see yet (i open them in a new tab). Having the latest port page refreshed every time causes problems, also i can't keep easy track of which post i readed the last anymore.

I'd suggest one of these

• Completely remove the refresh thing.
  
• Have the refresh turned off and only turn it on when you press something like "Start Autorefresh" (should be able to stop it again too).
  
• A per-member option if you want to use the refresh thing or not.

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Originally posted by MenthiX

We got six people already noth liking it now .

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Originally posted by Sean
how many people like the option

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Originally posted by Sean
what about this. A toggle thing on the bottom of the page. Like in the shoutbox. Like if you click it on, it turns it on, if you click it off, it turns it off?

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Have the refresh turned off and only turn it on when you press something like "Start Autorefresh" (should be able to stop it again too).

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Im not bothered about the feature tbh, as long as I can turn it off.

I'll just delete the damn thing.

You can never make everyone happy...

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Originally posted by WDZ
I'll just delete the damn thing.

You can never make everyone happy...

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I agree with MenthiX.

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Completely remove the refresh thing.

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Have the refresh turned off and only turn it on when you press something like "Start Autorefresh" (should be able to stop it again too).

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Originally posted by MenthiX
A per-member option if you want to use the refresh thing or not.

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Originally posted by Sean
I realy honestly do want this feature!

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I can live without it, be sometimes I am busy working on other things, and I get to the latest posts page, and the wander off and by the time I am back to that page the page has auto refreshed for me. But I do think that it should stay there, but like what MenthiX has sugested. Having a toggle thing link in the shoutbox would be awesome and a quick resolution to the problem with people liking/disliking it.

the auto things gone? i liked it... ( im not reading 4 pages, *sigh*)

Ya, to many people complained, and it got deleted. I wish he would put it back with a option to turn it off in UCP.

crap...that really sucks. I thought it was a good feature for the board, i guess ill have to refresh after idleing then...

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Originally posted by Choli
that would imply that a new field to the user table had to be added to the db, and I don't think it's worth it.

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Originally posted by Sean
Ya, to many people complained, and it got deleted. I wish he would put it back with a option to turn it off in UCP.

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forget I said anything WDZ
became more of a problem than a solution

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Originally posted by WDZ
It doesn't make much sense to put it in the User CP. It would be more useful right on latest.php. Maybe above the table on the right side. I'd probably store the setting in a cookie, but I already have one cookie for that script, and I'd rather not set another one... maybe I'll combine all the settings into one cookie.

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He already did? Right top corner, [refresh off]

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Originally posted by Tochjo
He already did? Right top corner, [refresh off]

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Hmm, sorry for the double post but, the thing dont work.

I waited 5 min for it to refresh and it didnt, and it was on. I deleted my cookies and temp files and loged in and waited like 5 min and it still didnt refresh.

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Originally posted by Sean
I waited 5 min for it to refresh and it didnt, and it was on. I deleted my cookies and temp files and loged in and waited like 5 min and it still didnt refresh.

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It did say Refresh On. I dunno im using I.E 6.0, but now it works. So forget bout it.