Indicators on main forum page to show which topics have new messages

by 123wellz
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Indicators on main forum page to show which topics have new messages

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The old forum made it easy to see when new topics or posts were made without having to click into every area - I don't see that here which is bit of a downgrage - I thought this was supposed to be better Wink

 

Hopefully that can be added to this new forum.

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Hiho,

 

visit the main-page: https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-Tiberium-Alliances/ct-p/cc-tiberium-alliances-en and klick on the red link you see on the picture:

 

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Use the filter-function on the left. So you can at least find threads without answers:

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Thanks Leo but I'm looking more for this

 

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In my view, the AHQ format is setup to provide answers to questions and not as a general forum.

 

We're trying to make it do things it wasn't designed to do and therefore it does it badly or not at all.  I agree, looking for "Unanswered questions" only provides a partial solution.  I've not found a way to find the 'Most Recent Topics' (or posts) yet.

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@gamerdruid wrote:

In my view, the AHQ format is setup to provide answers to questions and not as a general forum.

 

We're trying to make it do things it wasn't desinged to do and therefore it does it badly or not at all.  I agree, looking for "Unanswered questions" only provides a partial solution.  I've not found a way to find the 'Most Recent Topics' (or posts) yet.


The most recent threads are rotated to the top of the list where the age of the post is listed along with who posted it. 

If you click on the post timestamp you are navigated to the actual post.

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Hey folks,

you can simply check each category if something new was posted. AHQ should also automatically send out email notifications as soon as someone answers on a thread you are following or have posted in before. (You can disable that in the settings if you want, by the way)

Otherwise, with the search function you can also filter for new threads without replies:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?filter=location%2CopenResponse&inactive=fals...

Unfortunately, it's not possible to use the search without a keyword but if you still want an overall overview you can search for common words like "a" or "the" that should basically give you the same results.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&allow_punctuation=false&filte...

 

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One more option is via this link that will also show you all threads in the C&C TA category:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/category-id/cc-tiberium-alliances-en/post-type/thre...

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If only this was an option - remembering the link is impossible. (I've made it a start-up page on my browser instead of relying on memory.) 

 

Is there a way to make this show only the most recent in the last week?

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