Forums posting multiple times

[deeekie]

Hi, Today the latest forum posts that I have on the homepage have started posting multiple times for the same topic. It used to be top 10 topics and then who ever posted a message would appear as the most recent but now it appears to be posting multiple times showing each users response. A lot of my users use this for easy access so I cannot have the other topics disappearing and one being dominant. This issue just started today so not sure if there has been an update that I have missed?

Thanks

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[Asgaros]

Hello @deeekie

Yes, you are right. With the latest update to version 1.11.0 I dont group posts by topics anymore inside the “Recent Posts Widget”. The reason for this is that a lot of users really want a list of all new posts and critized the old behavior of the widget.

Have you checked if the “Recent Topics Widget” fits your needs?

[deeekie]

What do you mean fit my needs? Is there an option to have both? A lot of users look at posts for tournaments by clicking on the homepage rather than going into the forums. If it is filled up with posts on one topic then the tournaments gets pushed to the bottom unless I display 20-30 etc posts which is too much. Is there a way around this?

Thanks

[Asgaros]

@deeekie

Yes. Using the Recent Topics Widget instead of the Recent Posts Widget shows you new topics only instead of ALL new posts. Have you tried to use this instead?

[deeekie]

Hi, Yes I guess we can work with this instead. Is there a way to speed replies up? Some users were suggesting that it would take almost 3 hours to appear on the homepage. My initial thought was it is there phone/computer and clearing cache etc will work. This did work for some but not all. Saying this my experience has been fine so not sure if this is an asgaros problem at all.

[deeekie]

Also is there no way to move latest activity to the top? Even though someone has replied to the topic it might be hidden away. As I said before this is kind of annoying for some of my older users who rely on easy access to current fixtures and results. Thanks

[Asgaros]

Hello @deeekie

I will release a new update in the next days which reverts the changes I made to the widget. The widget will also include a new option to enable/disable grouping of posts by topic.

[deeekie]

That’s great thanks, I didn’t even notice but almost immediately someone pointed it out to me. Some people just don’t like change unfortunately.