lighthousemom

When you open one of those saved Activity Streams, to the right there are 3 very pale icons. Click on the one in the middle and it will delete that stream.

1 minute ago, gnome12 said:

No I am not seeing a post in the thread. I obviously didn't explain myself properly. When I click on the River Cruising folder, for example, I see a list of threads. Each thread name has either a dot, star or nothing preceding it. Intuitively, I want to click on the name of the thread in which I want to read the first unread post. However, if I click on the name, I get taken to post #1, and have to search for the first unread. Instead of clicking on the name (which I did in the past) I now have to click on the dot/star. I continue to state that this is NOT intuitive. The intuitive response is to click on the name.

Feel free to send me an email for detailed, step-by-step instructions for how to get to the first unread posts in the threads you follow.

Drop me an email at lighthousemom at gmx dot com and I'll send you detailed, step-by-step directions about how to do this.

Open Safari and go to Cruise Critic. Sign in to your account. You can also create a bookmark/icon on your home screen to get there quickly.

When you are on the page you want to bookmark, at the bottom of the screen you will see a box with an arrow coming out of it. Click on that. Then swipe to the left until you see Add to Home Screen. Voila, you have an icon that will bring you to this page!

If you want a very long, detailed, step-by-step description of how to navigate the new CC, drop me an email at lighthousemom at gmx dot com. 

31 minutes ago, luckyinpa said:

 

DO THIS! her instructions showed me things i didnt even notice before on the settings. it doesnt fix the managed content button but gives you a secondary option which i'm fiddling around with today

I believe that Manage Content is really only for choosing how often you want to receive notifications (like a pop up on your screen) or an email about someone new posting on a thread you follow. 

1 hour ago, Leejnd4 said:

 

I'm having the exact same issues as described in this thread. I am trying to figure out a way to get something like what User CP used to give me - just a list of the threads that I follow that have new posts in them, and way to click to get to the last post read.

I'm going to try changing the notifications as shown above, but does it really only give the option of having to get both a notification (the little bell, I assume) AND an email? What if I don't want emails? Is there a way to just get the notifications but no email? I don't want my inbox flooded with notifications - I just want to see them in one place, on the little bell.

Sorry if this is confusing - this whole thing is very confusing, and I fear we're going to lose a lot of our roll call members who won't want to spend hours trying to figure out how to make CC work for them. And that's going to cost me money, as I've paid deposits on private tours and now can't get hold of people who wanted to join us. 😞

I hope someone can help me with the notification issue!

email me.... lighthousemom at gmx dot com

2 hours ago, kpark895 said:

Thanks.  That got rid of all the extra activities, but now it is not showing all the threads I am subscribed to.  Those do show up in my manage followed content list, but of course, I can't get an easy first unread like I can by using my activities stream.  Also, a few of the listed threads aren't showing that I have unread posts in them.  For example, one shows that the last post was made September 28th, but in the actual thread, the last post is October 8th.

Send me an email..... lighthousemom at gmx dot com

15 minutes ago, luckyinpa said:

ill wait till indexing is done before i totally panic

but even for this thread, which is correctly showing in managed content, i click on it and it does NOT take me to the first unread post. this is a critical feature for me which i'm not sure anyone else cares about but i hate scrolling through to figure out what i read last. 

for a brand new thread id think all 'features' should be completed though? 

Really, send me an email. It's long and detailed but will get you where you want to go!

lighthousemom at gmx dot com

11 hours ago, luckyinpa said:

sadly the my activity doesnt show what i want. i'm guessing they are still indexing

corrected the notification setting

edit topic is only if you edit a topic. if you hit edit then do your typing, then at the bottom it says edit topic. technically its correct that you ARE editing topic but ive alway seen 'submit ' or 'enter' or 'complete edit' in the button to complete my post. to me edit topic means open the window to edit. not that i've completed but maybe i'm the only one with that position

If you want a very detailed description of how I set everything up so that it works for me the way I want it to, send me an email at lighthousemom at gmx dot com. 

I think it worked! Thanks so much!! 

I think Paul is having the same problem I am. Multiple times a thread will show up when it's just because someone has commented on it.

Thanks, I got all excited that this might work, but it didn't. I clicked on Activity>My Activity Streams>Content I Follow, and here's what I got:     Why does it list certain threads more than once? I tried playing around with the different selections under My Activity Streams and that only messed things up more.

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24 minutes ago, S.A.M.J.R. said:

I don't follow/subscribe to many threads, but IIRC, I don't remember the old CC software giving you the ability to jump to the first unread by clicking on the thread title.  Didn't you always have to click the icon?

Try clicking on the Activity tab at the top of the page and then My Activity and select 'Content I follow'.  That should get you a list of what you've followed with the star/circle icons.

The screen shot you posted is where you can manage what you follow (you can change notification for the threads).

Thanks, I got all excited that this might work, but it didn't. I clicked on Activity>My Activity Streams>Content I Follow, and here's what I got:     Why does it list certain threads more than once? I tried playing around with the different selections under My Activity Streams and that only messed things up more.

I went to my user name > Manage Followed Content. A list of all my subscribed threads show up, but none of them have a blue dot or star next to it. That would allow me to go to the first unread post in that thread. If I click on the name of the thread, it takes me to page one rather than to the last unread post. Then I have to go to the last page and back up until I get to wherever I left off.

13 minutes ago, bemis12 said:

The "View first unread" is the button to the left of each thread.

The red thread thing is gone.  A star appears to the left of threads you have commented on.

 

 

What if I don't have buttons next to my threads? I got to this page by clicking on my user name > Manage Followed Content. I don't generally go looking for threads other than the roll calls for which I am cruising. So why don't I get any dots? If I click on the name of the thread, it takes me to page one rather than to the last unread post.

21 hours ago, AlanF65 said:

 

Go here

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/859-need-help-ask-here/

 

then over on the right  in the header under " Need Help? Ask Here! "

there is a Sort By over on the right, its there in chrome, I just checked

 

 

Nope, this is what I see from Google Chrome. No option to sort.

That would be helpful if there were actually blue dots or stars to the left of my threads. These are some of the threads I'm subscribed to. I got here by clicking on my user name > Manage Followed Content. None of them have that dot or a star. And how do I mark it as a favorite? There is no heart to click on when I visit each thread. 

These are some of the threads I'm subscribed to. None of them have that dot or a star. And how do I mark it as a favorite? There is no heart to click on when I visit each thread. 

16 minutes ago, S.A.M.J.R. said:

Option 1: In the thread listing, if there are new posts, the title will be bold.  To the left of the title is either a star (if you've posted to that thread) or a circle/dot (if you haven't posted).  Click the star or the circle to jump to the first unread.  If the title is not bold (ie: "normal"), there are no unread posts.

Option 2: Once you click on the thread, put the following at the END of the address in the address bar: ?do=getNewComment.  So if your address bar shows https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2595588-login-fail/, add the above and you get https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2595588-login-fail/?do=getNewComment.  Hit enter and it should take you to the first unread post. 

I shouldn't need to do that for every thread I'm subscribed to (or following). When I click on the bold thread name, it should just go to the first unread post. I have all my subscribed threads saved under a bookmark, and while some of them are in bold, none of them has a blue dot or star.

2 hours ago, gnome12 said:

If you are on a desktop in the thread listing before a thread with unread posts there is a blue circle or star. If you click on that, it takes you to the first unread post. I haven't tried on my phone yet.

What browser are you using? I am using Safari, and there are no blue dots before the thread name (or Topics I Follow).

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