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Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Tue, 31 May 2016 13:58:29 GMT

On the topics page, there's no indication as to whether I've contributed to a topic (thread).

Or am I missing something here.

I find this very useful on other forums and I seem to remember there was some indication of this in the old forum. Is there any way a small marker can be added to a topic title to indicate, to the user, if he has posted in that thread.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

jaread83 — Tue, 31 May 2016 16:13:35 GMT

The only section that I know of that has something like this is the unread thread/post pages. On the left side you will see either a gray icon (default), red icon (hot topic) or a speech bubble with a little arrow (indicates you have participated).

There is currently no option to switch this on for the board levels though. I can investigate this further and see if there is anything I can do to bring this in. I have added this to my enhancement list to look at further.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Tue, 31 May 2016 16:50:59 GMT

Thanks, that only seems to be the case for unread topics. In unread posts all the icon bubbles are the default grey.

Would be nice if the "little arrow" could be used in all topic titles.

I'll try changing the way I use the forum and see if I can make use of unread topics.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

jaread83 — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:38:52 GMT

Okay no problem. I know that this new system can be a bit of a culture shock to a lot of you guys and I am trying my best to improve upon as many things as possible. I have posted on the product forums about what you have asked and also noted it down on my enhancement list so I don't forget

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:02:55 GMT

Just tried the BT Lithium forum. They have a little arrow against the speech bubble if you've contributed to that topic.
The difference here is this forum shows the OP's avatar in the topic title. BT's forum shows a speech bubble in the title.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

Anotherone — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 05:59:54 GMT

And that's not the only Lithium Forum that has things that we want, and some from the outset
See messages 49 & 50

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:37:37 GMT

Just to give an example of what I'm on about.

The little black arrows in the thread icon indicate the threads to which I've contributed.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

jaread83 — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:05:21 GMT

Is that the BT forum? We have contact with the community team over at BT so I could ask how they acheived that. It could be a replacement of the avatars on the board level with icons but I would need to check.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:35:16 GMT

Yes it's BT's Lithium forum.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

jaread83 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 08:00:24 GMT

excellent. I have made a note on the enhancement list to get in touch with their team and look into swapping out the avatars with icons and see what we can do with it.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 08:06:12 GMT

Great, hope this works out.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

w23 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 08:35:24 GMT

@npr, just to be a 'little devilish/pedantic', shouldn't this discussion be about whether a user has posted in a topic rather than contributed, I certainly don't think Lithium's software is advanced enough to determine whether a particular post actually contributes anything to a particular discussion.

[I'd get my coat now but the weather's warm and I didn't bring one]

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:06:48 GMT

I like to think every post is a contribution.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

w23 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:28:08 GMT

Some people's certainly are but we probably all know someone....

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

jaread83 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:58:25 GMT

isn't 'posted' and 'contributed' the same thing? From a system point of view, there is no difference and I don't think clicking the 'thanks' button counts as contributing to a thread.

At least I can see that there is a way to change the icons to have more meaning and be more like a traditional forum where there is an icon for the discussion. We will be looking into it and seeing what we can do with this. I have saved the link for this thread in our enhancement list so please feel free to discuss this here.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

w23 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:09:50 GMT

@jaread83 wrote:

isn't 'posted' and 'contributed' the same thing? From a system point of view, there is no difference and I don't think clicking the 'thanks' button counts as contributing to a thread.

Yes, from Lithium point of view they must be the same thing - I was just making a silly and pedantic point that some posts don't exactly 'contribute' to the discussion so this thread should maybe be be 'Indicate user has posted in a discussion' (just to be technically correct).

Please don't take all my posts too seriously (especially if they contain or type things).

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

npr — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:07:04 GMT

Hope no one took my last post seriously.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

Browni — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:13:23 GMT

@jaread83 wrote:

isn't 'posted' and 'contributed' the same thing?

Errm, no.

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

Anotherone — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:22:37 GMT

I think Jack must have left his sense of humour at home today as did I my coat

Re: Indicate user has contributed in topic title.

jaread83 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:28:26 GMT

It has been a long week You forgot your coat? I came to work in shorts and tshirt! Should have checked the weather before leaving this morning. It's hard to detect tone of voice with text sometimes so I can't tell if anyone is pulling my leg

In all seriousness though, if we replace avatars at board level to have the icons look like the 'unread' pages it will be limited to what you see on the BT community and we will have things like 'hot topic', 'topic', 'contributed' and maybe a couple of others. At least the icon will be more useful and have a more familiar feel when compared to traditiona forum designsl. I will not be able to add more than what is currently available (but it would be nice if i could).