Posted By Semper Vaporo on 19 Jul 2009 07:25 PM

When typing a reply, at the bottom of the window, just below the SUBMIT button is a box that says TOPIC REVIEW and to the right is an arrow. click on it!

 

Ah so !  Thanks.

• The 'All Forum Category' screen (i.e. accessed via MLS menu bar, Community menu, Forums)
  • Any forum that has new content that you've not looked at will be indicated by a folder with a blue balloon call out displayed to the left of the forum name. One advantage of this screen is that it's organized by forum, so you can only bother with the particular forums you're interested in.
      
    Also when on the individual forum screen listing the topics, they will be as you expect them to be, re; a totally new topic will have the topic subject/title displayed in a bold typeface, a previously read topic with new content will be in a bold typeface and the 'Jump to first new post' button will be also be displayed at the end of the topic subject/title text and clicking either the subject/title text or the button will open the topic and orient the page at the first new reply. When you close the topic by clicking the browser's 'Back' button you'll find that the bold typeface will have been cleared on each topic that you look at.
      
    When you're finished with the individual forum, then once again use the browser's 'Back' button to return to the 'All Forum Category' screen. You'll notice that the folder for the forum you just returned from will have been changed to just a plain folder image (i.e. no blue balloon call out). Take note that if you do nothing more than access an individual forum that indicates new content, and then immediately return to the 'All Forum Category' screen without ever opening any topics, the blue balloon call out will be removed.
      
• Another option is to use the 'Not Read' screen, accessed by the link of the same name located in the 'Forum' tool bar which you'll find directly above the dark-blue 'News' forum category header, or in the same location on any topic page.
  • If using this option, it might be a good idea to use the 'Mark All Read' button found in the bottom-left of the 'Not Read' screen. You may wind up missing a few topics at first but you'll clear out what may be many pages of topics that you've never read.
      
  • When you open a topic from this screen the display will be the same as described above for the individual forum screen. However, when you return to the 'Not Read' screen the topic that you just read will no longer be displayed.