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    first unread post link missing

    I cannot see the link to the first unread post on some pages anymore. I think it does not show up on threads that have polls and on threads that only have one page of posts. On other threads, the link is still there. Is anybody else experiencing this problem?

    Also, I have always wondered if there is a direct link to the first unread post somewhere on the new posts page. It looks like there is a link that takes you to the last post in a thread, but not to the first unread post. I would find the latter link much more useful. Is it there and I'm not seeing it? If it isn't there already, can one of our admins do some magic and put a link to the first unread post on the new posts page?

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    I've looked, but I don't see anything missing and no recent layout changes have been made to my knowledge. Can you explain specifically what you think is missing a little better?

    On the 'New Posts' page (and on every other thread list for that matter) there is a small symbol in the 'last post' column that looks like an arrow. Clicking that for each thread will take you to the last post in that thread. Symbol: That is still present on every thread that I see, regardless of the poll status or number of posts.
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    Well, I guess I must be getting old. The second I post about the link to the first unread post I see one on the home page to the left of the thread title. Is that new, or is it just on the homepage and not on the new posts (which I normally use), or am I really getting old and confused?

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    Quote Originally Posted by angrysparrow View Post
    I've looked, but I don't see anything missing and no recent layout changes have been made to my knowledge. Can you explain specifically what you think is missing a little better?

    On the 'New Posts' page (and on every other thread list for that matter) there is a small symbol in the 'last post' column that looks like an arrow. Clicking that for each thread will take you to the first unread post in that thread. Symbol: That is still present on every thread that I see, regardless of the poll status or number of posts.
    AS, I was talking about the "View first unread" link that shows up in the orange/brown checkered bar when you open a thread (see attached image).

    I have never noticed the little button to the left of the thread topic that takes you to the first unread post, but it was there on the homepage a minute ago. The same symbol in the last post column always takes me to the last post in the thread instead of the first unread.
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    I'm going to look at this further, but from what I can tell that link is only present when there are actually unread posts in the thread being viewed, and it is present for me in all threads with unread posts.
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    You both have me confused here. I do not see anything that says "View first unread".

    Here is how I read new post. I click "New Post" and them a list will come up with all the threads that have new post in them that you have not read yet. Once this list comes up then I click on the icon to the left of the thread title and this will bring me to the first post in the thread that is new to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by attroll View Post
    You both have me confused here. I do not see anything that says "View first unread".
    When you click to enter a thread that has unread posts, at the very top of that thread, in the orange header just below the 'post reply' button, appears a 'view first unread' link.

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    Quote Originally Posted by attroll View Post
    You both have me confused here. I do not see anything that says "View first unread".

    Here is how I read new post. I click "New Post" and them a list will come up with all the threads that have new post in them that you have not read yet. Once this list comes up then I click on the icon to the left of the thread title and this will bring me to the first post in the thread that is new to me.
    I never saw that icon before yesterday. This is how I will read new posts from now on. The "view first unread" link is still missing in the orange header on some pages, though.

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    It is not showing up, in this thread, for me either, but I never used it. HOWEVER, in this thread, ALL were unread by me, so perhaps it only shows up when you have read some of it, and then go back in sometime later, hence "new unread".
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    I think I might have it correct in the above link. I just opened a thread where I HAD read threads. The "read first unread" was there. Clicked it and it jumped to the page and first unread post! Like a book mark. SO, I think in a thread where you have never read anything, they are all unread, so the link doesn't show up.
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