Now you can sort discussion topics in the DU forums by START TIME or LAST REPLY.

[Skinner]

Many of the forums on Democratic Underground move so quickly that it's virtually impossible to figure out which threads are new and which are old threads that were "kicked" by a recent reply. By default, the discussion threads inside a particular forum have always been sorted based on the time of their last reply, and there was no way to sort them based on the time the threads were started.

You now have the ability to sort any discussion thread either by Start time or by Last reply. Look closely at the top of every forum, in the black header row. At the top of the time column, there are now two links, which look like this:

Start time | Last reply

If you click the "Start time" link, then the threads will all be sorted by the time the thread was started. If you click "Last reply" then all the threads will return to their default sort, by time of the last reply.

The sort by Start time feature will be especially useful in forums like our popular Latest Breaking News forum or the new Video Forum so you can easily find the newest threads. Go ahead and give it a try.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in this thread.

Skinner
DU Admin

[wakeme2008]

1. And author and number of replies (forgot the nom :)

I just found out. :)

[LTR]

2. Always full of surprises

Thanx Skinner!

:yourock:

BTW: I enjoy the page views feature. Very interesting.

[hijinx87]

3. now THAT is handy.

Thanks, Skinner.

[MuseRider]

4. Really cool!

Thanks for all the improvements. I really find them helpful.

[Lochloosa]

5. Dammit Skinner....I may have to up my donations to DU

:toast:

The freepers are going to be turning green. (might be a good color for them)

[Duer 157099]

6. Is there a comparable way to sort the thread itself?

Maybe I just have never found the secret, but is there a way to display a single thread sorted only by time of post, so that posts are listed chronologically? I can never seem to find all of the "newest" replies easily.

Hope the question is clear.

[Skinner]

7. Someone asked this in another thread.

Currently there is no way to do that. But have you tried using the "Mark" function? It marks all the posts white so you can pick out the new posts in yellow.

[Duer 157099]

8. Ahhh hah! I think that will help, thanks Skinner!

I knew there had to be some way to do this...