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

[johnnie]

1. Pretty cool

When will the new DU user manual be available? There are so many cool things here and it just keeps getting better, but my feeble mind can't remember it all.

Seriously, you guys are really doin' some cool and useful stuff here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Skinner!

Every change makes this place better........

Thank you so much for having this very cool place for us!

:hi:

[mainegreen]

3. What, don't you take time of programming to sleep or anything?

:7

[jus_the_facts]

4. I remember when you guys took the *views* off after the new board was started....

....because it was like a popularity contest...why have you now put them back up? :shrug:

[Skinner]

5. That's not correct.

We got rid of views because it was killing the server.

You're probably thinking of thread ratings. We got rid of those because nobody was using them, except trolls who would rate stuff down and tick people off. We replaced that with the recommend function.

[jus_the_facts]

6. Ahh my memory didn't serve...

....D'oh...now I remember...thanks for clarifying that for me. :hi:

[SOteric]

7. Please tell Elad he rocks,

And thanks to you and EarlG as well. :yourock:

[Skinner]

9. I will pass along that message.

Thanks.

[lildreamer316]

8. You guys are just the shit.

Love it, thanks for all the hard work.

[KitchenWitch]

10. Whoa!

That is KEWWOL!

[bigwillq]

11. Cool feature.

Thanks for adding it.

:hi:

[dpbrown]

12. Nice addition!

:yourock:

[petronius]

13. That is a great addition! Now, the only thing this site needs is a function

that will rank threads according to my personal preferences, highlight the ones I'm sure to like, and automatically ignore the threads that will bore me. Of course, each user will see their own personal listings. Can we have that next? :silly:

(Seriously, this is extremely awesome. Thanks!)

[XemaSab]

14. Goodnight!

:hi:

[ChoralScholar]

15. new...... features...... can't....... handle........

AAAAAH!!!!

:)

Thanks Skinner, you guys are doing a great job!!!

[cautiouslywaiting]

16. Yay!

DU is the coolest! :)

[hickman]

17. Why?

I'm old and compustupid.

on edit- I can't even get AOL set up. Maybe time to go.

[Why Syzygy]

18. You are in a much better mood

since doing away with the admin forum. Sweet.