Marking up new posts with a colored bar?

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:45 pm

Hi,

I would like to mark up new posts with a colored bar left and right (or on one side only).
How can this be done?

Thanks!

/Holger

Edit, a little bit like it is done here:
http://www.phpbb3bbcodes.com/viewtopic. ... 234#p15234

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:01 pm

depending on how a user has sorted things, they will all be either at the top or the bottom of the page.

robert

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:19 pm

I would like to highlight them better

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:23 am

I have it like this in my phpBB 3.0.12.
New/unread posts are marked up with green color.
The green bar left and right would be enough ...

Wolfsblvt · Post by **Wolfsblvt** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:36 am

Shouldn't be too difficult. Just highlight the first unread post, or all unread posts?

If cou can give me the css for highlighting I don't have to do it myself

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:43 am

Thank you for taking a look!

All unread posts beginning from the first unread

This was my request for phpBB 3.0.x:
viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2186656

And this was the solution:
viewtopic.php?p=13403706#p13403706

Wolfsblvt · Post by **Wolfsblvt** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:05 am

Let's see if this is what you want:

If so, you can find the dev download at: https://github.com/Wolfsblvt/highlightunreadposts

If you have any small suggestions etc, you can tell, otherwise I will oben an extension topic soon.

(And what do you say about the top bar? That was my idea that it would look even cooler

)

EDIT://
As I thought over it, there isn't really a need for this to be an extension. Of course it can, but in fact the only relevant part are two parts of css code:

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.post.unreadpost {
    padding: 0 5px;
    border-left: 5px solid #693;
    border-right: 5px solid #693;
}

#unread + div.post.unreadpost  {
    padding-top: 5px;
    border-top: 5px solid #693;
}

So it is more like a style modification. Every style can display unread posts the way they want, the markup exists. So for prosilver there was just the orange symbol image thing on the top left edge of the post.

Dunno if this is enough to name this an extension. What do you think?

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:41 am

Just plain beautiful!
I will test this.
I think every change should be an extension so that updates of the core is running smoothly!

Wolfsblvt · Post by **Wolfsblvt** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:44 am

Holger wrote:Just plain beautiful!
I will test this.
I think every change should be an extension so that updates of the core is running smoothly!

Let me know if it works or if you have suggestions

Yeah, that's an argument. I don't know what's the best practice for style changes.. I mean this could be part of a now style instead, but that would be complicated again..
So ye, extension is okay, I would say.

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:52 am

It is just plain beautiful!
Thank you so much!

The first unread has the green bar above also, the following only left and right! Perfect!

Wolfsblvt · Post by **Wolfsblvt** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:54 am

Thank you. There was not much to do, I just used the code you linked and implemented it in a stub extension of mine

But nice that you like it.
I'll see if I can push it as a real extension in the next days. Don't think there is much to do, so I'll set it right to RC

Holger · Post by **Holger** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:57 am

Go for it!

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