the-spot.net

You know what they say - Necessity drives Innovation.
So does laziness.
We now have a Favorites list for your favorite topics. This is similar to the Watched Topics list in your Home page on your profile - except adding to this list doesn't send you an email when there is a reply (it's mainly for quick access), and it is on the My Spot page, so you don't have to go to your profile to see it.

To add a thread to your favorites list (for now) go to it, and at the bottom of the page, under the "Watch this topic for replies" there is another link "Add to favorites" Just click that, and you're all set. To remove it, either click on the Favorites link at the top of the page...or click the X on the My Spot page.

Dude, I didn't even know about the watching thing. o_O Most of the time I just go to the front page and look at the new posts roll

That's what I do too...and it's good enough. The Favorites list is mainly for easy access later if you have a comment you thought of that would go in a thread, and you don't have it on the New Posts list.

The Watching thing should be used sparingly, unless you have a massive inbox - because it will send an email for every reply to that topic - and we can get pretty busy around here at times. I don't want full inboxes and rejected emails coming to my inbox.

I'm 'watching' my PMs...

it doesn't help though becaues I check tsn way more than I check my email.

Same here...I see my PMs while I'm at work, because I'm checking the site often...when I get home, I'll see like 7 emails "You have a new private message"...delete, delete, delete, delete....etc.

Thanx for adding this nifty feature, Neo!
It's great ...

np.

I haven't gotten it to show when there is a new post in it yet - I thought I had...but I do have it to show if one of your favorites is a locked thread. <_< hmm...guess I'll work on that either after or during quakecon this weekend.

Yeah I noticed that there was no way to see if new posts had been made ... however, I have no doubt that you'll be able to rectify that!
You da man!

yeah, like I said, the code is there, and it's able - but as I was coding it, I noticed that there was really no code for a test to see if it had new posts.

I am somewhat excited about it though - because now I know how to make the mini forum index on the left of the My Spot page show the appropriate background.