Maybe I just have an odd board setup, or am overlooking an existing feature, but I've got a dillema.
If you goto a thread, the link color doesn't change back to "non visited" when there are new replies. I know the icons are the main thing for new replies, but it would be nice if the link colors updated as well.
As far as I can tell, this happens because the URL of the thread never changes, regardless of how many replies there are.
So, here's my idea. Append "&replies=xx" to the end of each thread link. Have xx be the amount of replies, obviously. It would successfully trick the browser into thinking it's a new link, and the color would update properly.
With the way the thread files are setup, a simple "wc -l non_cgi_dir/Forum1/thread.cgi" will give you a reliable amount of replies. I'm sure there are functions in perl that accomplish this as well.
It sounds easy. Hopefully not easier said than done.
Tell me what ya think.
