We’re happy to announce the release of the new posts section!
You’ll see this new section underneath a post and underneath your category list. Your visitors will instantly see what's new when they visit your forum and also they don’t have to click back after reading a post because new posts will be waiting at the bottom!
It’s a great addition that will help your members discover new posts effortlessly!
You can choose to hide or show it anytime by heading to the Forum settings “Layout” section and changing the “Show new posts” toggle.
What do you think? We want your feedback, so don’t hesitate to leave it down below!
Like much of what Wix offers, nice idea, but not really well thought out.
You are aware that you already have a "Recent Posts" app, right?
“Newest Posts”? They are not.
In the screenshot provided, check out the dates of the “newest” in this recent forum app addition. Compare them to the “Recent Posts” app.
I’m getting posts from months ago in the “Newest Posts” section!
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While I actually think it is a great idea to bring up older posts (that members may have missed if they weren't online at the time of the original posting).
Please consider calling them something else.
Perhaps,
“Explore Posts”
“Interesting Posts”
“Discover Posts”
Or just give us the option to name that area what we want.
Thank you for the response! It depends how you configure your "Recent Posts Widget". If you configure it like this:
Then you will have the same posts in both. What you're having right now is "Last Activity" in the posts. Why have two similar components? "Recent Posts Widget" main value is that it can be configured and placed and anywhere on the site.
Hi Robin, Quite an effort you made here by digging into the new addition. In your example, what you have in the "Recent Posts" is that it's actually sorted by the recent activity in the post itself, not how recent the post is. The widgets main purpose is that you can use it outside the forum itself. If you have other pages in your site, you can add the widget there which would give your user a sneak peek into the threads and link him to the forum itself. Regarding the new addition, it is sorted by the time the post itself was created, not by the activity inside the post. About the wording, we will definitely take that into consideration as in also bringing this new feature additional capabilities. Really appreciate the effort on how detailed you went thru it. Please, if you have anything on your mind at all, don't hesitate to reach out. :)
@Domas Sabockis re:
I checked that area first thing and there was nothing in the settings that I could change. However, you know already that I have that bug in the editor right now, so I'll check back later and see if it has solved.
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EDIT: I looked more into what you're trying to say ... nope, it's not happening like that. The "New Posts" are still NOT newest. I've already configured my "Recent Posts" to display by "Date Posted" as in your example screenshot ... the "Recent Post" widget is working as expected.
This NEW thing you've added does NOT show "New Posts" but old ones. Is there a setting for that? I can't find it anywhere.
Here is an example, on your own forum here: ... those are NOT "newest" posts.
You're right. Couple of things: - "Newest Posts" will be renamed to "New Posts" soon, so it's less strict. - Posts filter depending on the category you're in. - Section don't show the post you're currently viewing. That's why you're getting this behaviour in your screenshots above.
I see, @Domas Sabockis. I'm not really sure why the developers thought that was a good idea, since categories are categories for organization and ease of forum use, but do not necessarily reflect current activity. Hence the term "New" is highly inaccurate and creates confusion.
I'll point out that, since you are using English for the labeling of this particular addition, there really is no difference between the terms "new" and "newest". It is a minor semantical difference, but such little difference in meaning ("newest" is merely a superlative of "new").
These options would create far less confusion (for both owners and forum users):
“Explore Posts”
“Interesting Posts”
“Discover Posts”
The latter (Discover) probably being the best option.
In truth, random posts from the category appearing there would probably get more action, as opposed to the "recent posts in the category" idea (since those could remain too static, depending on the activity level of a specific category).
Just a thought (and merely my personal wish ... ;o7)
Thanks for being here and listening to us.
@Mantas Peldžius you seem to be coming from the viewpoint of a Wix employee or developer, but you are flat out wrong when you say,
My "Recents Posts" has always sorted itself out by POSTS, not activity. I don't know where you are getting your information from.
RE:
Look at my screenshot to Domas above ... in the "new addition" they are not sorting by "the time of the post itself".
You might want to clear that up for yourself before you communicate that erroneous information to others.
I might be wrong, yes, depends what is selected in your widget under Settings and "Order posts by", the screenshot of App Settings, that @Domas Sabockis uploaded. If it's checked on "Last Activity", then it does not matter that the post was created on June 11 and let's say a newer one June 14, it will check the last activity within the post. If someone commented 34 minutes ago on a post, that was created on June 11, it will appear in the widget with a timestamp 34 minutes ago, not the June 14 post (which is a newer, but the setting is checked on "Last Activity"). If it's checked on "Date Posted" then it will sort by the date the post was created, which is June 14. Yet again, I can't see your Site to check it out, what settings you have on, so yes, I might be wrong.
@Mantas Peldžius, I have mine set for "Date posted" and my "Recent Posts" app sorts by "date posted" as expected. I do not have it set to "Last Activity".
@Robin Griggs Wood I see, would it be possible for you to send a link to your website? We will definitely check if everything works as intended and if there isn't a bug somewhere. As always, just trying to discuss and help as much as we can. :) Feel free to do so via mantaspe@wix.com