How can I view all unread posts?

The default thread list in the right column is set to show only unread threads site wide. To recreate that thread list, leave the specified forum blank and check the box to include sub-groups/forums. This will pull everything from every forum that you have access to read. You can then filter that list to only unread posts.

If you wanted to narrow the list to only the forums that you "care" about, you will need to configure specific widgets for each break point (i.e: one list for specifically Eos Family, one list for Beta Sites that includes sub-groups/forums, etc...)

Kirk,

The default list does not show every new unread post. Here is what I see in the default thread list:

And here are the first few posts in the Activity Stream, two of which I have not read.

And here is what I see when I add a widget and filter to see only unread. I should be seeing almost all of today's posts since I haven't looked at many of them, yet the first unread I see is from November 2013.

ueliriegg said:

One thing I've noticed with forum thread list set to unread: if I read a post by clicking on an entry in the notification overlay, it doesn't disappear from the forum thread list for unread posts. Have to open it from there again

Ueli, what are you referring to when you say the notification overlay?

ueliriegg said:

Watch out, the widget sorts sticky posts first, just like they are listed first in the subforums. You can recognize them by a slightly grey background. Very slightly. Almost... I first had to go to all forums and Mark all read, before it started to make sense

Well, I won't be sure if doing the "mark all read" thing worked until someone posts a new post, but now I have another issue.

After marking all forums read, setting up a new Forum Thread List Widget and setting that show only unread, I can't see any posts in any forum. When I click a sub forum I get this message "There are no posts to show. This could be because there are no posts in this forum or due to a filter. " I've tried changing the filter in the sub forum I'm in, I deleted the widget and reverted back to default on my home page, and I've signed off and signed back in, yet I still can't see posts when I click on a sub forum. It seems I globally set every forum to only show unread. I hope it's just me being dense.

If you marked all as read, you then would have no unread posts in any forums so the message you are seeing would be correct.

At the top of each forum thread list, you should have the filter dropdown to be able to change what you want to see. It would default to unread, but should allow you to change it to any other filter type.

Does that dropdown appear/work?

Yeah I saw that I could change the filter and I tried to. It seems to be working now, but it definitely wasn't working when I tried. Maybe my work network was being wacky and the page wasn't refreshing.  Thanks for the assistance.

After reading unread posts I am again not able to view "All recent questions and discussions" by adjusting the filter. I read all the unread posts. Then I tried to view all recent discussions by selecting it from the filter drop down menu in the forum thread list and a few other sub forums (eos family, eos beta, and element). No posts were listed, so I tried manually refreshing the page, and again no posts were shown. I'm on my home network now and all other websites I visit are working. Here is a screen shot showing that the filter "All recent questions and discussions" is selected, yet no posts are shown.