Save or Favorite Post

[Learning]

I think a saved post feature would be a welcome feature.

I get comments similar to this on my forum. This is from the vBulletin Forum:

A user asked this question, and I thought I would seek an answer here:

"The way I use the forum is to display the new posts since my last visit and go through the list. Sometimes I see one that I want to save for later - maybe to reply when I have more time, or just review again later. The problem is that after reading the post, it disappears from the list. I can go look for it in all the different forums, but that is not ideal.

Is there some way to either save these posts that I want to come back to? To tag or save them, or in some way mark them "unread" so they stay on the 'posts since last visit' list?"


I think I understand the question, but I don't know enough about how others use forums or the functionality here to give a good answer.

Any thoughts?

Facebook and my Xenforo competitors have it. I know we have subscribed, but that seems more for threads and not posts. I also don't necessarily want to get notified every time a someone replies to a thread.

I'm a car guy and not a web designer, but if I were tasked to design forum software I would have everything my competitors have, plus things they don't have. I don't understand how vB6 is lagging behind with features.

[glennrocksvb]

You're on vBCloud, right? This can only be done using custom PHP code which vBCloud does not allow.

[Learning]

Yep, the Cloud. That figures. Still, it may be a benefit for others.

[glennrocksvb]

I will add it to my todo list. This mod will be very useful. I've seen other users request this feature in the support forum.

[glennrocksvb]

I started working on it yesterday and will finish it soon. I'm planning to add it as one of the icons under a post along with Edit, Quuote, Comment, etc. And the bookmarked posts might be located in a custom tab on Profile page.

[Mitch]

Isn't that icon list too long now? Will this be for cloud?

[glennrocksvb]

As mentioned in post #2, this cannot be done in vBCloud. As for the location of the icon, it can also be next to the post number. Maybe that's the better location.

[glennrocksvb]

Learning, here you go...

https://vbmods.rocks/forum/vbulletin-6-modifications/vbulletin-6-products-and-extensions/28984-add-posts-to-bookmarks-plugin