Highlight unread topics

[g4b0]

I think that it will be useful to flag sections/thread with new posts since the last visit, in order to have a quick glance of what happend meanwhile.

[camfindlay]

This is a nice feature, any ideas on how to implement?

[g4b0]

I never hacked the forum code, it's just a suggestion from a SS forum user :)
Anyway I think it can be implemented like a has_many relation between threads and users (thread has_many users), when a logged user reads a thread the first is added to the relation, and when a user add a new post to the discussuion its relation is cleared.
In frontend usually forums use bold text to visually indicate an unread discussion, but that's a trivial task.

[camfindlay]

#8 duplicate both have good info for implementation.