New Posts (extending the time they stay up)

[doggy]

Hi everyone. I was wondering if there is a way to extend the time a member can view new posts. Someone told me they saw a new post that they were interested in replying to but could not reply right then. They came back later and it was gone. I suppose it is set so when you see the new post that it gets removed from the list.

Is there a way to keep the new posts up for longer and have them stay for awhile even if the member already read it.

Thank you!

[Floris]

In vBulletin version 3.5.3 you can choose which Thread Marking System you wish to use. Cookie or Database based. I recommend to upgrade. I believe version 3.0 only supports cookie based.

[doggy]

Thanks for the reply. I am running version 3.08 planning on upgrading to 3.0.12 because our forum skin will likely not work with 3.53.

Where in the Admin control panel is this setting though in 3? I will check if it only lets you base it on cookies.

[Steve Machol]

You cannot do this in vB 3.0.x. You will need to upgrade to 3.5.3 to get this function.