spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hello and welcome to VGS! I know that many of you are still exploring and discovering what VGS has to offer, including many features and settings that are different from what you might have been used to on other forums such as NintendoAge. We've received a lot of feedback so far about missing the "Latest Posts" or "Latest Topics" features that many of you are familiar with. Well, we have different ways to give you something similar here, and we hope even better! You can create custom "Activity Streams" here where you can save a number of different settings to customize exactly how you see activity. You can even share those custom streams with other members, or use templates that others have created. To get started, go to Activity -> My Activity Streams --> and select 'Create New Stream.' This will bring you to a 'Create New Stream' page where you can customize a variety of settings for what you would like to see and how. You can even name your Stream and share the link with other members. For example - choosing the following settings will create a custom activity stream that is similar to the "Latest Posts" feature you might be used to:Show me: Content items onlyContent Types: All ContentDefault View: Condensed Once you are happy with the settings, click "Save Changes" and it will show you what the stream looks like, as well as give you options to customize it further or change some settings. If you are satisfied with the stream and its settings, you can lock it in as your default stream by clicking the check mark next to 'Latest Posts:' You can also delete it or rename it from here. You can go to Activity --> My Activity Streams, to select which stream you'd like to check out going forward. If you've made a custom stream you really like and want to share - you can copy and share the URL. Here is a URL for the one we just made: https://www.videogamesage.com/discover/36/ The Custom Activity Streams give you a lot of flexibility in customizing the content that you see here at VGS, exactly the way you want to see it. Please feel free to play around with the settings and test them out to see how it works for your needs! If you have any questions about the activity streams, or if you've created some that you feel work particularly well and you want to share here for others, please let us know here! We hope this will be helpful as you become familiar with VGS and all of the features and options our new system provides. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Reserved for featured streams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beabull | 1 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) I’m going to try because I really did like “latest topics” “latest posts”. what is “content items”? Is that like a thread? I figured out latest post (replies) but I can’t figure out how to see only the latest topics. Everything is being listed as “so and so replied to”. how do you delete a custom stream? Edited October 30, 2019 by skinnygrinny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 10 hours ago, skinnygrinny said: what is “content items”? Is that like a thread? I figured out latest post (replies) but I can’t figure out how to see only the latest topics. Everything is being listed as “so and so replied to”. I was wondering that myself. Are content items only threads, or are they other things as well? For latest topics, I'm under the impression we can't really do what you are trying to do, skinny, due to constraints in the infrastructure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 @skinnygrinny Actually, based on what I see in my custom stream, content items must include posts and not just threads. Maybe comments are the "likes"? But that I'm not sure about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Here is a custom stream that Vaosu created in an attempt to mirror the latest topics concept. I'll have to test it a bit to see if it's working as intended, but in the meantime, here it is: https://www.videogamesage.com/discover/14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 13 hours ago, skinnygrinny said: I’m going to try because I really did like “latest topics” “latest posts”. what is “content items”? Is that like a thread? I figured out latest post (replies) but I can’t figure out how to see only the latest topics. Everything is being listed as “so and so replied to”. how do you delete a custom stream? * Content items would include actual content such as posts, threads, blog entries, etc. Whereas, if you include "comments" and "reviews" your stream will show additional information such as people's reactions to posts, etc. * You can delete a custom stream by selecting that stream, and then clicking the trash can icon next to the name of the screen. For example: Clicking the icon circled above, will remove that custom stream from your account. Let us know if you have any other questions! --spacepup-- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Someone should throw this at the top of the site as an announcement! Oh wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetTheGreg | 105 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 This is awesome and has already made my VGS experience much better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) Thank you for your time @spacepup what I’m trying to accomplish is a list of created topics (all “content types”) in order from newest to oldest, disregarding replies. i tried the linked stream but the second topic listed was because someone replied to it. And the topics weren’t listed in order of created date. Edited October 30, 2019 by skinnygrinny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, coffeewithmrsaturn said: For latest topics, I'm under the impression we can't really do what you are trying to do, skinny, due to constraints in the infrastructure. I think you may be right. I’ve tried messing with the custom streams options and it just continues to list topics with the latest reply. Edited October 30, 2019 by skinnygrinny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewisp02 | 47 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Thanks for providing... it will take a bit to get used to all the customization here, but totally awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 @spacepup What is the difference between comments and reviews? Which one do reactions fall into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky | 2 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 On 10/30/2019 at 8:38 AM, spacepup said: Here is a custom stream that Vaosu created in an attempt to mirror the latest topics concept. I'll have to test it a bit to see if it's working as intended, but in the meantime, here it is: https://www.videogamesage.com/discover/14/ Doesn't work, still just shows the latest reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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