XF 2.3 I need to create a button for marking the forum as read.. question about the date tag at the end.

[zzlpolitics]

So the Mark Read button has the below URL that seems to change with time. I assume it has a purpose. Well, if I were to paste that URL into an HTML template to create a button, the date number wont change. If I just remove everything after and including the ?, it still seems to mark the forum read but I'm assuming the date thing has a purpose.

other-topics.2/mark-read?date=1726206320

Does this make sense? Can I omit the ?date part and not cause any problems for users who want to mark the forum read?

Thanks as always.

 

[Old Nick]

You should use the xenForo link syntax for this button:

<xf:button href="{{ link('forums/mark-read', '-', {'date': $xf.time}) }}" data-xf-click="overlay">Mark forums read</xf:button>

You can add a class if you need it.

 

[Old Nick]

You should use conditional too:

<xf:if is="$xf.visitor.user_id">
    <xf:button href="{{ link('forums/mark-read', '-', {'date': $xf.time}) }}" data-xf-click="overlay">Mark forums read</xf:button>
</xf:if>

Because a simple visitor cannot mark the forums as read, this is reserved for members and therefore only displayed to them.