Avery noob question.. coloured boxes on the left?

[Liam]

Afternoon all,
Just intrigued to the different coloured boxes on the far left of the forum, I appreciate it indicates if new posts have been added that i won't have seen but why are some of the squares orange and others just have a yellow line? when i put my cursor over it gives a brief explanation but cant differentiate between some? sorry if its a silly question.
Liam

 

[Wondermike]

Good question

There will be a multiple choice test at the end of the evening

Have a read of this and test yourself http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=191197#p191197

This isn't all the combinations but will give you an idea

means a topic you have contributed to, but has no new posts

ditto but one you haven't contributed to

means a topic with unread posts (and is "hot" not sure what defines hot though, number of views or posts?)

ditto but not a "hot" topic

sticky topic, no new posts

sticky topic which you have contributed to, no new posts

sticky topic with new posts

means a "hot" topic with unread posts,that you have contributed to

So basically -

greyed - no new posts
coloured - new posts and either a normal or hot topic
little square top right - a topic you have contributed to, if it's green there are unread posts

 

[bcworkz]

Apparently it is silly, I asked the same when I first joined.
Have a look:
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12721&p=191194&hilit=icons#p191197

 

[Liam]

Thank you, that is ideal Mike, just the thing I was looking for. Makes sense now.