*** UPDATE ***
Well, first off, I'm going to have to eat a little crow here, so please make sure it's well done, Ok? 
I've been up a good deal later than intended tonight through this morning, but I have finally managed to track down the cause of your issue with respect to the "
What's New" button returning an empty result set. (For those reporting a
Classifieds access issue, this is an entirely unrelated issue -- sorry.)
It turns out that, I believe, some months back a plugin (an add-on) for the site was installed that enhanced the functionality of the "
What's New" section by adding the option to include new Articles, Group posts, etc., in the "
What's New" results (i.e. more than just forum threads).
Well, everything will work just fine *until* the first time a user edits their configuration via the "
General Settings" page. This plugin adds a new configuration item to the "
General Settings" page that is easily overlooked and whose settings are not automatically preset to match the default behavior that this plugin defaults to when a user has not defined any custom settings for this feature. The default (when unconfigured) is to include ALL possible Content Types in the "
What's New" page. However, when you access the "
General Settings" page for the first time after this plugin is installed, it instead defaults to a selection of NO Content Types and, if you don't alter this setting (I mean, how could you even know -- I didn't!) and save your other changes to "
General Settings", then your "
What's New" page has now been configured to "
Search for Nothing Of Any Sort" (i.e. an empty result set).
This probably wasn't what you, or anyone else, would want, but this is what happens. I mean, what use is a "
What's New" page that intentionally returns an empty result set because it is now configured to "
Search for Nothing of Any Sort"? This reflects a fundamental flaw in the logic of their user interface because it should have continued to assume that, unless you *specifically* elected to alter the selection of Content Types, you would want it to continue searching on "
All Content Types" for the "
What's New" section.
FOR THE MOMENT I HAVE DISABLED THIS PLUGIN. So do not go looking for the Content Type selection on the "
General Settings" page as it is not there at the moment (it will return later).
Steve, or myself, will fix the flawed logic in this plugin's user interface (likely in the next few days) so that it behaves appropriately without any special action (or concern) on the part of the user when editing their "
General Settings" options. Once this fix has been made we will then re-activate the plugin once again to regain its extended functionality.
Until then, the "What's New" button will properly display new threads in the
Forums area, but will not display new Articles, Group Posts, etc., until the plugin can be re-activated.
This means that it should now be working for you (per it's old behavior) for the moment. We'll then fix the flaw and re-activate the plugin to regain the extended features and, if all goes well, you should not have this problem again -- at least not until the next update to the plugin (aarrgghhh!!!).
My sincere thanks to everyone for taking the time to report this issue!
