Searching ; monitoring forum topics
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Forum Name: Help us improve the site
Forum Description: Help us improve the forums, and the site as a whole
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75904
Printed Date: November 30 2024 at 00:21
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.01 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Searching ; monitoring forum topics
Posted By: wilmon91
Subject: Searching ; monitoring forum topics
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:43
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Hi!
First, the search function doesn't seem to work. Whatever I search for gives no results.
Searching seems to be the only way to know which topics I have been posting in (if it had worked).
Ideally I think that on my page (or "member control panel"), there should be links to topics I have been active in, during the last month or so, or at least the 5 latest topics. That would be easier than searching through the different forums and trying to remember were I posted. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:44
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The search function works for me. Tell me what to look for. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:46
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Hoiw about these http://www.progarchives.com/forum/search_results_posts.asp?SearchID=20110213134601&KW=" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/search_results_posts.asp?SearchID=20110213134601&KW= ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:47
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Fast response! I have been trying to check out my own posting history. Lets say I put "wilmon91" on "Search by User Name ". No hits! Adding keywords or changing the time span doesnt help.. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:48
I just did that very thing. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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wilmon91 wrote:Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:50
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What helps sometimes is 'Show results as Topics' instead of 'Posts'. In case you want to monitor a topic, you can select 'Watch this topic' under topic options, top right corner of the topic page. Topics that you monitor in that way will be listed under Subscriptions in your Member Control Panel, and you will be notified by e-mail of new posts. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:53
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Okay I did a mistake. It's default set to search in "topic subject"
I see also a box with "Search for Topics This Member Started ".
When I change those toforum body and uncheck "topic subject" , it works.
Maybe that could be the default setting? It would be more natural.
I still think it would be neat with having links to, say, the 5 latest topics I have been active in. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:53
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Oh, and if the forum search doesn't show what you are looking for, try the Google Search on the main page, and set the selection box to forums. It finds more than the forum search sometimes, but the downside is that the Google information is only updated once every 24 hours, so you will miss a lot of results from 'Today'.
------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:56
That could be the solution....I just have to keep it in mind. Thanks! ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 13:56
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Fair enough. I'll tip M@X (the site owner) about the search defaults. He's also investigating whether we can move to new forum software, which may have the 'last 5 topics feature', which is not included in Web Wiz, which we use right now. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 14:01
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Thanks, that would be cool! ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 14:07
Maybe, but searching is very hard on the servers, so Max needs to encourage people to search thread titles instead of all the individual posts. I would also welcome a change in software: we're the only forum I've ever seen use Web Wiz, and I suspect there's a good reason nobody else wants it... ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 14:07
Meanwhiule peruse the search I did for you. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 14:34
The default is set the way it is because searching within the message uses a lot more server resource. 
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 15:22
It is. Go to member control panel, and then click on Subscriptions. A list should appear with all the topics you ever posted, (except for those where you manually turned off 'watch this topic' option). ------------- |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 16:18
Where were you guys when Hugues made this thread: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7574" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7574 ?  |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 17:07
That's a different thing Bob - nobody can search in messages. I only pointed out that for some weird reason (a bug probably) the display option 'Show as Posts' gives different results than 'Show as Topics'. As for searching inside messages, that is solved very well by the Google search. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 17:08
Did you keep that one in your Subscription list all these years? If not, I quite miss the joke here... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 17:19
You are behind the times, Max allowed to search in message bodies after the upgrade. And I'm glad he was able to without the servers crashing because Google is extremely unwieldy for searching within posts. I noted somewhere or other the bug in the difference between show as posts and show as threads, but I guess it was too inherent for Max to fix because I never heard back from anyone. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 18:00
Yeah, I somehow ate the last figure of the URL, here's the right one: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75749" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75749
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 18:32
It is in Member Control Panel (top of this page in the light blue bar just before "xx New Messages") - from that panel select "Subscriptions"
or click this: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/email_notify_subscriptions.asp" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/email_notify_subscriptions.asp ------------- What? |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 14 2011 at 11:05
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Yup. it's just that I have to subcribe to every topic I'm active in, and I'm not interested in email notices (there will be too many). But I'll try subcribing, and see how it goes! ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 14 2011 at 11:07
Did you find anything you wanted in the search I made for you? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 14 2011 at 11:18
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 14 2011 at 11:36
No, it had expired. But thanks anyway. (I know how to use the search now, so it's allright) ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 14 2011 at 11:38
Ok, that sounds very good, though! ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |