Scripts at the browser can actually speed up the display of a website, even on my 486DX2-100. Yes, I still have one that I use for testing. It depends on what the script does, and how well it is written.
Website Upgrade: New Features
- Thread starter Teddy Edwards
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While I'm asking for search functionality, is there some way to search conversations?
Requires an add-on for that. And the team seems to prefer to favor caution/security over a bunch of extra features/add-ons. Which I cannot fault them for, but it does limit the "bells and whistles" somewhat.
What you can do is switch to your "Conversations" page and use the Filters thing to view only conversations started by (or received by) a specific user name. That's probably not as much as you're looking for, but maybe it'll help narrow down the number of private messages you end up having to skim through in order to find what you're looking for.
The previous forum software allowed us to download our entire set of private messages in several different formats. I kind of miss that - and, of course, we could then perform our own searches using whatever software we normally use to work with text files.
It would probably be "well beyond a RPITA" for someone with administrator level permissions to do a search of the complete database, lol, so I'm not even going to suggest asking someone to do that.
Thanks TS. Keyword searching was really what I was going for, as I often can't remember who said what!
Some days, I feel like my memory has more holes in it than a screen door.
Actually, you can: Members -> Search Conversations.
Wonderful info Marc...
Wonderful info Marc...
I’ll second that - what a thing to have missed. Clearly I haven’t explored all the menus well enough
Nice. Thanks. I wasn't aware that the feature had already been... er... hidden in the forum. Guess the developers didn't want to make its presence too obvious by placing it right there in the "Conversations" page (or in the general search routine), lol.
like this one?something like that
facebook have the one that I mean its same like here only green.
I think for the most part they'll just stick with what they have here. One green heart is probably all they want.
But, it never hurts to ask
I'd like to ask that we get a "sort by date" option in the quick search, so we can search "this thread" and have the results by date, which I find much more useful.
I've asked before but I hear it never hurts to ask!
I've asked before but I hear it never hurts to ask!
I love the SSL! Call me paranoid, but a secure connection for those of us in hostile territory makes for a comfortable place to share photos and posts about our stuff! THANK YOU!
Remystemple
Well-Known Member
it would be nice if there was an indication of the OP of a thread as it progressed.
Great idea Remy! There used to be a notation that said "Thread Starter" or something but that disappeared. It would make it easier to remember whose thread you were in.
Excellent suggestion. Along with having the option to sort the results of a quick search by date.
Excellent suggestion. Along with having the option to sort the results of a quick search by date.
Some types of forum software display the original post (in a thread) at the top of every single page of posts. This seems to have the effect of being helpful to some while annoying the daylights out of others. I couldn't guess at which group is in the majority, lol.
"Thread Starter" on the green bar with the post number was already included after the update, but has vanished. Much better than reposting the original post on each page.
Intersting; I must have missed that.