Subtle changes, bugs and feedback

Hey VB. Liking the newness.

Quick issue to raise though. Getting zero results on any of the search terms entered. Is this an indexing issue with the new code/MySQL or does the issue exist between keyboard and chair?

I'm not sure how the community would feel if they were unable to continue with "that's what the search funciton is for" as a standard response. :-)

Cheers!

There are 1427 watching us.

I 've just noticed that there are hundreds of Yahoo search bots (Yahoo! Slurp Spider) connecting/indexing the forum under users.

I 've just noticed that there are hundreds of Yahoo search bots (Yahoo! Slurp Spider) connecting/indexing the forum under users.

How can you tell that?

New little icon on my tabs and address bar now! Little tweaks that make me happy!

um, posting a message on behalf of Mister K - he can't seem to get onto the forum at all. I think he may have tried before the email function was fixed though.

I don't understand the "Quick Reply" thing, can't I just add to the thread?

Also how does one link to pages, post images, write in italics, crossed out, etc..?

I don't understand the "Quick Reply" thing, can't I just add to the thread?

Also how does one link to pages, post images, write in italics, crossed out, etc..?

Not sure about the others.

Post an image

How can you tell that?

Go to the quick links drop down menu (next to log out) who is online. Go to page 2 or 3 onwards.

"multi-quote"

it's not working for me

Hey VB. Liking the newness.

Quick issue to raise though. Getting zero results on any of the search terms entered. Is this an indexing issue with the new code/MySQL or does the issue exist between keyboard and chair?

I'm not sure how the community would feel if they were unable to continue with "that's what the search funciton is for" as a standard response. :-)

Cheers!

I've just search Colnago in threads and posts and it works.

What search terms are you trying?

"multi-quote"

it's not working for me

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I don't understand the "Quick Reply" thing, can't I just add to the thread?

Also how does one link to pages, post images, write in italics, crossed out, etc..?

Yes! Do it. (I just changed the option so this works.)

Though if you click "quick reply" in a post that will allow it to know what you're replying to and give you a chance to quote the post.

I've just search Colnago in threads and posts and it works.

What search terms are you trying?

Have looked used "IRO" and "bar tape" with zero responses.

You're right though, "Colnago" does work. Anti-american software? :-)

Have looked used "IRO" and "bar tape" with zero responses.

You're right though, "Colnago" does work. Anti-american software? :-)

I think it might be length of words. IRO is 3 letters, bar is 3 letters.

You can search for bar tape by making it longer than 3 letters, just quote it "bar tape".

IRO is a problem though. MySql (the database engine) doesn't index three letter words by default, and also includes a stopword list of common words in English that it won't index: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fulltext-stopwords.html

I'll look into how to re-configure the engine to index three word things.

An alternative though is to have people tag threads. Because the tag cloud on the search page will show three letter words and be searchable... so that works.

OK, I've reduced the word length thing to 2 letters... so all 3 letter words are included now and IRO is searchable (as is MTB, and cog, etc)

I've changed the navbar so that "Posts" is equivalent to "New Posts" and shows you all posts from the last 31 days.

I've added "Categories" which currently brings you to the default vBulletin home page list of categories.

OK, I've reduced the word length thing to 2 letters... so all 3 letter words are included now and IRO is searchable (as is MTB, and cog, etc)

Thanks VB. MySQL can be a bugger to optimise. Nice work.

I've changed the navbar so that "Posts" is equivalent to "New Posts" and shows you all posts from the last 31 days.

That's not working for me? It did the first time, but unlike the "New Posts" button did, it doesn't refresh every time I hit it. The icons show that I've read stuff, but that includes stuff above and below the "The threads below have not been updated since your last visit or since forums have been marked read."

OK, I'm just hacking the postbit templates again and I'll take another look at that.

Hmm, I think this looks much better.

What do you think? Nice? Should I bump the avatar size back up now?

That's not working for me? It did the first time, but unlike the "New Posts" button did, it doesn't refresh every time I hit it. The icons show that I've read stuff, but that includes stuff above and below the "The threads below have not been updated since your last visit or since forums have been marked read."

It caches the search result until something changes. It should know whether you've read something or not though... I've just viewed the page, opened an unread thread in the background and reloaded the page, and indeed the bolded thread is now unbolded.

What are the symptoms you're seeing?

I've put the avatar size back up to 64 x 64 now, as this layout allows that.

It caches the search result until something changes. It should know whether you've read something or not though... I've just viewed the page, opened an unread thread in the background and reloaded the page, and indeed the bolded thread is now unbolded.

What are the symptoms you're seeing?

It unbolds, as it should, and changes the icon. I just thought it would drop the read thread below the "Stuff below here has not changed since your last visit" text. Kind of like an extended "New Posts" where the top is "New Posts" only, and below is everything else. It's not a big deal though. THANKS!

It unbolds, as it should, and changes the icon. I just thought it would drop the read thread below the "Stuff below here has not changed since your last visit" text. Kind of like an extended "New Posts" where the top is "New Posts" only, and below is everything else. It's not a big deal though. THANKS!

Oh no, it doesn't do that. It sorts them all by the last post date, the stuff below that line are the things since the last time you visited (logged in) or the last time you clicked "Mark Forums Read".

So you have the granular "You've read this or not" through the bolding of the thread titles. And you have the more high level "These are recent, and these are old" through that line.