Can't find older posts by specific members?

Post by **ryanne** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:13 pm

After you click on someone's name and it takes you to their page, and you click on "Find all posts by --", it takes you to the most recent posts that they have written. But when you hit "next" or try to go to a page of their older posts, it says, "No topics or posts met your search criteria"...what's up with that?

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:19 pm

For this you posted?

Welcome to the Watch. It's one of a few probs maybe. 1st is that the board isn't completely indexed for the search function since the last upgrade.

Or, if the person has too many posts the board sometimes has a fit trying to regurgitate them.

Maybe try use the normal search and search there by author, instead of using the profile link. But no guarantees.

--A

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:32 pm

Yeah, the search function is full of bugs at the moment; usually "Find posts by author" is the most reliable way to find older stuff (as the search form suffers from the incomplete index), but as Av says, on people with larger postcounts it doesn't always work so well.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:19 pm

I've brought this up before and it was shrugged off

On a related note, the 'View Random Member' thing on the home page doesn't work either...

Post by **balon!** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:03 pm

You could always close your eyes and pick a post at random.

It'd give about the same chances of finding it through the search.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:18 pm

What we should really be asking is "What is she checking up on???"

--A

Post by **Damelon** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:20 pm

Avatar wrote:What we should really be asking is "What is she checking up on???"

--A

I was thinking that, myself.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:45 pm

(Oops, notice the assumption there? (Funny how that happens huh?) )

--A

Post by **balon!** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:01 pm

Actually, your right there. Ask around if you ever need help finding posts. Most of us have certain areas pretty much memorized.

The Mods for whatever forums your looking at are probably a good bet.

Post by **Vain** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:10 pm

Hey ! Stop whining about the search thingy !!

Google has us mapped so google it

Post by **balon!** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:24 pm

Vain wrote:Hey ! Stop whining about the search thingy !!

Google has us mapped so google it

Google has us what?

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:24 pm

Vain wrote: Google has us mapped so google it

uhm...

For those of us who have no idea what this means...

huh???

We can find old posts on the Watch by using google?
How?

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:25 pm

JINX, Balon!!

Post by **Vain** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:49 pm

Google has scoured our board and we should be searchable via google.

eg

www.google.co.nz/search?q=menolly+kevin ... N&filter=0

Post by **balon!** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:52 pm

Are you sure?

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,090 for balon kevinswatch.

Post by **Vain** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:04 pm

Only the worthwhile stuff is googled

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:05 pm

*nod*

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,130 for menolly kevinswatch

It's only pulling up about a quarter of the total posts I guess.

Vain wrote:Only the worthwhile stuff is googled

Post by **Vain** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:31 pm

Even more fun...

googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=vain+kevinswatch&word2=seareach+kevinswatch

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:48 pm

Oh...

Now that's cool!

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:33 am

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Menolly vs. dlbpharmd

Go Gators!!

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Can't find older posts by specific members?

Can't find older posts by specific members?