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Can't find older posts by specific members?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:13 pm
by ryanne
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?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:19 pm
by Avatar
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
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:32 pm
by I'm Murrin
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:19 pm
by CovenantJr
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...
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:03 pm
by balon!
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:18 pm
by Avatar
What we should really be asking is "What is she checking up on???"
--A
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:20 pm
by Damelon
Avatar wrote:What we should really be asking is "What is she checking up on???"
--A
I was thinking that, myself.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:45 pm
by Avatar
(Oops, notice the assumption there? (Funny how that happens huh?) )
--A
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:01 pm
by balon!
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:10 pm
by Vain
Hey ! Stop whining about the search thingy !!
Google has us mapped so google it
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:24 pm
by balon!
Vain wrote:Hey ! Stop whining about the search thingy !!
Google has us mapped so google it
Google has us what?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:24 pm
by Menolly
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?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:25 pm
by Menolly
JINX, Balon!!
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:49 pm
by Vain
Google has scoured our board and we should be searchable via google.
eg
www.google.co.nz/search?q=menolly+kevin ... N&filter=0
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:52 pm
by balon!
Are you sure?
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,090 for balon kevinswatch.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:04 pm
by Vain
Only the worthwhile stuff is googled
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:05 pm
by Menolly
*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
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:31 pm
by Vain
Even more fun...
googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=vain+kevinswatch&word2=seareach+kevinswatch
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:48 pm
by Menolly
Oh...
Now that's cool!
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:33 am
by Menolly
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Menolly vs. dlbpharmd
Go Gators!!