ASF Website Redesign

[Bill M]

I hope I'm not too much of a nuisance if I answer that Logique. If you left click and highlight a sentence and then click reply you will see the reply box open. Just underneath there is a "upload file" button, click that and it will allow you to upload an image from your PC.

If you are not quoting anything then underneath the last post you have the reply box where you can upload a file. It seems to work ok for me.

 

[Joe Blow]

To upload an image file, click the "Upload a File" button below the text box. The "Image" icon in the text editor is for linking to images hosted elsewhere.

To quote a post in reply, simply click the "Reply" button on the post itself. To quote a smaller part of the post, just highlight the text of the post you wish to quote and then click the "Reply" button that pops up when you let the left mouse button go.

Hope that helps.

 

[Logique]

I hope I'm not too much of a nuisance if I answer that Logique. If you left click and highlight a sentence and then click reply you will see the reply box open. Just underneath there is a "upload file" button, click that and it will allow you to upload an image from your PC.
If you are not quoting anything then underneath the last post you have the reply box where you can upload a file. It seems to work ok for me.

Thanks Bill, that worked! The thread in question is the All Ords going nowhere one

 

[Logique]

To upload an image file, click the "Upload a File" button below the text box. The "Image" icon in the text editor is for linking to images hosted elsewhere.
To quote a post in reply, simply click the "Reply" button on the post itself. To quote a smaller part of the post, just highlight the text of the post you wish to quote and then click the "Reply" button that pops up when you let the left mouse button go.
Hope that helps.

Thanks Joe, success. I realized just now that there is a Q&A thread which I'll read through. It's a challenge here in the remedial class!

 

[pixel]

Hi Joe,
I just stumbled across an oddity on the Home page:



It sure is great to have this kind of stats, but 2237, or even a mere 1081, appears a teensy bit overstated.

oh, and while I have your attention: Would it be possible to change the default ticks in the Search function to search "only in titles", but not just in the Forum that happens to be currently open? I don't know about others, but ASF being a Stock forum, I predominantly search for the thread about a 3-character stock code. When I was looking for "iot" the other day, the default setting resulted in hundreds of posts, including ones referring to id-iots

 

[kermit43]

I just started signing on to ASF and was amazed that the first menu pages of the blog refers to 2006 blogs - most people want to view the latest relevant information.

 

[Joe Blow]

I just started signing on to ASF and was amazed that the first menu pages of the blog refers to 2006 blogs - most people want to view the latest relevant information.

This should be showing more recent topics but it isn't working as intended. I hope to have a fix soon.

It sure is great to have this kind of stats, but 2237, or even a mere 1081, appears a teensy bit overstated.

Yeah, this also isn't working as intended. I will hopefully have it fixed soon.

oh, and while I have your attention: Would it be possible to change the default ticks in the Search function to search "only in titles", but not just in the Forum that happens to be currently open? I don't know about others, but ASF being a Stock forum, I predominantly search for the thread about a 3-character stock code. When I was looking for "iot" the other day, the default setting resulted in hundreds of posts, including ones referring to id-iots

The search function on the new software works like this, when you are on the front page or the forums home it defaults to a sitewide search. However, when you are in a particular forum or in a specific thread it ticks "Search this forum only" by default. To do a sitewide search from within a thread or a forum, this box needs to be unchecked. The "Search titles only" box is never checked by default. I know this is a little different to the way things were with the previous software but I think it is a better design in spite of all the checking and unchecking of boxes because the search can be more targeted.

I will do some further investigation on the topic and see if the search feature can be customised more by individual users. I'm still pretty new to this software as well.

 

[pixel]

Thanks Joe,
yes, I realised that's how the Search function works; it would be nice to be able to customise the defaults, but there are far more pressing jobs.

 

[Parse]

This isn't important, but I was wondering if it would be possible to have different styles available for the forum. I notice other XenForo sites sometimes have this. All I prefer is a "wider" page, the default page size of the forum is obviously made to suit mobile devices. I was just wondering if a full width page style would be available for those of us viewing from PC's, laptops etc. These styles (if available) are usually selectable from one's account preferences.

 

[explod]

Hi Joe, I cannot find a private message icon. Till I'm able its just to let you know that my banking details are unchanged in reference to Jan tipping comp. Thank you. Explod

 

[Joe Blow]

This isn't important, but I was wondering if it would be possible to have different styles available for the forum. I notice other XenForo sites sometimes have this. All I prefer is a "wider" page, the default page size of the forum is obviously made to suit mobile devices. I was just wondering if a full width page style would be available for those of us viewing from PC's, laptops etc. These styles (if available) are usually selectable from one's account preferences.

Parse, I'll check into this and get back to you about it.

Hi Joe, I cannot find a private message icon. Till I'm able its just to let you know that my banking details are unchanged in reference to Jan tipping comp. Thank you. Explod

The private message icon is the envelope icon just above the search box.

 

[skc]

Joe,

The search function seems to require the user to put in * as the wildcard for partial search strings.

For example, if I type Telst it won't find any Telstra news. It would only work if I type Telst*.

Is this deliberate or can (should) it be changed?

 

[pixel]

Is this deliberate or can (should) it be changed?

It is a widely-used standard for text searches.
? for any single character, * for multi-character strings.
Try it in a Google Search: poli* suggests all kinds of police stuff, also polio. But poli?y begins with policy etc.

 

[PZ99]

Reminds me of the old DOS commands.
I just searched for del*.* and the second result was "The World is on the brink!" LOL

 

[pixel]

Reminds me of the old DOS commands.
I just searched for del*.* and the second result was "The World is on the brink!" LOL

(shhh! You're showing your age!)

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe,

The search function seems to require the user to put in * as the wildcard for partial search strings.

For example, if I type Telst it won't find any Telstra news. It would only work if I type Telst*.

Is this deliberate or can (should) it be changed?

A few weeks ago I moved from the regular forum search to a version of Elasticsearch as it is widely regarded as a far better solution for larger databases. However, I haven't actually done much other than get it running as I haven't had the time to explore it in any depth.

The wildcard search is deliberate as Elasticsearch is a full-text search engine. I'm not sure it can be changed but I'll look into Elasticsearch in more detail this weekend.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Got a search function observation not a complaint. I searched with keyword 'property' and thought the most frequented posts or most recent posts in property would be on the first page. It seems the order is not based on chronology or frequency. There could be a way to search with the new system.

 

[skc]

It is a widely-used standard for text searches.
? for any single character, * for multi-character strings.
Try it in a Google Search: poli* suggests all kinds of police stuff, also polio. But poli?y begins with policy etc.

Ha I didn't know about the ? operator. You learn something new everyday.

Reminds me of the old DOS commands.
I just searched for del*.* and the second result was "The World is on the brink!" LOL

Good old DOS... c:\dir/w

A few weeks ago I moved from the regular forum search to a version of Elasticsearch as it is widely regarded as a far better solution for larger databases. However, I haven't actually done much other than get it running as I haven't had the time to explore it in any depth.

The wildcard search is deliberate as Elasticsearch is a full-text search engine. I'm not sure it can be changed but I'll look into Elasticsearch in more detail this weekend.

Thanks. It's not a big deal... just that I was sure partial string search worked before - so now it makes sense as there was a change. Perhaps a simple note to remind the pre-DOS generation how this search engine operates would more than suffice.

 

[Joe Blow]

Got a search function observation not a complaint. I searched with keyword 'property' and thought the most frequented posts or most recent posts in property would be on the first page. It seems the order is not based on chronology or frequency. There could be a way to search with the new system.

The Default Search Order can either be set to "Most Recent" or "Relevance". I initially tried "Most Recent" but the search results didn't seem as relevant as those generated when it was set to "Relevance" as many of the most commonly searched for threads (i.e. those with high post counts but started years ago) didn't seem to be located near the top of the search results.

You can read more about the theory behind Elasticsearch relevance scoring here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/scoring-theory.html

 

[Joe Blow]

Thanks. It's not a big deal... just that I was sure partial string search worked before - so now it makes sense as there was a change. Perhaps a simple note to remind the pre-DOS generation how this search engine operates would more than suffice.

I've tried to find a guide online but everything I've found so far seems to be aimed at those installing the Elasticsearch software rather than those doing the searching. I will keep digging and see what I can find.