Suggestion Box

[Joe Blow]

Thanks. Let me know what you find.

I have checked at the support forums and this feature is working as designed. The number is simply an incremental count of the number of searches performed here at ASF and the reason it works this way is so that those who are working their way through several pages of posts from a search can use that URL as a reference point so a new search doesn't have to be performed until it is necessary or desirable to do so.

What I would suggest is just to get into the habit of clicking the "New Posts" button if you would like to update the search with new posts each time. If you find yourself at the bottom of the page, just click the green "Up" arrow located over on the right and it will zoom you up to the top again very quickly.

 

[Zaxon]

the reason it works this way is so that those who are working their way through several pages of posts from a search can use that URL as a reference point so a new search doesn't have to be performed until it is necessary or desirable to do so.

That makes sense. I guess if you're wading through several pages, you need it to be a snapshot. OK. Thanks for doing the research.

 

[Joe Blow]

That makes sense. I guess if you're wading through several pages, you need it to be a snapshot. OK. Thanks for doing the research.

No problem. Another interesting piece of trivia is that only the person searching can use that URL to view the results of that particular search. If you shared the URL and I clicked on it, it would just perform a brand new search.

 

[Zaxon]

Another interesting piece of trivia is that only the person searching can use that URL to view the results of that particular search. If you shared the URL and I clicked on it, it would just perform a brand new search.

Interesting. If we assume it's essentially an ID to a snapshot recorded in the database, it's curious that it wouldn't work for someone else. It must compare the user ID of the original creator against the person viewing it and redirect you if you're not that person.

I just clicked on that link and the URL I got is the same as the one I posted. They seem to be saved for quite a while then.

 

[Joe Blow]

But if we assume it's essentially an ID to a snapshot recorded in the database, it's curious that it wouldn't work for someone else. I just clicked on that link and the URL I got is the same as the one I posted. They seem to be saved for quite a while then.

Apparently searches are cached for 24 hours. I just clicked on your original link and it performed a brand new "New Posts" search for me.

 

[jjbinks]

1)I think having 7 pinned threads on the beginner page is too much. (New threads get hidden to a certain extent because of the pinned threads)
I would suggest we have 3 pinned threads 1)the introduction thread 2)FAQ a 3)Useful links for beginners - with links to other pinned threads on the first post.

2)I think general discussion should not be on front page. I feel front page space gets taken up by discussion of politics etc. rather than interesting new trading related posts which is what I am more interested in and what I think the front page should include.

 

[Joe Blow]

1)I think having 7 pinned threads on the beginner page is too much. (New threads get hidden to a certain extent because of the pinned threads)
I would suggest we have 3 pinned threads 1)the introduction thread 2)FAQ a 3)Useful links for beginners - with links to other pinned threads on the first post.

2)I think general discussion should not be on front page. I feel front page space gets taken up by discussion of politics etc. rather than interesting new trading related posts which is what I am more interested in and what I think the front page should include.

Thanks for the suggestions jj. I appreciate the feedback.

I think you're right about the number of pinned thread in the Beginner's Lounge forum. I'll take a look and tidy it up a little.

Regarding the front page, this has seen some custom coding and it's not currently easy to exclude forums from the Recent Posts section. ASF will be undergoing a website redesign in the next few months so I will apply that suggestion to the new front page. I expect the new design will be introduced by September and I'll be starting a new thread soon asking for suggestions and feedback.

 

[Zaxon]

I expect the new design will be introduced by September and I'll be starting a new thread soon asking for suggestions and feedback.

Are you changing forum software, or just the theme/design?

 

[Joe Blow]

Are you changing forum software, or just the theme/design?

Upgrading from 1.x to 2.x of the same forum software and tweaking the design.

 

[finicky]

I might be alone - actually, I just looked around and I am - but I think the 10 posts 'allowance' under 'Recent Posts' is grossly inadequate to a degree that I am nonplussed as to why it was so designed. I am used to pages and pages of 'recent posts' on other sites that I can riffle back through to check out anything of interest. Its on the home page; to my mind that's where you or any visitor wants quick access to what has been going on over the past week at least. As it is, a post gets shunted off the recent posts list into the ether in a thrice only to be see daylight again if a targeting seeker goes to the relevant specific sub-forum. Some posters (me) might think that their posts are being ignored when actually they might never have been seen!

 

[Smurf1976]

I might be alone - actually, I just looked around and I am - but I think the 10 posts 'allowance' under 'Recent Posts' is grossly inadequate

I can get pages and pages of them.

Click on "what's new" then it should have a box marked "view more..." at the end of the list. Clicking on that box does what the words suggest and opens up lots more.

 

[finicky]

Pretty sure I tried that but I will follow your recipe and see how I go.
Even if that works the flaw remains. If I, with my I.Q, cough, cannot work out how to find reams of recent posts how would you expect someone unfamiliar, like a visitor or newbie to work it out? I rest my case.

 

[Joe Blow]

I might be alone - actually, I just looked around and I am - but I think the 10 posts 'allowance' under 'Recent Posts' is grossly inadequate to a degree that I am nonplussed as to why it was so designed.

I've increased the default amount to 20, so it looks a little more impressive at first sight. But as Smurf suggested, just click "View more" and it switches to a paginated version where you can go back page by page through the most recently updated 2,000 threads.

 

[finicky]

Yes, so tried @Smurf1976 method and yes, I had tried it before and I rejected it as incomplete, you know why? - Because it has a tiny little thing that I hadn't spotted before that says 'show only unread' and that is apparently the default position. So unless you 'uncheck' that you'll only find an incomplete list of recent posts there. So I only just worked that out, after much time trying and with smurf's prompt, so how's that going to work for a casual visitor or a numbnut?

 

[Joe Blow]

Yes, so tried @Smurf1976 method and yes, I had tried it before and I rejected it as incomplete, you know why? - Because it has a tiny little thing that I hadn't spotted before that says 'show only unread' and that is apparently the default position. So unless you 'uncheck' that you'll only find an incomplete list of recent posts there. So I only just worked that out, after much time trying and with smurf's prompt, so how's that going to work for a casual visitor or a numbnut?

Well, when you click "What's New" it just defaults to a list of the most recently updated threads, read or unread. So you have them all there.



If you click the "New Posts" tab on the "What's New" page it gives you a list of threads that contain unread posts by default, but as you mentioned you can click the "Unread" filter off if you like. Some people like seeing only threads that contain unread posts, some like to see them all. You can have either one or the other but you have to do things slightly differently.

Just get used to doing things the way that get you the search results you want.

 

[finicky]

"Just get used to doing things the way that get you the results you want"
Well I will but I warrant a lot of visitors won't

 

[Joe Blow]

"Just get used to doing things the way that get you the results you want"
Well I will but I warrant a lot of visitors won't

No system is perfect, and everyone has different preferences, so there is no one size fits all solution. I'm happy to make changes to make things easier for people but I have to work within the constraints of the software itself.

How would you like to see New Posts organised?

 

[finicky]

No, it's ok mate, I can work it now. I still think my primitive perception is how a lot will experience it. A whole page for 'paginated' latest posts is my impossible dream but accept that it might not suit others and that the skin or whatever it is might not cater for it anyway. I don't care now, I've vented my beef, thanks for responding.

 

[Mohammed Hazabig'un]

Personally, I'd like to see a "Ban yourself" for a chosen time period option. Just to circumvent my own addiction. (I'm guessing a few other Members here wouldn't mind that lol).

 

[Miner]

Personally, I'd like to see a "Ban yourself" for a chosen time period option. Just to circumvent my own addiction. (I'm guessing a few other Members here wouldn't mind that lol).

Ban yourself?
How can a drunk stop the temptation another peg promising that will be the last peg ? ? ?