Two forum functionality questions.

Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:45 pm

First, a simple question really, why do searches, the "My Content" drop down nor the profile page show all topics I've posted in despite having auto subscribe on? To clarify these are topics from today so they are not outside the date filters.

They aren't locked and/or deleted threads either, manually looking for them they are there.

Second, I resorted to asking this question in a game board because when I navigate to the "top" of the forum here "http://www.gamesas.com/" I see no general section nor anything that connects to it, fortunately someone linked this section directly.
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Tessa Mullins
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:26 pm

First, a simple question really, why do searches, the "My Content" drop down nor the profile page show all topics I've posted in despite having auto subscribe on? To clarify these are topics from today so they are not outside the date filters.

They aren't locked and/or deleted threads either, manually looking for them they are there.

Second, I resorted to asking this question in a game board because when I navigate to the "top" of the forum here "http://www.gamesas.com/" I see no general section nor anything that connects to it, fortunately someone linked this section directly.

Community is at the bottom of every major section. So clikcing on the Elder Scrolls Section then scrolling to the bottom gives a link.

Can't help on the first question though.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:25 am

Community is at the bottom of every major section. So clikcing on the Elder Scrolls Section then scrolling to the bottom gives a link.

Can't help on the first question though.

Thanks Skoomaholics Anonymous, I know I'm probably being slow here but this is what I'm seeing...

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1382/forumsm.jpg

...so I presume its somewhere else that I've not seen/found.
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louise fortin
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:45 pm

Click the game name, not the + sign.
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adam holden
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:01 am

Click the game name, not the + sign.

Ah, excellent, thanks for the clarification, further, would you know anything about the other issue?
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Taylor Thompson
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:30 pm

You need to click one of those sections first, then go to the bottom of the resulting page and Community Discussion will be there. The drop down links, for whatever reason, don't have CD in them. :unsure:
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Christina Trayler
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:23 pm

You need to click one of those sections first, then go to the bottom of the resulting page and Community Discussion will be there. The drop down links, for whatever reason, don't have CD in them. :unsure:

They do for me. Gotta love the IP.Board theme.

Exo also created an extension for Chrome that adds it and a bunch of monkeys to the board. There's also a greasemonkey script floating around somewhere that can do it in Firefox/Chrome/Opera with the Bethesda theme

Greasemonkey script:
// ==UserScript==// @name          Bethesda Forum CD Link// @namespace     http://yacoby.net// @description   Adds CD link to bethesda forum main page// @include       http://www.gamesas.com/// @include       http://www.gamesas.com/?// @include       http://www.gamesas.com/index.php// @include       http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?// @include       http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/index// @include       http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/index?s=*// ==/UserScript==var div = document.createElement("div");div.setAttribute("class","category_block block_wrap cidp_61");div.setAttribute("style","margin-bottom:0;padding:0;");var h3 = document.createElement("h3");h3.setAttribute("id","category_61");h3.setAttribute("class","maintitle");var a = document.createElement("a");a.setAttribute("href","http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/forum/18-community-discussion/");a.setAttribute("id","cid_61");a.setAttribute("style","background:none;");a.innerText = "Community Discussion";div.appendChild(h3);h3.appendChild(a);document.getElementById("categories").appendChild(div);

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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:00 pm

Ah, excellent, thanks for the clarification, further, would you know anything about the other issue?

The content does not update immediately. I have noticed this with new members showing a post or two that it can sometimes take 15 - 20 minutes to show. Don't know the reason, it's probably hidden in the forum software somewhere.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:00 pm

The content does not update immediately. I have noticed this with new members showing a post or two that it can sometimes take 15 - 20 minutes to show. Don't know the reason, it's probably hidden in the forum software somewhere.

Possibly a caching thing. It puts far less load on the server if it just has to give you a cached file rather than look at the database, build the page etc.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:25 am

They do for me. Gotta love the IP.Board theme.


Yeah I was confused by the question at first, didn't realize that the Bethesda theme doesn't have the links on the front page. :happy:
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:17 am

Thanks all for the IP theme tip, so long sluggish navigation. :goodjob:
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:41 am

Thanks all for the IP theme tip, so long sluggish navigation. :goodjob:

Here's my Stylish/User CSS prettification for IP Board, if you're interested (just does away with the harsh whites) http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1081772-forum-style-alterations

/* Changes the background of posts, topic listings, and a few other things to a very light blue*(slightly lighter than that found for .post_controls, which is what I based it off of)*/#forum_table, div.post_wrap, .row1, .post_block.row1, .row2, .row2 td, .post_block.row2, .post_block, .poll_question ol , .status_profile_actions, .recent_activity, .status_update{  background: #eaeff5 !important;}/* An even lighter blue for text boxes */.input_rte, .input_text, .input_textarea, #statusUpdate{  background: #f1f5f9 !important;}/* Changes the quotebox color to a very light green, changes every other topic in the listing to a very light green */div.blockquote, .row1 td, .friend_list ul, .off, .status_main_wrap{  background: #e9f4ee !important;}/* Adjusts padding of search options menu button */#search .choice{  min-width: 0px !important;}p.edit, pre.prettyprint{  background: Transparent !important;}

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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:34 am

Just an update for others not being able to find replies or questions to things you have said, I found using the "Click here to show filter options" at the bottom of each sub forum and filtering by threads you have replied too shows up to date and accurate information.
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