jsteele
11/19/2013 14:30
Subject: The search function and reviving old threads
Okay, it took longer than I had hoped, but I've just made the change suggested by OP. Ordering by date does not work perfectly. The newest posts show up on the first page, but the newest ones are at the bottom of the page. I'm not sure why that is, but it's at least better than it was.
jsteele
09/26/2013 16:12
Subject: The search function and reviving old threads
Anonymous wrote:Is there anyway to automatically lock threads after some period of time, say, 1 year?
Yes, there is a way. I am running a process manually periodically to lock threads that haven't had a post in two years. I could automate that, but I'm a bit reluctant.
Anonymous
09/26/2013 15:50
Subject: The search function and reviving old threads
Is there anyway to automatically lock threads after some period of time, say, 1 year?
jsteele
09/25/2013 06:41
Subject: Re:The search function and reviving old threads
I can look into this for the search functions that are at the top of forum listings. But, for the search function that is on the "search" page, it is already possible to select that results be ordered by date.
Anonymous
09/24/2013 22:43
Subject: The search function and reviving old threads
A search can list threads by date.
Anonymous
09/24/2013 22:33
Subject: The search function and reviving old threads
I agree, it would be great if a search could list threads by date.
Anonymous
09/24/2013 22:26
Subject: The search function and reviving old threads
Reviving ages-old threads is a common, and sometimes annoying, occurrence on DCUM.
A recent thread in the Travel forum explored why:
Jeff, what do you think about altering the default on the search function to give results chronologically, with the newest ones first?
When I search for something, it's usually something recent, and it's frustrating to go through threads from 2010 and 2012 first. That might also cut down on the old-thread-revival syndrome.
A recent thread in the Travel forum explored why:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was astonished that someone dragged that old 2011 thread up again. Why? WHY?
OP, it was started by a Brazilian woman to mock Americans. It was stupid and pointless from the get-go. So you should just let it go....
I always wonder why old threads from years ago get revived all the time.
That is, until I used the search function for something like "children's books"
When the results pop up, they are listed chronologically from the oldest thread to the newer threads. No one is going to sift through 287 pages of old threads to find the relevant current one.
They are going to look at the thread at the top of the list, and maaaaybe make it 2-3 pages in before posting a reaction to something.
I think this problem could be fixed if Jeff would reconfigure the search function so that it lists from the most recent topic to later ones, just as the "recent topics" forum does.
The search function defaults to searching by relevance, but you can modify it to search chronologically by date.
Jeff, what do you think about altering the default on the search function to give results chronologically, with the newest ones first?
When I search for something, it's usually something recent, and it's frustrating to go through threads from 2010 and 2012 first. That might also cut down on the old-thread-revival syndrome.