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[North Mack]

So I thought up a semi-useful idea today (I KNOW, right? Frakkan weird) about an addition to nation pages. Add a "View all posts by this user" button or link or something, near the bottom (or anywhere really).

It could be a simple link that searches the forums for a specific author, i.e. http://forum.nationstates.net/search.php?author=North+Mack for my nation, or say http://forum.nationstates.net/search.php?author=Jenrak for jenrak.

The format is easily filled in with the nations name and simply returns an information page for users with 0 posts or with no forum account (as I don't know if forum accounts are creates the moment someone signs up for NS, or the first time they visit the forums. Either way the search doesn't break)

Example (Again using FT broski Jenrak)

[North Mack]

Nothing? Really? :/

[Ballotonia]

How does this suggestion differ from clicking on the user name to see the profile page, and then on Search user’s posts?

Ballotonia

[North Mack]

Because it's intended for uses like, say someone new joins your region, and you want to see what kind of player they are on the forums. Instead of having to go to the forums, doing search, and searching on the users name, (a long process) you can just hit a single button. It's not intended for searching a users posts from the forum itself, but from the game

[Glen-Rhodes]

If you want it that bad:

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// ==UserScript==
// @name           Get Posts Button
// @description    Adds a 'get posts' button
// @author         Glen-Rhodes
// @include        http://www.nationstates.net/nation=*
// @version        1.0
// ==/UserScript==
function getNation() {
  var uri = window.location.pathname.toString();
  var dirty = uri.substring(8);
  var clean = dirty.replace(/_/g, '+');
  return clean;
}
function getElementByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
  var classElements = new Array();
  if ( node == null )
    node = document;
  if ( tag == null )
    tag = '*';
  var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
  var elsLen = els.length;
  var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
  for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
    if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
      classElements[j] = els[i];
      j++;
    }
  }
  return classElements[0];
}
function insertAfter(newElement,targetElement) {
  var parent = targetElement.parentNode;
  if(parent.lastchild == targetElement) {
    parent.appendChild(newElement);
  }
  else {
    parent.insertBefore(newElement, targetElement.nextSibling);
  }
}
function gotoposts() {
  window.location.href = 'http://forum.nationstates.net/search.php?author=' + getNation();
}

var gp_insert = document.getElementsByTagName('form')[0];
var gp_button = document.createElement('button');
    gp_button.style.backgroundColor = '#474';
    gp_button.style.color = 'white';
    gp_button.style.fontSize = '11px';
    gp_button.style.marginTop = '-10px';
    gp_button.style.marginLeft = '2px';
var gp_text = document.createTextNode('Get Posts');
gp_button.appendChild(gp_text);
gp_button.addEventListener('click', gotoposts, false);
insertAfter(gp_button, gp_insert);

[North Mack]

1) It would be much easier (and accessible) as something built into the game rather than a third party script

2) your script has multiple failings, namely it won't handle special characters like hyphens (such as your name) or names with multiple spaces, that I found in the first 5 seconds of using it. Granted this can be overcome with modifications, but just saying.

3) It would further tie the forums to the game, a goal already being worked towards by things like self hosted forums, automatic account creation, etc etc.

[Glen-Rhodes]

1) It would be much easier (and accessible) as something built into the game rather than a third party script

It would be pretty easy for admins to add it into the game. It's also pretty easy, for those of us who know anything about the internet, to use a userscript for minor website alterations, in the mean time.

2) your script has multiple failings, namely it won't handle special characters like hyphens (such as your name) or names with multiple spaces, that I found in the first 5 seconds of using it. Granted this can be overcome with modifications, but just saying.

Hyphens should work just fine. Multiple spaces works with the modified code above.

[Reploid Productions]

I like the idea, I think its mainly a matter of dragging a codemonkey over to actually implement it.

[North Mack]

1) It would be much easier (and accessible) as something built into the game rather than a third party script

It would be pretty easy for admins to add it into the game. It's also pretty easy, for those of us who know anything about the internet, to use a userscript for minor website alterations, in the mean time.

Which still necessitates this thread to bring it to the attention of the admins.

2) your script has multiple failings, namely it won't handle special characters like hyphens (such as your name) or names with multiple spaces, that I found in the first 5 seconds of using it. Granted this can be overcome with modifications, but just saying.

Hyphens should work just fine. Multiple spaces works with the modified code above.

Well something in your name is screwing it up, as clicking the "View Posts" from your nation pages, it attempts to search for "odes"

I like the idea, I think its mainly a matter of dragging a codemonkey over to actually implement it.

Whoo!I consider that as a seal of admin approval. I don't think it would be terribly much effort for the codemonkeys... I can lure them with tasty tasty energy drinks for at least a half hour.

[Glen-Rhodes]

Well something in your name is screwing it up, as clicking the "View Posts" from your nation pages, it attempts to search for "odes"

You're probably going to my page from my forum avatar. The script I wrote only works when going to a nation page from inside the game. (The forum avatar doesn't include 'nation=' in the URL, but the game links do.) I didn't think it would be necessary to account for that, since you could just click the nation name and then 'Search user's posts'.

[[violet]]

Not a bad idea!

[Unibot]

I'll add it to the list.

[North Mack]

Not a bad idea!

I'll add it to the list.

Thanks :­­D *feels validated in life*

[[violet]]

Implemented in Century.

[Ballotonia]

Implemented in Century.

Gravedig! Gravedig!

Ok, cool beans. I like the button

Ballotonia

[North Mack]

yay! Thanks a million [violet]!

[Polar Nation]

Implemented in Century.

It's a conspiracy to force us all to use Century. And it works pretty well. Very kewl!

[Wopruthien]

What happens if we don't use the Century theme? Can we still have this feature?

[[violet]]

What happens if we don't use the Century theme? Can we still have this feature?

If/when Century becomes default, it will also exist in most other themes, like Liberal and Conservative. The current-default-then-to-be-called-Classic theme, however, I'm not sure about, because the point of that is to change nothing. I'll get people complaining that they liked the site before that stupid View Forum Posts link and now it's ugly.

It's easy to implement, though.