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Mesoland
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Ex-Nation

New Feature: View your posts in a thread/find a poster?

Postby Mesoland » Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:07 am

I'm always trying to look for my old posts in threads, yet can never seem to find them, especially in a thread with lots of posts and pages, so I was thinking, maybe the admin could implement a new feature where we can search for our own posts, and also for poster names in a thread. It would make life much easier on the forums, because you can only find your old posts by trawling through the thread, or using the keyword search which often brings up lots of useless posts, and you can only find a poster if that post has been quoted.

Thoughts?
And I apologize in advance if one/both of these features have been suggested before.

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Shanix
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Founded: Jul 07, 2010
Father Knows Best State

Postby Shanix » Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:10 am

Well, on most Windows systems, you can hit Ctrl + F, and type in your name. Then search the pages with that. Not the best way, but the other option includes searching for your name and hoping someone quoted you, searching through your posts for the name of the thread...etc
Just know when it's real and when it isn't.

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Ballotonia
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Democratic Socialists

Postby Ballotonia » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:50 pm

How does this differ from the existing "Search for author" on the Search page?

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"Een volk dat voor tirannen zwicht zal meer dan lijf en goed verliezen, dan dooft het licht…" -- H.M. van Randwijk

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Bears Armed
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Bears Armed » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:08 am

Start inserting one (the same) unusual keyword into each of your new posts.
The Confrederated Clans (and other Confrederated Bodys) of the Free Bears of Bears Armed
(includes The Ursine NorthLands) Demonym = Bear[s]; adjective = ‘Urrsish’.
Population = just under 20 million. Economy = only Thriving. Average Life expectancy = c.60 years. If the nation is classified as 'Anarchy' there still is a [strictly limited] national government... and those aren't "biker gangs", they're traditional cross-Clan 'Warrior Societies', generally respected rather than feared.
Author of some GA Resolutions, via Bears Armed Mission; subject of an SC resolution.
Factbook. We have more than 70 MAPS. Visitors' Guide.
The IDU's WA Drafting Room is open to help you.
Author of issues #429, 712, 729, 934, 1120, 1152, 1474, 1521.

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Luxativia
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Founded: Aug 22, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Luxativia » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:11 am

Ballotonia wrote:How does this differ from the existing "Search for author" on the Search page?

Ballotonia


Or going to a nation's page and clicking view user's posts.


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