Implemented "Search this thread"
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Digital Doctor
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Shouldn't super long threads be discouraged ?
Are there performance problems for the forum as a whole with super long threads ?
For me, most of my "Thread searching" was trying to find information regarding a Plugin. The popular plugins would be 700-20,000 posts long with the information I needed scattered throughout.
I found that vBulletin did a major disservice to Addon makers to make them support their entire product in one thread. It was impossible to find anything and it was HUGE waste of time trying to read it all. I would be surprised to see xenforo replicate that disservice.
Do search engines love super long threads ?
Is one 500 post thread better than 5 x 100 post threads ?
Are there performance problems for the forum as a whole with super long threads ?
For me, most of my "Thread searching" was trying to find information regarding a Plugin. The popular plugins would be 700-20,000 posts long with the information I needed scattered throughout.
I found that vBulletin did a major disservice to Addon makers to make them support their entire product in one thread. It was impossible to find anything and it was HUGE waste of time trying to read it all. I would be surprised to see xenforo replicate that disservice.
Do search engines love super long threads ?
Is one 500 post thread better than 5 x 100 post threads ?
Shadab
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Not that I know of. Xenforo uses a "position" based method of selecting messages from a discussion, so it exactly knows which 20 messages need to be displayed on a given page. Here's a related thread:
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/implementation-details.4788/#post-77587
There have been some addons which were allowed to have a separate sub-forum for support issues. But I hope XenForo doesn't go this way.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=99
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=185 (Archive)
Digital Doctor
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Why was a subforum a problem ?
gordy
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Even more critical for when add-on support threads here get into the scores of pages, and the part you need is page 45 of 123 pages
Digital Doctor
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If addons were respected as important entities, they wouldn't be relegated to just one thread.
You can't create and document and support an addon optimally in one thread.
Shouldn't Addon makers be allowed to have a Poll about their addon ?
Why is it acceptable that people's support issues are scattered all over hundreds of posts - effectively making the needed information impossible to find. In a forum, less relevant information sinks to the bottom and the good stuff floats to the surface. In a post, useless crap is stuck there forever !
Why was it acceptable to have mega threads for plugins ?
Isn't the obvious answer to a Thread being way too long ....... to give it it's own forum ? Surely it is.
gordy
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Indeed, vbulletin.org is a ghastly mess in that regard - now if someone would have made a "Hide 'Does this work with vBseo'" plugin...
Can you link me to them?There are a few of these threads around. Looks like some 'search thread' merging to do
The only other one I'm aware of is in the add-on requests forum.
ArnyVee
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Looks like there are a few that have been marked as duplicate, but they come up here: http://xenforo.com/community/search/813739/?q=search+thread&o=date&c[title_only]=1
Sim
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Yes please - I just went to the [LN] Blog thread and found it has 31 pages of posts. Somewhere in amongst that they are discussing importers ... but I really don't have time to be reading through 31 pages to find out where. I'm sure if I tried searching the forum I would get a LOT of unnecessary results to sift through as well - so that's not idea.
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electrogypsy
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im going to throw in my 2 cents and say that yes, this was one of my favorite features of vb, and i miss it a lot in XF!
Digital Doctor
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I have discovered what could be a "reasonable" workaround via google search.
I think it could serve as the basis for a temporary "hack".
Using google site search feature ... site:xenforo.com ... but use the whole URL !
Suggestion Posted here.
Demo: search for "duplicate" in this thread and you get two hits ... one on page 2 and another on page 3.
I think it could serve as the basis for a temporary "hack".
Using google site search feature ... site:xenforo.com ... but use the whole URL !
Suggestion Posted here.
Demo: search for "duplicate" in this thread and you get two hits ... one on page 2 and another on page 3.
Digital Doctor
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No firm plans about this so far.
As well, it isn't on the list of things coming out for xF 1.1
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