Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : SUGGESTION - from forum member https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:21:40 +0000 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:01:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=24124 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : It will auto-populate any existing...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126569.html#126569 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 24124
Posted: 15 August 2007 at 3:01pm

It will auto-populate any existing data.]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:01:25 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126569.html#126569 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : And that will then also populate...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126568.html#126568 Author: billd3
Subject: 24124
Posted: 15 August 2007 at 2:45pm

And that will then also populate it with the current location if they have one. For example, I go to "modify" my profile, say, change some other little thing, avatar, whatever - it will "stick", won't lose the location already in the database?
That's the only reason I didn't change it from a list to a text area because I wasn't sure how to automatically populate it with the "last known location". I was afraid it would be blank and if they saved other changes, they'd lose the location they already put in upon registration.
Gee, well, there goes any excuses!  LOL
]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:45:16 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126568.html#126568 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : This is qute simple to do yourself....]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126566.html#126566 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 24124
Posted: 15 August 2007 at 1:43pm

This is qute simple to do yourself. In register.asp at around line 1679 you will find:-

<select name="location" id="location" tabindex="11">
        <option value="" disabled<% If strLocation = "" Or strLocation = null Then Response.Write(" selected") %>> -- <% Response.Write(strTxtSelectCountry) %> -- </option>
        <% If strLocation <> "" Then Response.Write("<option value=""" & strLocation & """ selected>" & strLocation & "</option>") %>
        <!-- Include countires include file -->
        <!-- #include file="includes/select_countries_list.asp" -->
     </select>


Replace it with:-

<input type="text" name="location" id="location" size="30" maxlength="27" value="<% = strLocation %>" tabindex="11" />

]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:43:51 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126566.html#126566 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : Yes, I love it. This alone is...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126561.html#126561 Author: billd3
Subject: 24124
Posted: 15 August 2007 at 12:45pm

Yes, I love it. This alone is a good reason to update, but I still need to hold off a bit.... still want to get the location part changed so they can type in a city and state or province/country, etc That's about the only other thing we need.
Oh, and make it a REQUIRED field!
]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:45:16 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126561.html#126561 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : -boRg- wrote:Seems to be...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126542.html#126542 Author: ohiopbx
Subject: 24124
Posted: 14 August 2007 at 11:33pm

Originally posted by -boRg- -boRg- wrote:

Seems to be working quite well, something I seem to be using all the time already as it's very useful.

Don't know why this wasn't suggested before, it's an extremely useful way to find the newest unread post.

The added icons in different colours also help to see quickly which topics contain unread posts, and which posts have not been read.

It's also been updated so that when you hover the mouse over the arrow which links to the first unread in a topic it will display the number of unread posts that topic contains.


very nice borg!

]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:33:12 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126542.html#126542 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : Seems to be working quite well,...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126520.html#126520 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 24124
Posted: 14 August 2007 at 5:10pm

Seems to be working quite well, something I seem to be using all the time already as it's very useful.

Don't know why this wasn't suggested before, it's an extremely useful way to find the newest unread post.

The added icons in different colours also help to see quickly which topics contain unread posts, and which posts have not been read.

It's also been updated so that when you hover the mouse over the arrow which links to the first unread in a topic it will display the number of unread posts that topic contains.
]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:10:46 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126520.html#126520 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : WOW! What a great guy! ]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126506.html#126506 Author: billd3
Subject: 24124
Posted: 14 August 2007 at 1:28pm

WOW! What a great guy!]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:28:02 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126506.html#126506 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : Thought this was such a good...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126504.html#126504 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 24124
Posted: 14 August 2007 at 1:11pm

Thought this was such a good idea and because the forum already displays in real-time the number of unread posts in each forum and topic (by hovering the mouse over the forum/topic icon) , the foundation for this was already done.

Presently testing this on this forum;

Under the new unread post system, unread posts will display a star icon on them inplace of the blue bullet icon at the top of each post, so you can easly see which posts are yet to be read.

The 'View Last Post' grey '>' icon next to forum and topics will be displayed as a 'View Unread Post' icon '>' in a yellow colour for topics and forums that contain new posts, clicking on this icon will take you to the first unread post in the topic it relates to.


Edited by -boRg- - 14 August 2007 at 1:16pm]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:11:16 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126504.html#126504 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : Placing the data in cookies is...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126373.html#126373 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 24124
Posted: 10 August 2007 at 4:57pm

Placing the data in cookies is not good, could you imagine how big the cookies would get!! and remember a cookie needs to do a round robin trip to the server and back for each HTTP connection which can be 100's on just one page.

The way to do it is to base it on the last visit date of the user the same as is used to display the number of unread posts in a forum or topic, and also used for active topics etc.

You just need to find the last post in a topic based on the last visit date, if the post date is newer, then the post is new since the users last visit, combine this with the array already used to display the number of unread posts in topics and forums and it should be quite accurate and update in real-time.
]]> Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:57:36 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126373.html#126373 <![CDATA[SUGGESTION - from forum member : MadDog wrote:It makes sense,...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126369.html#126369 Author: Scotty32
Subject: 24124
Posted: 10 August 2007 at 4:15pm

Originally posted by MadDog MadDog wrote:

It makes sense, but its not possible. The reason why its not possible is because the forum does not record and save what threads/topics have been viewed. So once the member comes back, there is nothing to tell the forum how threads/topics he read last time.


you *could* store the last post ID in the cookie, but thats not a 100% complete solution
]]> Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:15:51 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/suggestion-from-forum-member_topic24124_post126369.html#126369