Replying to a specific post
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Topic: Replying to a specific post
Posted By: Mike Keeney
Subject: Replying to a specific post
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 10:13pm
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Very new to WWF, and was just wondering how to reply to someone's post in the middle of a thread? I'm switching to WWF for our forums, but it's been my experience that sometimes posts can take on a life of their own and branch off in completely different direction. I'm ok with that. WWF seems to be constrained to a linear format. i.e.: New Topic, response 1, response 2, response3, etc. What if a person wanted to reply to what was said in response 1? On long threads, if all posts are appended to the end, things could get a bit confusing.
Thanks, Mike |
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Posted By: pam b
Date Posted: 14 June 2003 at 3:38am
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in the message box that you wish to reply to you should at the top right hand side see a quote button,this will show their message in your reply box so they know the message is in response to theres!
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Posted By: Mike Keeney
Date Posted: 14 June 2003 at 1:41pm
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Yes, I saw the quote button, but replies are still posted to the end of the thread. If an active thread ends up with a hundred posts, and someone wants to respond to something in message 20, that response is going to be post #101.
Online chatting typically falls victim to this problem. Especially if there are several people present. Responses typically are out of sync with the current message. The ColdFusion forum has a good method for handling this. They use a tree structure similar to MS Explorer. One advantage to their setup is that they have a hotlinked table of contents at the top of the thread. Users can click on a message that interests them and go right to it. I hope no one thinks I'm complaining, because I'm not. I'm just interested in finding out if WWF has this kind of functionality, or if it is even possible. Thanks, Mike |
Posted By: testp
Date Posted: 14 June 2003 at 2:07pm
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Some other message boards offer a threaded view, where the replies are indented inside the topics that they reply to. But this forum only has this flat view. I personally prefer the flat view. In a threaded forum, when a message reaches 10+ levels of indentation the pages only get ugly and confusing. Besides, with the flat view you can reply to multiple messages with just one post, like so:
My reply to you.
My next reply
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Mike wrote:Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 15 June 2003 at 7:08am
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There are different styles of forums on the market, there a flat view ones like this and there are threaded discussion forums. This gives people a choice, if they like a flat view forum the people will install this software on their site, but if people like threaded discussion forums there are plenty of other forum software out there that are in this style. If you want a threaded discussion forum then you would be better looking for this type of software, have a look on http://www.aspin.com - www.aspin.com for this type of forum. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Mike Keeney
Date Posted: 15 June 2003 at 10:27am
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Bruce,
Thank you very much for the link. I was able to find a board that met my needs. However, I am sorry to be leaving WWF. You, and all the people who contribute to this forum are absolutely awsome. Regards, Mike Keeney |
Posted By: whittibo
Date Posted: 19 June 2003 at 9:12pm
HEY.. how did you get all the different quotes in there? How would you get more then one box? and how would you copy the text from other posts??? That is EXACTLY what I am looking for!!! |
Posted By: whittibo
Date Posted: 19 June 2003 at 9:22pm
HAHAHA.. I did it.. I did it!!! YIPPEEEEE.. I figured it out.. you use the [quote] tags.. but you HAVE TO HAVE THE =whittibo part in there too or it doesn't work!! 
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 19 June 2003 at 11:10pm
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My experience with replys that are postedunder the original thread is that no one sees them. People gravitate to the end of the forum. Using the quote facility seems to cover the bases.
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Lead me not into temptation... I know the short cut, follow me. |
Posted By: danm
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 4:12am
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check this link http://www.asp.net/Forums/default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=39 - http://www.asp.net/Forums/default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=39 this forum allow you to choose between versions, flat or tree |
Posted By: rickrms
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 7:28am
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Posted By: Mike Keeney
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 8:58am
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I went with MegaBBS. www.pd9soft.com.
Mike |