Clean up the mods forum
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Topic: Clean up the mods forum
Posted By: MadDog
Subject: Clean up the mods forum
Date Posted: 13 April 2004 at 10:40pm
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The description of the mods forum says its for mods, but half of the topics are requests or something. How about cleaning that forum up so its only mods? That would be a bunch better. ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 13 April 2004 at 11:20pm
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I don't mind that to much. Some of the mods were developed within the thread of an original request for the mod. What would be nice is if somone did a recap of the state of each mod discussed in some of the longer threads - perhaps start a new thread for the mod with the current state as the first post. This forum was down for a long time and I just don't have the heart to go through 4 or 5 pages of thread to catch-up. ------------- 
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Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 5:40am
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I can understand both points on this, as I like looking at all the mods but find it hard to find them with all the requests in the same forum. I can also understand how mods are created using the mod request to do so and inturn the finished mods end up in the request post. This is only a idea and if you think this is worthy, may be worth passing it on to be implemented. I think I had a brain fart....... Forgot the main part if a mod is finished or in part then just remove request from the subject ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |
The only solution I can think of is a mod for searching so you can remove key words like Req and Request Ie. NOT req, request. Also a help topic for searching (Tips and how to) the forums to help visitors find things.Posted By: weppos
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 2:11pm
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Instead of cleaning description I think that it can be useful to decide an universal prefix to ask or suggest mod in 3d title.
For example: 1. Asking for mod: [Ask> Could someone create.... 2. Posting Mod [Mod> Mod to fly to the moon... In this way it may be very easy to make a search or to find something between questions and answers. 
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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 2:39pm
Ya i like that idea. I started the MOD: part off a while ago so people could see my post and see that it was a post with a mod in it and so it would get more attraction, then people caught on  lol------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 2:40pm
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This is something to what I was trying to say. There must be an easy solution to this, if nothing is done all Mod’s worked on will be lost in time or will be re-asked for again in the Mod’s forum. I think that the key is something to do with search and a key word posted with a mod link to inform that there is a mod there. I have tested this out searching the forum for [Mod> in the message body but I don’t know if this is just me as I found nothing, so this did not work. ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 2:45pm
| Well they want it to work in the future. Of course it won't work until people start doing it. |
Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 2:57pm
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weppos has in this forum but still can not find it using serch, try serching for [Mod> and you will see. ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |
Mart wrote:
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:02pm
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If you do a search for "MOD:" (without the quotes) you will find a bunch of mods. ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:12pm
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Yep that works well strange how the other don't ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:14pm
You guys where trying "[MOD>" and not "MOD:". Big difference  ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: weppos
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:17pm
Sorry, it's my error. I was saying to write a prefix befor 3d titles, not now searching. If from now when a user posts a new topic he inserts [Mod] or [Ask] before the title it will be much more easy in the future to make a search. |
Posted By: weppos
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:21pm
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It's only an example, not to do a spam message.
Please, have a look at this section of my forum: http://www.weppos.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=10 - click and go . Each message contains a [prefix] with the version of the application which topic is about. If someone wants to make a search of topics about 1.4 version just put [1.4] into search form. It could be the same to separate [Ask] (asking for mods) or [Mod] (suggesting a mod). |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:25pm
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I say we stick with "MOD:", "SKIN:" and "REQUEST:" (or "REQ:") People have already been doing it for months and it works great. No need to change it. ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: weppos
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:32pm
Yes, it's the same. But I think it could be notified as a "standard" to have univocal profix. For example you said REQUEST or REQ ... I think it's better to decide one of these and to inform and invite people to use it to help search.
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Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 14 April 2004 at 3:34pm
I got with you on this.
Ps love your dog Avatar LOL ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 19 April 2004 at 9:28pm
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What about this: One req mod forum and one mod archive site where the mods can be uploaded. When someone reqs a mod, the post can be replied with a link to the mod file in the mod archive. Edit: This will also make it easier for those who want to search for mods. |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 19 April 2004 at 10:13pm
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I think that anything in a mod archive site should also have the wwf version numbers it's for included within the subject. -------------
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Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 19 April 2004 at 10:16pm
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