suggestion to move to ultimate CGI
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AudiWorld Senior Member
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suggestion to move to ultimate CGI
This message board allows for more active posts to displayed at top of list, I'm sure other people have suggested it, but I just wanted to put in my vote, for that message board or any other message board which displays most active threads first.
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Hahaha, no
Ultimate CGI, while it may have some cool features, would (and has in the past) collapse under our load.
However, I'm always willing to add new features to this software. Can you give me a URL to a website which uses it or something? I can then see exactly what you are talking about then.
However, I'm always willing to add new features to this software. Can you give me a URL to a website which uses it or something? I can then see exactly what you are talking about then.
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Re: Hahaha, no
http://www.arstechnica.com
http://www.storagereview.com
http://www.thetechzone.com
This is what I mean, if you post to a thread, it will appear first in the list of all threads to be displayed.
It's a very simple Algorithm
Thread get's a post, place it at top of page.
Push rest of threads down one.
(You create a new thread it goes to the top, because it's a new post)
IE.
Say I have thread1, people keep posting to it,
it will appear at the top of the list so it constantly moves to the top of list. Say we have thread2, it get's a couple of posts but no one is really interested, because no one is posting to thread2 the more active threads are constantly being placed ahead of it in the list, and thread2 will keep getting pushed farther down in the pages, but who cares no one was really interested in that topic anyway. But, your more active threads people won't have to jump to page2, or page3 in the browser to view because it will be first thing they see because everytime a thread gets a post it moves to the top of the list.
http://www.storagereview.com
http://www.thetechzone.com
This is what I mean, if you post to a thread, it will appear first in the list of all threads to be displayed.
It's a very simple Algorithm
Thread get's a post, place it at top of page.
Push rest of threads down one.
(You create a new thread it goes to the top, because it's a new post)
IE.
Say I have thread1, people keep posting to it,
it will appear at the top of the list so it constantly moves to the top of list. Say we have thread2, it get's a couple of posts but no one is really interested, because no one is posting to thread2 the more active threads are constantly being placed ahead of it in the list, and thread2 will keep getting pushed farther down in the pages, but who cares no one was really interested in that topic anyway. But, your more active threads people won't have to jump to page2, or page3 in the browser to view because it will be first thing they see because everytime a thread gets a post it moves to the top of the list.
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Sorry...I see where I'm confusing
When I say a thread I mean topic.
MOst active topics will be displayed first.
The threads of a topic will stay in the same order.
IE Every time a topic gets a new thread or message posted to it, that topic moves the top of list of topics to be displayed.
MOst active topics will be displayed first.
The threads of a topic will stay in the same order.
IE Every time a topic gets a new thread or message posted to it, that topic moves the top of list of topics to be displayed.
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The new forum software already does this, sort of.
The new forum software will track threads that you're interested in (when you hit the "tt" link). It also has a user preference to automatically track a thread when you post to it.
When you come back to the forum at a later point, threads that you've tracked will be at the top in a special highlight color, with the new additions to the thread in boldface.
I think this is more useful than the way UCGI does it (<i>all</i> newly-added-to threads bubble to the top) because I'm not interested in looking at certain threads, and I could care less whether they're updated or not.
If you're not using the new (beta) forum software, try it out and see if the thread tracking is what you're looking for. You can view the forums using the beta software by replacing the "m" in the forum URL with "m.new". For example, this forum's URL is normally:
<tt>https://www.audiworld.com/forum/m/feedback/</tt>
To use the new software, it'd be:
<tt><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/forum/m.new/feedback/">https://www.audiworld.com/forum/m.new/feedback/</a></tt>
and similarly for the other forums. Note that if you've been using the normal forum software, you'll need to re-login to use the new software, as it uses a different browser cookie.
When you come back to the forum at a later point, threads that you've tracked will be at the top in a special highlight color, with the new additions to the thread in boldface.
I think this is more useful than the way UCGI does it (<i>all</i> newly-added-to threads bubble to the top) because I'm not interested in looking at certain threads, and I could care less whether they're updated or not.
If you're not using the new (beta) forum software, try it out and see if the thread tracking is what you're looking for. You can view the forums using the beta software by replacing the "m" in the forum URL with "m.new". For example, this forum's URL is normally:
<tt>https://www.audiworld.com/forum/m/feedback/</tt>
To use the new software, it'd be:
<tt><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/forum/m.new/feedback/">https://www.audiworld.com/forum/m.new/feedback/</a></tt>
and similarly for the other forums. Note that if you've been using the normal forum software, you'll need to re-login to use the new software, as it uses a different browser cookie.
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You sure? They use it over at other car forums like honda-acura.net and clubsi.com, and
those places get tons of hits, presumably at least as much as, if not more, than here. Plus, UBB has quite a few nice features, for example:
- poster/user profiles w/stats on posts
(for example, look at http://forums.clubsi.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005288.html, and you see how long a person has been posting) - this way you can kinda tell if it's a newbie or not, and basically if they have an inkling of what they're talking about
plus it just seems a little bit more organized. With the current software here, it's just basically a long scroll, and anything past a few days gets shoveled into the dusty archives (and we all know how many people actually search them
)
just my 0.02
- poster/user profiles w/stats on posts
(for example, look at http://forums.clubsi.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005288.html, and you see how long a person has been posting) - this way you can kinda tell if it's a newbie or not, and basically if they have an inkling of what they're talking about
plus it just seems a little bit more organized. With the current software here, it's just basically a long scroll, and anything past a few days gets shoveled into the dusty archives (and we all know how many people actually search them
)just my 0.02
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Re: suggestion to move to ultimate CGI
I have to agree. Tho' I'm new to this forum - great contents - I've been a member of several UBB-type forums. I find that they are way easier to navigate and read.
Check these out:
http://www.ubbdev.com/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
http://www.rx7club.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro
http://www.hpiracing.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro
http://forums.vwvortex.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi
Check these out:
http://www.ubbdev.com/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
http://www.rx7club.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro
http://www.hpiracing.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro
http://forums.vwvortex.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi
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