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General Forum rules....
Jolly good.
See, wasn't too painful (well for you lot at least, I'm the one stuck at a computer in 35' temps haha) - all the functionality you had before is available, just now it all fits in with the rest of the forum.
I notice the Ebay threads aren't stacking up yet - come on chaps, your AW thread used to be very popular, don't let this change slow your quest for Panda parts down!
See, wasn't too painful (well for you lot at least, I'm the one stuck at a computer in 35' temps haha) - all the functionality you had before is available, just now it all fits in with the rest of the forum.
I notice the Ebay threads aren't stacking up yet - come on chaps, your AW thread used to be very popular, don't let this change slow your quest for Panda parts down!
On the subject of AW Ben, do threads appear along the right of the main Classic Panda page for good or can forum tell when an auction has ended and make the thread go from our home page 
They stay for 14 days after the lost post is made (which should be long enough to catch most auctions).
If an old thread is bumped, this will then come in the list once again (which is so if someone relists an item and the original thread is used it will still be seen)
If an old thread is bumped, this will then come in the list once again (which is so if someone relists an item and the original thread is used it will still be seen)
Fantastic work Ben....Looks great!!!...
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Added Group Buys to the list as well now (which is plucked from https://www.fiatforum.com/group-buys) - so hopefully some more interesting stuff will now be available to you all
One thing im noticing, all the MM cars at the top are always the same, understandable if there is only x amount of threads, but i think theres more, i guess in time there will be, could it not vary, like the "random classifieds" does? noticed this in all the model forums
I thought the same, would be cool if we could have a scrolling bar or something.
but if it just showed random cars, then it wouldn't show the ones with the latest updates on them?
unless it showed new ones, and then once there were no new ones it would show randoms
unless it showed new ones, and then once there were no new ones it would show randoms
yeah make your minds up. first you want them to show ones that have recent updates, now you want random :spin:
So how do we become aware of changes to their Panda if we don't always go over to their MM page? This is the biggest disadvantage of the system your suggesting. In the past a thread would pop up in the Panda section in bold to tell us there is something that you've not read. So how will we become aware of progress updates to cars now?
Can I get this straight. Panda section is now ONLY for problem threads and all general Panda chit chat needs to go in MM? It just dosen't make sence. Will make Classic Panda section redundant
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good point, didnt think of that. perhaps it shows the two most recent and then 3 randoms? or is that a bugger to write?
If you had a scrolling bar you could still have the ones with updates on on the left, you would just be able to scroll along to see the rest.
no scrolling bars..
it would (i think) be straight forward to write a script that'd show the ones with unread posts in them, and then if there was any space left over to display random ones.
it would (i think) be straight forward to write a script that'd show the ones with unread posts in them, and then if there was any space left over to display random ones.
Thats not as simple as it sounds as different people have different unread posts...
The cars aren't pulled on the fly as this will cain the database too much, they are cached every 10 minutes (last 5).
The point of the bar was you lot complained you wouldnt know when an MM thread had been updated, so really its just a snapshot of the last 5 threads posted to. If you want to see them all, you'll need to actually go into the MM
Although thinking about it, there is a workaround for this.... :chin: (though it would mean you cant quickly get to the latest MM threads....)
You'll have to wait for me to get back to the UK though
Thats not as simple as it sounds as different people have different unread posts...
The cars aren't pulled on the fly as this will cain the database too much, they are cached every 10 minutes (last 5).
good point, i hadn't thought of that. My brain doesn't function too well late at night!!
easiest way, everyone do more stuff to their cars and post more updates
There is a solution I thought of in the shower (shower time really is the best for programming time) and it is as follows:
Script pulls the 5 latest threads (as it does now) AND 5 random threads.
When displaying the MM box, scan through the 5 latest and if any are unread, show them first. For the remaining places, randomise all the remaining (latest non used and 5 random) and show X amount (to make the full 5).
The upside is you keep the unread ones in the box and also a few randoms to mix it up a bit.
The downside is really old threads could keep making it into the box (which have no further need to discuss) and if you wanted to find a recent thread that you've already read, you would need to go to the MM forum directly, rather than the image to stay up there ....
Although ..... :chin: .... could do an option in the user control panel with the options:
1) Display latest
2) Display latest UNREAD and random mixed
3) Display Random
No extra DB calls required on the display front end, so performance wouldn't be affected.
Script pulls the 5 latest threads (as it does now) AND 5 random threads.
When displaying the MM box, scan through the 5 latest and if any are unread, show them first. For the remaining places, randomise all the remaining (latest non used and 5 random) and show X amount (to make the full 5).
The upside is you keep the unread ones in the box and also a few randoms to mix it up a bit.
The downside is really old threads could keep making it into the box (which have no further need to discuss) and if you wanted to find a recent thread that you've already read, you would need to go to the MM forum directly, rather than the image to stay up there ....
Although ..... :chin: .... could do an option in the user control panel with the options:
1) Display latest
2) Display latest UNREAD and random mixed
3) Display Random
No extra DB calls required on the display front end, so performance wouldn't be affected.
sounds like a plan. i could've done with a shower like that at uni !
Hehe - I also have the (lucky) ability to solve programming problems in my sleep... like literaly - I go to sleep, and in my dream I solve the problem, then wake up and put it into practise
My flight back to blighty is in 9 hours ... tempted to stay awake until then (gotta leave my house at 5am to get to the airport) so might code this in tonight.
If not, I'll work on it on the plane
My flight back to blighty is in 9 hours ... tempted to stay awake until then (gotta leave my house at 5am to get to the airport) so might code this in tonight.
If not, I'll work on it on the plane
wont it be easier to just teach them how to use bookmarks?
Ok implemented now.
Default is as you said (display first lot of unread, then randoms).
Can change it in the user control panel.
Randoms update every 10 mins
Default is as you said (display first lot of unread, then randoms).
Can change it in the user control panel.
Randoms update every 10 mins
