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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:22 am Post subject: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

At 07:54 AM 7/2/2009, you wrote:

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Just finished reading AEC and new to forum, building RV-7.  I have 2 

questions related to forum administration:



1. Why is it that when I search the archives on a particular topic, 

and I view one of the threads that came up in the search, I cannot 

return to the "search results" page by pressing "back" in my 

browser?  Instead I get a "web page expired" and have to repeat the 

search - every time!  Truly a pain.  I do not have this problem on 

other forums, just matronics.


	


   Hmmm . . . could be a browser thing. I'm using Firefox

   and when I select an item from the search results page,

   it opens that selection in a new tab. I can go back

   to the previous tab at any time and make further

   selections.



   Tried it with IE8 and got a good search results

   page but when I selected an item for viewing, it

   opened a new window and went into interminable "waiting

   for matronics.com" annunciation . Gave up after a couple

   of minutes.



 	  Quote: 	
		  2.  Is there a way yo get an RSS feed from this forum to my home page?


	


   Don't think Matt has offered this feature. You'll need

   to rattle his cage on that one.

        Bob . . .



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        ( . . .  a long habit of not thinking   )

        ( a thing wrong, gives it a superficial )

        ( appearance of being right . . .       )

        (                                       )

        (                  -Thomas Paine 1776-  )

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khorton01(at)rogers.com
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:35 am Post subject: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

On 2 Jul 2009, at 08:54, Noah wrote:



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 Just finished reading AEC and new to forum, building RV-7.  I have 2  

 questions related to forum administration:



 1. Why is it that when I search the archives on a particular topic,  

 and I view one of the threads that came up in the search, I cannot  

 return to the "search results" page by pressing "back" in my  

 browser?  Instead I get a "web page expired" and have to repeat the  

 search - every time!  Truly a pain.  I do not have this problem on  

 other forums, just matronics.


	


Most web browsers allow you to open a link in a new window or tab,  

keeping the original window available.  Then when you close the window  

for the new link, the old window with the search results is still  

there.  The exact way to do this varies from browser to browser, and  

operating system to operating system.  For many browsers in many  

operating systems you would press and hold the Ctrl key, then click  

the link.



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Kevin Horton (Grounded)

RV-8 (Flight Test Phase)

Ottawa, Canada

http://www.kilohotel.com/rv8

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harley(at)AgelessWings.co
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:44 am Post subject: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

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		  --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Noah" <sgninc(at)cox.net> (sgninc(at)cox.net)     

     

 Just finished reading AEC and new to forum, building RV-7.  I have 2 questions related to forum administration:     

     

 1. Why is it that when I search the archives on a particular topic, and I view one of the threads that came up in the search, I cannot return to the "search results" page by pressing "back" in my browser?  Instead I get a "web page expired" and have to repeat the search - every time!  Truly a pain.  I do not have this problem on other forums, just matronics.     

   	
   

 Most web browsers allow you to open a link in a new window or tab, keeping the original window available.  Then when you close the window for the new link, the old window with the search results is still there.  The exact way to do this varies from browser to browser, and operating system to operating system.  For many browsers in many operating systems you would press and hold the Ctrl key, then click the link.   

   

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 Kevin Horton (Grounded)   

 RV-8 (Flight Test Phase)   

 Ottawa, Canada   

 http://www.kilohotel.com/rv8   

 	
 With Firefix, just right click the link and select "Open in a new Window"  or "Open in a new Tab".

  

 However, when I write something for my website, I include "Target=blank" in the html code for any links so that ANY browser using it will open a new window or tab without being asked or ordered to. 

 

 IMHO, all web authors using html should do this to prevent just the problem that's mentioned above. 

 

 Harley 

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Noah

Joined: 02 Jul 2009
Posts: 18
Location: Rhode Island

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: Re: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

Thanks for the responses guys.  



Bob, just curious why you started a new thread rather than respond to my original post, keeping this discussion all in one thread?  One result of this action is that I am not notified when people respond to my questions in the thread I started, since the responses are not in that thread.



Kevin, I'm using IE-7, and you suggest a reasonable workaround by opening a new tab.  Sometimes, however, opening a new tab can take up to 30 seconds do display anything.  In any event, I'm still not clear why I can do this without issue on other forums (VAF for instance) and why it's different here.  Perhaps Matt can fix this.  Google Chrome also does not exhibit this behavior.



Another feature I like on some other forums is that from the home page or search results page, you can "hover over" the thread title to read the first couple of sentences of the first post.  VERY handy to see if it's something worth reading without taking the time to click in, wait, read, and click back out.  It's all about reducing mouse clicks, you know!

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Highest Regards,

Noah Forden
RV-7A
Rhode Island

nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:26 am Post subject: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

Subject: Re: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

From: "Noah" <sgninc(at)cox.net>

To: aeroelectric-list(at)matronics.com

Thanks for the responses guys.

Bob, just curious why you started a new thread rather than respond to 

my original post, keeping this discussion all in one thread?

         Don't think I did. This is a reply to the original

         from my trash bin just as it came to me about 8:00 this

         morning

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At 07:54 AM 7/2/2009, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

Just finished reading AEC and new to forum, building RV-7.  I have 2 

questions related to forum administration:

1. Why is it that when I search the archives on a particular topic, 

and I view one of the threads that came up in the search, I cannot 

return to the "search results" page by pressing "back" in my 

browser?  Instead I get a "web page expired" and have to repeat the 

search - every time!  Truly a pain.  I do not have this problem on 

other forums, just matronics.

2.  Is there a way yo get an RSS feed from this forum to my home page?

Thanks,

----------------------

        Bob . . .

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        ( . . .  a long habit of not thinking   )

        ( a thing wrong, gives it a superficial )

        ( appearance of being right . . .       )

        (                                       )

        (                  -Thomas Paine 1776-  )

         ---------------------------------------

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Noah

Joined: 02 Jul 2009
Posts: 18
Location: Rhode Island

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

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		   Don't think I did. This is a reply to the original 

from my trash bin just as it came to me about 8:00 this 

morning 	




Hmmm, maybe this forum works differently than I am used to.  In the forums I am familiar with, when you start a thread, your post is the first in the thread.  When I look at this thread on the matronics website,

http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=251177#251177

my initial post is nowhere to be found, and your post is the first one in the thread, quoting my post.  The thread with my post as the thread starter is now an orphan:

http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?t=59831



Perhaps this is just a weirdness of matronics, I don't know.

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Highest Regards,

Noah Forden
RV-7A
Rhode Island

dale.r(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

Noah,



   Firefox is free, and it co-exists quite nicely on the same

system with IE, even if IE remains the default browser.



   It's worth the small investment of your time to go to

http://www.mozilla.com/

and download the latest version and compare it with the

MickeySoft product you're currently using



Dale R.

COZY MkIV #0497

Noah wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Thanks for the responses guys.  



 Bob, just curious why you started a new thread rather than respond to my original post, keeping this discussion all in one thread?



 Kevin, I'm using IE-7, and you suggest a reasonable workaround by opening a new tab.  Sometimes, however, opening a new tab can take up to 30 seconds do display anything.  In any event, I'm still not clear why I can do this without issue on other forums (VAF for instance) and why it's different here.  Perhaps Matt can fix this.  Google Chrome also does not exhibit this behavior.



 Another feature I like on some other forums is that from the home page or search results page, you can "hover over" the thread title to read the first couple of sentences of the first post.  VERY handy to see if it's something worth reading without taking the time to click in, wait, read, and click back out.  It's all about reducing mouse clicks, you know!



 --------

 Highest Regards,



 Noah Forden

 RV-7A 

 Rhode Island

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simon(at)sertech.com.au
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: Forum Search Problem & RSS Feed Question

Noah,



I think you answered your own question a few posts ago. Google Chrome. Use

chrome make it your default browser (Options page, Basic Tab). Chrome is so

much faster than anything else it isn't funny anymore. I am a programmer and

chrome is some of the slickest code I have seen. It seems to support

everything except a couple of remote control programs like logmein. This is

also about to change. Use Chrome isn't fast fast fast.



Simon Wilson



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