Kenton Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 in one place where they can be found/ignored with ease. Will not change anything. They will still appear as everything does in "Active topics/New Content" so you cannot ignore them (not that I would) and they would still be found in just the same way regardless of where they are placed. This is the main reason I think all sub-forums are a waste of time - create as many sideshows as you like, it will not change a thing. All it does is make the decision on where to post something more confusing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2013 Don't worry Truffy, so did I, until Martin posted that Until I posted what? The default search option uses a Google custom search and dosplays the results in a pop-up. However, unless you pay Google (I don't know if Andy does) the results from a custom search are not as good as using Google directly. That's because Google get advertising revenue from a direct search. All the other search options (1), and the Advanced Search (2) -- which is by far the most useful -- use native searching of the database: It is worth trying Bing directly in the same way as Google. Modern HTML5 sites with lots of Ajax and scripting are not always indexed the same way by all search engines. For example Google now executes some scripts (they won't say which ones) and takes account of some CSS before indexing a page. regards, Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 They don't actually do much themselves -- RMweb's searching uses the open-source Sphinx functions: http://sphinxsearch.com Oh and BTW I do not see anything like that as remember javascript is switched off Another IPB block out that used to work but doesn't any more (for the very few who have javascript off) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2013 Sorry, I meant RMweb's database searching uses Sphinx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 ....and lose the everyday diffusion/interaction/opportunity between gauges within each scale because more buttons have to be pressed to find the separate parts. Dave No more than you have already by having 2mm etc forums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2013 They will still appear as everything does in "Active topics/New Content" And disappear from immediate view within a few hours. Unless you live your life on RMweb you can easily miss them. Whereas in a specialist sub-forum you can visit that forum and see all the discussions on that subject for the last few days or weeks, all listed on one or two pages. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2013 Oh and BTW I do not see anything like that as remember javascript is switched off Another IPB block out that used to work but doesn't any more (for the very few who have javascript off) Hi Kenton, The Advanced Search page works just fine without javascript. This is native database searching, not Google. Go to: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?app=core&module=search&search_in=forums regards, Martin. p.s. have you considered turning javascript on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 And disappear from immediate view within a few hours. Unless you live your life on RMweb you can easily miss them. Most days it is on in the background and I probably visit every hour or so - during which time only the first page changes. It is a bit like having the radio on in the background. I do still miss things though usually while I'm away abroad holiday/work. Even then scanning back over bout 10 pages usually sorts it - the good/controversial/interesting/popular topics do rise to the surface. I never visit the home page - AFAIC there is nothing worth looking at there. So sub forums are a bit of an irrelevance for me as well - just more clutter and posting confusion. That link to advanced search has changed - it used to be one of the ones that failed like the "follow this topic" button. Nice to see it fixed but have become so used to using Google to search that I probably will not bother. I also have a big list of bookmarks to the things on RMWeb that I think will be good for future reference and probably use that more than searching. Javascript is most definitely off and never to darken my PC. I haven't yet found a site that is worthy of turning it on for and most sites that insist on it or Flash are left behind. Even ebay is becoming harder to use without it, Flikr now impossible, UTube impaired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 e. Seriously though, I never said it did. And that's not really the point. And you missed mine. Just do a search for "Eastwood Town" - take a look at the handmade track. In any event, I'm outta here....... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tender Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 And disappear from immediate view within a few hours. Unless you live your life on RMweb you can easily miss them. Whereas in a specialist sub-forum you can visit that forum and see all the discussions on that subject for the last few days or weeks, all listed on one or two pages. Martin. The same can be said for posts in the 'Layouts' forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 And you missed mine. Just do a search for "Eastwood Town" - take a look at the handmade track. In any event, I'm outta here....... Best, Pete. I did take a look at Eastwood Town, and I agree wholeheartedly that it's beautiful trackwork (and the rest!), in EM I believe. I'm still not sure what your point is. But since you're "outta here" I guess I will remain unenlightened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 9, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2013 I did take a look at Eastwood Town, and I agree wholeheartedly that it's beautiful trackwork (and the rest!), in EM I believe. I'm still not sure what your point is. But since you're "outta here" I guess I will remain unenlightened. Hi truffy, Eastwood Town is 00 gauge. See: http://00-sf.org.uk for the 00-SF standards and gauge tools. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clecklewyke Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 And disappear from immediate view within a few hours. Unless you live your life on RMweb you can easily miss them. Whereas in a specialist sub-forum you can visit that forum and see all the discussions on that subject for the last few days or weeks, all listed on one or two pages. Martin. I think I agree with Martin. It all depends on how people use RMWeb. I always look for postings in Forums using "New Content" to find stuff I haI ven't seen since my last visit, which is usually no more than a few hours past. This means I see everything recently posted and have to admit that I ignore 98% of it but sometimes something stands out which is not of the period or area I am interested in (West Riding 1958) or the scale/gauge (P4) I model in. So I also can filter by factors outside my normal interests and get that cross-fertilisation which is so valuable. But if there was an EM/P4 forum I would have the best of both worlds as I would also have the option of quickly searching for anything new there, without all the 98% which to me is likely to be less interesting. And that is not a value judgement or criticism of other peoples' interests - I respect them - the enormous number of people who model the GWR cannot all be wrong. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Eastwood Town is 00 gauge. See: http://00-sf.org.uk for the 00-SF standards and gauge tools. Aha, so it is. Can't think what made me conclude otherwise, except to say that I didn't read 65 pages and 4 years of posts in depth! Still not sure what point trisonic was making though, who said that OO is not skill-full? Just that conversion to EM/P4 adds additional complexity for those of use with RTR stock. Hey ho! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 One of the downsides of relying on New Content is the poor descriptions sometimes provided. You either end up wasting time discovering what someone is trying to write about or you don't bother and run the risk of missing something. The opportunity to use tags to provide a guide to the topics content is also too often ignored. Those who have looked at the S4 Society Forum may have noticed that RMWeb has a prominent link among the section headers. Perhaps the Society thinks that those interested in modelling to P4 track/wheel standards will find something of interest here, among all the negativity from certain quarters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob O Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Those who have looked at the S4 Society Forum may have noticed that RMWeb has a prominent link among the section headers. Perhaps the Society thinks that those interested in modelling to P4 track/wheel standards will find something of interest here, . Is it not the grapevine that points the way? RCD vans ,for instance, is a related area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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