Cait Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 So we're going to need to have a think about what the new symbols mean on the listing of current topics. The old one with red circle 'hot topic', little circle on big circle 'I've posted in this thread', paperclip for 'there's an attachment in this thread' etc. So some of the threads have what looks like a tiny black luggage label - what does that one mean?
liberty Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 I'm not finding the 'search' option as useful as before. For example, I want to find old topics (or articles) regarding 'promoting positive behaviour' - with the old system, I used to just type appropriate words in the search option, click on 'specific words only' box and hey presto old topics would appear that included either of those words so I could quickly find relevant posts. When I enter ' behaviour management' into search now, nothing comes up. I'm probably doing something wrong as I'm not very computer savvy. Any help / suggestions appreciated - thanks. Liberty
liberty Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Oh, I've just typed in one word 'behaviour' and got lots of old topics - sorry.
Inge Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 So we're going to need to have a think about what the new symbols mean on the listing of current topics. The old one with red circle 'hot topic', little circle on big circle 'I've posted in this thread', paperclip for 'there's an attachment in this thread' etc. So some of the threads have what looks like a tiny black luggage label - what does that one mean? think it is just that, a tag, when you hover over the words after it , 'tagged with more content on xxxx ' comes up.. but at the moment when you click on it you get a blank page other than the original post.. wonder if it will be like a quick search where you click on it and get a list of topics tagged with the same sort of content..
Steve Posted March 4, 2012 Author Posted March 4, 2012 As Inge says, there's a new feature for tagging content, which we haven't really started to make use of yet Cait. At the moment I've left it open for people to create their own tags, and where people have done so you can see the tag label. You can add tags to a topic when you create them (under the topic title). However, when I have a moment I'll probably set the FSF up with pre-defined tags which people can get me to add to, as it's quite easy to add things in hear thinking it's a sub-title for the topic.
Steve Posted March 4, 2012 Author Posted March 4, 2012 Liberty, if you think of that initial search box as a 'quick search' where you just want to type in a word or words and look in all forums that is the best way to think of it. If you want to do something more advanced all your old search options are available as well. Just click on the magnifying glass with the search box empty and you'll be taken to a screen where you can filter by 'specific words only' and all the other old options, plus quite a few new ones (you're not restricted to the forum area, for example, you can include or exclude resource library items, blogs and so on. (Also tags as described above, which may become more useful as time goes on!)
louby loo Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Is it just me, but I am no longer able to view 'new content'? I could do it on the first day of the change over - but now the only way to see new posts is to go to the old syle home page and view the last 20 posts.
Inge Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Is it just me, but I am no longer able to view 'new content'? I could do it on the first day of the change over - but now the only way to see new posts is to go to the old syle home page and view the last 20 posts. top right.... new content... then there are settings so you can have them since last visit, etc could be you need to change the settings, works fine for me, Edited March 5, 2012 by Inge
Steve Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Thanks Inge - Did that help louby loo or is there still a problem?
louby loo Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 No, they worked fine when it first changed over but not now... I have tried it on three different comps- but all the same, it just says 'no new content' Do i need to do something to my own settings?
Steve Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Which options have you got ticked down the left hand side of the view new content screen? Are you able to post a screenshot? (in Windows it's usually alt > printscreen, then paste into Word or something similar).
louby loo Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I have tried changing it to 'last visited', '24 hours' etc screenshot 05 03 12.doc
Steve Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Can you just check under 'Other' louby loo? The screenshot cuts out before it gets to that bit. :1b
louby loo Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Ohwww.... I've fiddled under the 'other' section and it seems to have solved the problem!!! - somehow I gotten onto something like 'view certain topics' (and i've got three pages to catch up on) ::1a ::1a .....happy again 1
Steve Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 That's good to hear louby - glad it got sorted! :1b
Guest Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Just a thought, Steve. Is there any way I can see 'at a glance' whether there are any attached files with a post? These files are often very useful - it used to be very clear if there were any attached files. Apologies if you have already been asked this question! Thanks!
Steve Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Hi DevonMaid - Yes of course. I hadn't actually noticed that it had disappeared in all the excitement since the upgrade, but I've put it back. In the graphic you can see one encircled in red.
Steve Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Oh that's very odd Cait. What browser and version number are you using? I've just checked in FF, IE, Safari and Chrome and it shows up for me. Could you post a screenshot of this page so I can see your view - it might help me work out what's going on.
Cait Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) Firefox screenshot.bmp Edited March 6, 2012 by Cait
Steve Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Ah that's the search page Cait. The attachment icon only shows up on the topic pages. Can you have a quick look at the one I linked to above and check you can see the icon against the 'mother's day cards' post?
Guest Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Hi DevonMaid - Yes of course. I hadn't actually noticed that it had disappeared in all the excitement since the upgrade, but I've put it back. In the graphic you can see one encircled in red. Many thanks!! :rolleyes:
Cait Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Ah that's the search page Cait. The attachment icon only shows up on the topic pages. Can you have a quick look at the one I linked to above and check you can see the icon against the 'mother's day cards' post? Yes, I have them there, so is that the only place they are? Is it possible to have them on the search page?
Steve Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Ok that's a relief. It would be good wouldn't it, to have them on the search results page. I'll go and investigate. 3
Guest Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Hi DevonMaid - Yes of course. I hadn't actually noticed that it had disappeared in all the excitement since the upgrade, but I've put it back. In the graphic you can see one encircled in red. Doesn't appear to be there, Steve
Steve Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Where are you looking for it? If you're looking for it in the search view see my reply to Cait above. If not could you post a link to it?
Rea Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Some of the things being discussed were never known to me! Anyway, I've popped in to say, the home screen is the same as it always was, should it be?
Steve Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Hi Rea - if you mean eyfs.info (the homepage) yes, it should for the moment. I thought I'd do this in two stages to avoid too much trauma. But I will be re-designing the rest of the site and bringing it into line with the layout you can see here. Hopefully quite soon! I keep meaning to do a little tour of the new areas and features of the forum upgrade, but am still a little caught up in the aftermath of last Wednesday's change. So here's a little tip for any of you who haven't found it already: If you find the forum index page a little crowded you can do a couple of things to re-arrange things, one of which is to disappear the sidebar. Just move your cursor up to the top right of the sidebar and you'll find a little 'x' becoming visible. Click that and the sidebar will slide out of view, leaving the whole width of the page to the forum listings. Do the opposite and the sidebar re-appears.
Rea Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) Once upon time I clicked on the little crosses on the left hand side of my blog and I never got things back so , thanks for the info but I for one will not be clicking anything Edited March 6, 2012 by Rea
Rea Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Talking of which, I can only see mine and suzybells blogs :unsure:
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