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Pushing the users to more easily add SOLVED to subject

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 12:25 am
by Calimero
May I propose to add a new button besides the existing (Post)REPLY that will add [SOLVED] in the subject line of the post.

It's much easier, and faster, ... and requires a bit of coding, but it will lead to much better marking of the posts.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:51 am
by JayBird
we did have that mod, i think Jam created it. but we haven't reimplememnted it, and not sure if we are going to :?

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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:51 am
by Calimero
ok,

just thought of as an idea.

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:55 am
by theda
I usually put it at the end of the title, because I'm too lazy to move the mouse three inches over <_< lol.

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:31 pm
by onion2k
I actually don't like the idea of adding "solved" to a title. Topics should be left until everyone who has something to contribute to the discussion has had their say. There's been plenty of times where a solution to a problem has been posted, and then others have come in and improved on it, offered opinions on it, offered alternatives. That's the beauty of a forum discussion, it's only over when it's over. Adding "solved" to titles makes people less likely to read the thread, and less likely to come up with those little extras.

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:23 pm
by wwwapu
If there were button for [SOLVED] there should also be a link in portal for 'Solved questions' just like there is for 'Unanswered quostions' (it's so hard to use search :roll: ). This could help someone in a hurry to quickly find a solution for the problem at hand, because he/she would know that there is at least some working solution at the post.
And if [SOLVED] post was reopened by posting reply it might be neat if [SOLVED] tag was removed automatically.

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:24 pm
by Ambush Commander
That would require either:

1. A new column in the post database or,
2. A very intensive regexp database query.

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:35 pm
by programmermatt
Ambush Commander wrote:That would require either:

1. A new column in the post database or,
2. A very intensive regexp database query.
Not if the [SOLVED] was placed in a definate spot, like in the beginning in or at the end, then the query would be changed to include:

... topic_title like '[SOLVED]%'

I haven't used like in awhile so sorry if this is incorrect, but I know that something like this could be done

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:38 pm
by Ambush Commander
AH, excuse my ignorance in MYSQL queries.