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Searching the directory
Topic Started: Apr 4 2014, 08:01 AM (738 Views)
Miva26
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Hello,

I was looking through the forum directory at:
http://www.zetaboards.com/directory/
I wanted to find another small zetaboard forum with similar interests to the members of my own: in the hope of finding affiliates to make connections and boost membership to both boards (mine and the potential forum I was searching for).
I was unable to find anything of use: although I'm sure there are possible forums out there that would be appropriate, all the ones I looked at had long since gone inactive.
Is there anyway to order the list by latest activity so that the forums that were still active would come to the top of the list? Maybe you could add an advanced search option or something?

It's not exactly a high priority I'm sure, since I don't suppose many people use the directory feature, but it would be helpful if you could implement something.
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1days
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I remember reading somewhere on this board that the directory has been broken for a long time. No new boards have been added to the list in just as long. So while you might be able to rearrange the list, it won't include boards created within the last year or so.
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Moonface
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Given that the directory is broken and won't index new boards from within at least the last year and a half, if not longer, you'll be hard pushed to find newer, active boards in the directory right now. Brandon does intend to deal with the directory at some point, but it isn't as high a priority as other aspects of the service, such as bug fixes and feature updates for actual ZetaBoards forums which is what the main part of this service is. Whether he'll implement any further updates to the directory such as those you suggested though comes down to his decision and will remain to be seen or confirmed from his end.
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Miva26
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Fair enough.
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ElementalAlchemist
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You can always use Google as a substitute in the meantime:
Code: Google Search
 
site:www.zetaboards.com/directory your search here
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Skyon Archer
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Wouldn't it better to change the search parameter's to this:

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site:zetaboards.com Search Term


Your version will still search the out-dated directory, not the entire domain . . . which will include all of the server subdomains.

Even better would probably be to stipulate exact match searches:

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site:zetaboards.com 'Search Term'


Just my input :)
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ElementalAlchemist
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I thought we were still searching the directory. You could search all of ZB like that, though you'll want to use some very specific search terms because there are a lot of ZB boards.
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chrisy..
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I was also asking about the Directory not that long ago. It feel it would be a real help to a lot of forums and admins if it gets repaired in the future.
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flying cat
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The directory has been broken so long I have just gotten used to it. I administrate three boards and none of them show up on the directory... I kind of wish someone could fix that...
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From memory it was two years ago last December the directory stopped working, IF it ever gets fixed I wonder how long it'll take to list all the new forums during that time, and get rid of the deleted, or even re-rank innactive forums?.. Seems to me the longer Brandon takes to fix it the longer the updates will take, I'm thinking if it was fixed tomorrow it'd take quite some time to update...
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