Feature request: Recent posts

[xvimbi]

Johan - This feature request is prompted by the "signal-to-noise ratio" that has been drastically sinking in recent months.

signal = useful posts
noise = useless posts

The way I keep an eye on what is going on in the forum is by looking at the "Recent Posts" category. It would be great if one could choose which sections of the board are be contained in this list. Say, if somebody is not interestd in "Instruments" or, just for argument's sake, not interested in "Anything but piano" it would be great to exclude posts from these sections in the "Recent Posts" lists.

Also, it would be great if one could view more than just the 10 recent posts. A user-defined number would be great.

Any thoughts?

[mikeyg]

Boo Hoo.  :p

[Skeptopotamus]

*kicks mikeyg*

[xvimbi]

Don't make me request a feature that would allow one to exclude all posts by certain individuals from showing up on one's computer

[mikeyg]

You know, on that dat of infamy, I was thinking about how you always looked at tat (I'm always in who's online).  That was a large motivating factor.

[mikeyg]

And actually, isn't there an ignore list?

[Bob]

The search feature can do all this I think, but you have to check off all the settings which is a little work.  Search for a period.  I think you can control the boards it searches.


If it helps...
How to search the pf site:
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5681.0.html -- use period as search word


It would be easier if there was something already made.  Maybe a button on the main page that searches all boards AND allows you to keep going further back in recent posts instead of limiting it to ten.   And maybe a button on each board that will do recent posts for that board only.

I don't know anything about an ignore list or feature.