All changes are intentional. You will experiences the advantages of why when you begin using the new system.
all discussions (including discussions tagged as project showcase) display the most recent image
all discussions (including discussions tagged as project showcase) are sorted by most recent activity to match the rest of the website
:)
There are now tags instead of forum categories. The tags make searching and finding posts much easier. A thread is now called a discussion and can have multiple tags.
For example, if you are posting about ARC using a L298, you can now tag ARC (Windows) and Hardware. Now it will be easier to find your post because there is more detail to the description of the discussion. You may also click on discussion topics to view them and include many.
This also makes it much easier to find projects, tutorials, etc...
That was one of my gripes, trying to find a topic in the past when I didn't pay attention to if it was Hardware, ARC (Windows) or whatever. Hopefully the tags will make things easier
Rich, i'm thinking that maybe it should search discussions that only contain the tags selected. Meaning, if you select Hardware and Tutorial that only discussions with Hardware and Tutorial tags show up.
Right now it includes any discussions with Hardware or Tutorial.
IF($tag = "hardware" or $tag = "tutorial")
$Rich = "Happy"
ELSEIF($tag = "hardware" and $tag = "tutorial")
$Rich = "Not as happy"
EndIf
# Yes I realise the problem with the statements but shhhh...
:D
To give better insight into how I would most likely search with the new tag feature here is an example,
For instance, say I wanted to find the post someone made about the Dagu 4 channel motor driver, I knew it was in either general or hardware so tick both of those boxes, enter dagu 4 channel motor driver as the search phrase and it picks up any topic with either tag.
If that returned too many results I would then choose one tag, search, look for the topic, if it's not there then change to the other tag only, search again, look. If it's still not there then I'd pick one tag at a time.
That said, I can see a reason for wanting both, say if you wanted a Hardware Tutorial for the Dagu 4 Channel Motor Driver rather than a general discussion. Possible to have a box to determine an AND search or an OR search?
All changes are intentional. You will experiences the advantages of why when you begin using the new system.
all discussions (including discussions tagged as project showcase) display the most recent image
all discussions (including discussions tagged as project showcase) are sorted by most recent activity to match the rest of the website
:)
There are now tags instead of forum categories. The tags make searching and finding posts much easier. A thread is now called a discussion and can have multiple tags.
For example, if you are posting about ARC using a L298, you can now tag ARC (Windows) and Hardware. Now it will be easier to find your post because there is more detail to the description of the discussion. You may also click on discussion topics to view them and include many.
This also makes it much easier to find projects, tutorials, etc...
Awesome
That was one of my gripes, trying to find a topic in the past when I didn't pay attention to if it was Hardware, ARC (Windows) or whatever. Hopefully the tags will make things easier
Thanks for getting the correct photos now showing again on projects.
Rich, i'm thinking that maybe it should search discussions that only contain the tags selected. Meaning, if you select Hardware and Tutorial that only discussions with Hardware and Tutorial tags show up.
Right now it includes any discussions with Hardware or Tutorial.
What do you think? Since you're the #1 searcher
I would say have it with either rather than both.
:D
To give better insight into how I would most likely search with the new tag feature here is an example,
For instance, say I wanted to find the post someone made about the Dagu 4 channel motor driver, I knew it was in either general or hardware so tick both of those boxes, enter dagu 4 channel motor driver as the search phrase and it picks up any topic with either tag.
If that returned too many results I would then choose one tag, search, look for the topic, if it's not there then change to the other tag only, search again, look. If it's still not there then I'd pick one tag at a time.
That said, I can see a reason for wanting both, say if you wanted a Hardware Tutorial for the Dagu 4 Channel Motor Driver rather than a general discussion. Possible to have a box to determine an AND search or an OR search?
Also, noticed last night the latest new feature
Let's see who else notices it
Rich, I did notice there are more options available for download, OpenBot, NodeJS, EZ-Face, and Python. Very cool.
That's not the one I noticed, but it's a good one.
Tip: Click the little shopping bag up in the top right
For some it may not be as much of an exciting update as for others, all I can say is Wow!