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It would be real handy to be able to search through the memberlist alphabetically now there are so many members. Is there a way of doing that?


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Post by Gary71 »

Hi Mike, You can, just click on 'sort by' username. Trouble is all these members with numbers at the start of their user names mess it up! :)
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Post by 210bhp »

Gary

OK, I am stupid but now tell me how stupid :lol:


I of course have used the 'sort by username' tab. :wink:

Then I want to go straight to the 'M's' without trawling through all the pages. At the bottom I can only get as far as 'go to page 3' (where I would expect to see a topless model). Or I could 'go to page 126' but that doesn't help me either.

What now?

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Post by Helen »

yes it would be handy to be able to do a search for a name.
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Post by Bootsy »

You can of course use the 'search' tool at the top and put the username in the author field and nothing else, you'll then get a list of any threads that user has posted in and you can easily find a post by them.

Best I can do I'm afraid
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Bootsy wrote:You can of course use the 'search' tool at the top and put the username in the author field and nothing else, you'll then get a list of any threads that user has posted in and you can easily find a post by them.

Best I can do I'm afraid
That's only going to work if you know the username exactly.

No worries Bootsy. I just thought there was a way of searching by first letter and I was missing something but obviously not. Thanks for replying.

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Post by Northy »

You can use the wildcard on user searches - so something like m* would bring back all users beginning with m.

I think.
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Post by Bootsy »

Northy wrote:You can use the wildcard on user searches - so something like m* would bring back all users beginning with m.

I think.
very true

Mike for example

*210* in the author field would find all posts by you
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Post by 210bhp »

Bootsy wrote:
Northy wrote:You can use the wildcard on user searches - so something like m* would bring back all users beginning with m.

I think.
very true

Mike for example

*210* in the author field would find all posts by you
This is not what I am trying to do. I have a poor memory and sometimes I want to find somebody who's name on DDK I 'think' may begin with 'N' for example. I want to go to the 'N's and run down the names to see if I can spot the name that I think is lurking in the back of my head.
I can do this on the Early S registry ( :cry: Shame on me) and more often than not the name I am looking for pops out of the list and I am happy!!
I am not looking for posts here, just names that I have forgotten.

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Post by Mick Cliff »

Mike
Pick anyone to send a PM to (even yourself, it's immaterial).
Click on the box "Find a user name" and enter "n*", you'll get a list of usernames begining with N....
Bit round the houses but simples?
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Post by 210bhp »

Mick Cliff wrote:Mike
Pick anyone to send a PM to (even yourself, it's immaterial).
Click on the box "Find a user name" and enter "n*", you'll get a list of usernames begining with N....
Bit round the houses but simples?
Thanks Mick. Closet computer whizzkid. 8) That helps a lot . Simples.


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Post by Mick Cliff »

210bhp wrote:....Closet computer whizzkid....
Whizzkid - as a 'silver surfer' I like that :lol:
The method was born of necessity... for some reason my A/V software insists that my name goes into any recipients address box and does this automatically, so I'm forever sending replies to myself :lol:
By the time I realise that the recipient's name is wrong I've forgotten who I'm writing to so I need to search the names.
Oh the joys of being in your dotage* :lol:

* Do'tage noun [ From Dote , intransitive verb ]
Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility
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Post by Barry »

Well done Mick, good tip 8) .

On the other hand, the definition of dotage has got me worried :shock: :roll: .
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Post by early_911 »

Whilst on the topic . . . in the search tool, would it be possible to add search 'title only'.

Plus . . . when I click back from a post I've looked at through search, I end up with page not found and have to click back again and re-enter the search words . . . . what am I doing wrong.


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Post by Bootsy »

early_911 wrote:Whilst on the topic . . . in the search tool, would it be possible to add search 'title only'.

Plus . . . when I click back from a post I've looked at through search, I end up with page not found and have to click back again and re-enter the search words . . . . what am I doing wrong.


Phil
I'm considering a forum upgrade soon which would have a better search facility.

If you do hit back after viewing a post and get a not found page just hit F5 and refresh and your search results will be there - hey presto!
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