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(...) One thing which would generally make it pretty easy to find URLs is to index "http". When dealing with special characters, definitely treat "/" and "\" as word separators. Probably ":" also. (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
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(...) Pretty much... actually, I was thinking more along the lines of an advanced search form though: Search for: ___...___ (uses +'s and -'s as is) Search for text in subject line [] (checkbox) Posted by: ___...___ (uses +'s and -'s... or no (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sure! (...) These are mostly covered already due to the way the indexing works -- words closer to the beginning of a document are given higher weights than words occurring later in a document. When the indexer chews on a news article, it first (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) I would have to concur. (...) < goes away and tries it... > Umm - Would it not make sense to simply include the appropriate qualifier on the system side? (I tried it and got two year old results for "qs", but I'm probably doing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Not yet, no. See "to-do soon" section in previous post. (...) For now, if you don't mind URL mucking, you can manually append &qs=<number> to the URL and it will use that number (in seconds) as a time delta. For example, to limit posts to the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Could you tell us the URL syntax for those of us willing to modify URLs? (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Could I suggest some amendments to the "To do someday" list (for an 'advanced search' only)? - Search by author - Search by subject line contents - Search by date range (or open-ended-- i.e. after date X or before date X) - Search for articles (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Very good! Although the new search doesn't return most recent articles first like it used to. Is that how it should work? Now I can't see most recent posts that contain the keyword I want to search for, which makes the search pretty much (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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The LUGNET News search function is now re-enabled. I completely revamped the index data structures and list-merge algorithm and rewrote the core query engine in C. It's a much more solid implementation. Everyone's patience during the outage is much (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce) !!
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Just a note to let people know that I've thrown together a bulletin board type page, with essential links and upcoming events listed. Any suggested improvements? I thought that the local LUG pages and this effort of mine could be handy resource (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general)
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Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. <arcanamachi@netzero.net> wrote in message news:G6C9FM.Lqu@lugnet.com... (...) Kenneth, Glad to hear you 1) believe in Lugnet and 2) are supporting it :-) Yes, I got your email, and you're welcome. -Tim (25 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Can you give an indication of when and IF they are going to be available again? Alex (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Thanks, I must have mis-read something. More than likely I will be sending $10 a month. 8) Tim, did you get my e-mail I sent thanking you for your help? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who supports things he believes in. "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Kenneth, An FYI - the $10 membership fee is a one time only donation. There is no monthly fee. Lugnet does rely on support, so feel free to give more as you are willing and able, but realize that a monthly payment is not an obligation. -Tim Kenneth (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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And on newsgroup pages, (URL) , you could right justify the time/date on the same line as the group heading "Admin/General" (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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But I like the layout, content of (URL) way I have my fonts set, it looks like you could add a line under the "News" (lugnetnewslogo-100x150x64.gif) graphic. You could have the image then immediately under it say "at 12:00 PM Dec 28, 2000". This (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It would be very easy, but space is tight on the homepage. Have you tried the Traffic page? (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Hey Todd
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Hey Todd, due to a problem with Paypal, I will be sending out my $10 for December and my $10 for January after the new year. It will be in a Money Order. Just letting you know because I go a notice from the Lugnet Server. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, any comments? (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Try this: Type your set number/name in the search box at the top of the page, then select "LEGO Set Reference (Popup)" in the drop-down list. When you click "Search" it should come up in a new little window. --Todd (25 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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