Bump Lists to Become Keywords

[John Robinson]

I'm going to convert bump lists to keywords and discontinue that form of addressing. This will only affect you if you know what a bump list is. Thank you.

Update #1 within the hour pings to bump lists will fail to register. Tick tock...

Update #2 to add an article to the bump lists--which are now keywords--use the "Click to add keyword" link that lists below the text of each article. Enter the name of the bump list without spaces.

A list of those names can be found on the old bump list register.

Update #2.5 Oh, and, for better or worse, keywords are now global across all forums. For example, yesterday the moose keyword would have a different list of articles depending on which forum you were in--utter chaos. Today, moose lists all articles across all forums.

[backhoe]

Changes here.

[ crumudgeon ]

Change? Don't like change!

[ /crumudgeon ]

I'll figger it out directly...

[restornu]

I hope you can restore this list!

By Sender

Thanks for everything:)

[Dr. Marten]

You should have signed up with insight :-P

Im connected at 100Mbps and the site is moving just fine.

[Maria S]

Please, pleeeease tell me those are two real-live men! I truly hope they were photoshopped (or whatever it is that doctors photos).

If, perchance, they are (or were) actual lads, I hope they chose not to have offspring...and pass along those, er, unusual faces.

[Maria S]

I meant to say:

Please, pleeeease tell me those are NOT two real-live men!

[Madame Dufarge]

Thanks for the ping, SheLion.

[SheLion]

Thanks !!!!!!

You're sure welcome! :)

[SheLion]

Thanks for the ping, SheLion.

You're sure welcome! :)

[3catsanadog]

Eventually, one might wish for a page or three explaining PING lists VS BUMP/KEYWORD lists/FORUM lists somewhere on the home page or site map page or some such.

Good idea!

I wish there were a link on the page one posts a reply or a thread on with all the HTML tags for ready reference. Many of us are HTML-challenged.

I'm off work today and have been taking some time to explore some things on Free Republic other than latest posts.

I have no idea what the difference is between a ping and a bump, although I have gotten pinged many times because I've subscribed to ping topics. But I don't know anything about bump.

I better stop now - this is starting to sound pornagraphic and I'm getting lost.

[3catsanadog]

I'm not sure what BUMP means....exactly. I see it posted all the time but it never "bumps" anywhere. The top or anywhere else.

Don't feel bad - I've never bumped successfully either.

[3catsanadog]

What will this do to your opus list?

What the F**k is an "opus list"?

[3catsanadog]

And BUMP/KEYWORDS are transmorgafying . . . into forums/fora?

I give up. I am so totally confused.

[3catsanadog]

Please remember to close your tags.

The only sentence on this thread I understand.

[socal_parrot]

Font fix.


The good old days.

[the Deejay]

On BUMP issue, this is what I got from PAR35

Over on the right hand side, if you select 'Messages' instead of 'Threads' you will see the latest posts for all threads. A 'Bump' will appear at the top of that list until the next posting, and folks might spot a now-buried thread. In the old days, before sidebars and topics (and all of John's other masterful work), it would be the only way to spot an important, but older thread.

[3catsanadog]

Things are starting to get ugly around here. :)

[3catsanadog]

Can we get smilies?

[3catsanadog]

Can we get smilies?

[buffyt]

HA HA HA GOOD ONE!!!!!

[babaloo999]

Opus means goodbye---a sample