- Request for comments: new feature
- Miscellaneous Free Republic
248 comments.
I've been tinkering with a new way to do self-search. It will display the comments as if they were in a thread, but only displays those comments addressed to you or posted by you. Have a look at it here: Last 100 posts involving you -- in reverse chronological order, like latest posts New posts to you (since last time you checked) -- in forward chronological order, like a normal thread I think this should be listed in forward chrono order, but that might make browsing your self-search awkward.
9436594 posted on 10/13/01 3:17 AM pacific by John Robinson
- Recent Changes @ FreeRepublic 12-Oct-2001
- Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
484 comments.
Making changes to the Self-Search function, and in particular, how the database is organized in relation to Self-Search. Self-Searches should now be lightning quick and should span many months. The current index holds about 6 months of data (all I have available.)
9431639 posted on 10/12/01 7:46 PM pacific by John Robinson
- Colorful Free Republic Daily Site Statistics
- Miscellaneous Free Republic
68 comments.
With the conclusion of last week, two years of Free Republic site statistics are now available for comparison. Watch the forum grow 300-400% in those two years. A remarkable achievement for a site advertised almost solely word-of-mouth. Click here to dazzle yours eyes and mind. A bountiful cornucopia, statistically pleasing, matrix of pure joy awaits.
9328763 posted on 10/8/01 6:49 AM pacific by John Robinson
- Free Republic "Bump List" Register
- Miscellaneous Breaking News Free Republic
116 comments.
I have created a public register of "bump lists" here on Free Republic. I define a bump list as a name listed in the "To" field used to index articles. Free Republic Bump List Register
9164521 posted on 9/30/01 4:46 AM pacific by John Robinson
- Free Republic Supported HTML Tags and Attributes
- Miscellaneous Free Republic
66 comments.
The following is a list of support Free Republic HTML tags and attributes. The lefthand column is the HTML tag or attribute for the preceeding tag. Tags are listed in bold red uppercase letters. Attributes are listed in black lowercase letters. "Common Attributes" are available on all tags. The righthand column is the status of the tag or attribute. Possible status values are: allowed This tag or attribute will not be filtered. stripped; attribute removed This tag or attribute is disallowed, and will be stripped if HTML Auto Corrected is selected. pruned; html and contents removed This tag or attribute ...
8626661 posted on 09/04/2001 00:32:57 PDT by John Robinson
- Recent Changes - Problem Thread I
- Miscellaneous Free Republic
80 comments.
Many technical changes are taking place here at Free Republic. While these changes are taking place, I will run a "Recent Changes - Problem Thread". The purpose of this thread is to document problems, bugs, and general difficulty which may be related to these changes. Comments and criticism are expressly welcome. Issues Author, Source, Keyword searches are currently disabled. Topic listings are currently disabled. Occassional difficulty submitting posts. Desires Return of the E-mail field on replies. I am deciding if it is worth the visual clutter. More distinction between posting a reply and sending a private reply. More space between ...
9164091 posted on 9/30/01 2:59 AM pacific by John Robinson
- Recent Changes @ FreeRepublic UPDATED
- Miscellaneous Breaking News Miscellaneous
108 comments.
There is some odd problem with Netscape and italics getting stuck on. It's something to do with the style sheets, I believe. So I am killing the default style sheet. Original Thread See the original thread if you would like to install your own custom style sheet.
9140925 posted on 9/28/01 5:34 PM pacific by John Robinson