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Seconded

Date: October 12, 2010

by Christian Brown

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I too would like to see this feature:

"See Posts by User"

It is common on forums. It helps make the forum more valuable by allowing users to find information from participants whom they have found to be especially helpful.

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Allen H Simon on October 12, 2010 8:04pm

If you click on a user's name, it will take you to their user profile page, whose sidebar will show the most recent contributions by that user, although not limited to forum messages. Are you looking for something more extensive?

Christian Brown on October 13, 2010 12:12pm

Hi Allen,

I'm checking out your page. Are you referring to the "ChoralNet Communities" list? If so, the first link I clicked on doesn't seem relevant (http://www.choralnet.org/view/257743). What am I missing? Is there a "Recent Contributions" section?

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Oh, you mean on the far right -- "Recent Items by this User"! I hadn't noticed that. Yes, that is along the lines of what I'm looking for, but just not limited to "recent" activity. I'd like to see all of someone's posts. I'm sure there are some gems from years ago, and I'm sure a feature like this would continue to be useful as ChoralNet grows.

Thank you!

Allen H Simon on October 13, 2010 3:25pm

Yes, that wouldn't be that hard to implement. If others think that would be useful, I'll add it to my to-do list. I should warn you, however, that most of the info would still only go back to April 2009, when we switched from an email-based list to a website forum. We've made a few efforts to cross-link older messages with current usernames, but it's incomplete.

Nigel Williams on October 13, 2010 1:43pm

I think the profile shows threads that a user started, but not contributions to existing threads. For example, I expect my profile to show the "Most recent activity" thread that I began, but not this post in "Seconded".

It can certainly be worth checking a correspondent's circumstances and point of view before posting, so I see the sense in this suggestion.

Nigel.

Allen H Simon on October 13, 2010 3:22pm

Here's your sidebar as I write this: