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I always thought the foums here at XDA were little counter-intuitive at times as far as navigation, but it never really mattered that much.... However, now I am stuck and cannot seem to do something rather simple... I dunno maybe I am tired.... but I thought I would ask so this doesn't become an obstacle.
I am trying to find all of my posts in this forum (HTC One-S). I didn't see an option, so I went to one of the sub-forums (like this one: One S General). Under advanced search, I entered my username in the correct place ("Find posts by..."). The result is 40 or so threads...but each thread has anywhere from 8 to 95 pages. I appreciate the helpful information to the left of each thread stating "you have X posts in this thread".... but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to bring up those posts.
[Also, I now see the widget icon next to Search All Forums on the Main Forum page... maybe I can search individual forums though that.]
But can someone tell me how to do a search which results in a page of only my posts????
Thanks in advance...!
On the advanced search page there is an option that lets you "show results as posts". It will show individual posts instead of threads.
Edit: nevermind they seem to have drastically simplified the advanced search and removed a lot of options. Try going to your profile page and the "Statistics" tab, then click "find all posts by syntropic".
Scroll to the top of the XDA Website where it says Welcome, "_______" <------ your name. Click on your name. Your profile should come up in the "About me" part of your profile. Scroll down toward the middle park of your profile and click on "Statistics". There should be a list that comes up. Click on "Find all posts by ______" (Your name)..
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This is not the place to ask this! Just use the statistics tab in your profile, it will show you all of your posts with a marker on which forum they were posted. You could of even PMed one of the moderation team, we are here to help.
I just got a Nexus 5, so i will use this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5#romList
When you look at the list, you have to search through all the list to identify what rom has been updated lately. Why can't we have that option. Most forums has this option by default, and on a site with such crucial information, i wonder how is this not there.
Or am i missing anything? :/
I am sure, i am in the wrong, and maybe i have overlooked something. ANNND maybe my post will be moved to a different section of the forum. It happens a lot. :/
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I just got a Nexus 5, so i will use this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5#romList
When you look at the list, you have to search through all the list to identify what rom has been updated lately. Why can't we have that option. Most forums has this option by default, and on a site with such crucial information, i wonder how is this not there.
Or am i missing anything? :/
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You didn't mention which tool you used to access the page to which you are referring, but with a traditional web browser, you should be able to click on the "Last Updated" column header to force sorting by date. Clicking again on that same header will toggle between ascending and descending sort.
The same approach is available for "Name", "Device", "Contributors", "Review Average", and "Followers" to select the sort criterion, as it is for all similar tables on XDA.
I hope this answers your question. If you need more information feel free to search the site.
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@SebLemery:
This thread has been re-opened based on the additional information you shared via PM. If you do not even see the up and down arrows in the table headers, please try other browsers and especially other themes. Specifically, if you're currently under XDA 2015, temporarily switch to XDA 2013 or XDA 2013-1024 and if the arrows magically appear, report the problem in the http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/about-xda/official-xda-2015-forum-template-bugs-t2887442 thread.
Hi,
I am looking for the right place to get support for the official XDA developer app on android.
I could not identify where I can get this here on the site.
I looked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps
and here: http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-android-app/
but neither provided a clear location where to ask questions about the app.
My question is how to add favorite forums/threads in the app (or on the web for that matter). There is a heart symbol on top the the app screen and I have no idea how to use that.
thanks!
tokyoahead said:
Hi,
I am looking for the right place to get support for the official XDA developer app on android.
I could not identify where I can get this here on the site.
I looked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps
and here: http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-android-app/
but neither provided a clear location where to ask questions about the app.
My question is how to add favorite forums/threads in the app (or on the web for that matter). There is a heart symbol on top the the app screen and I have no idea how to use that.
thanks!
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Hello and thank you for using XDA Assist.
You can subscribe to any forum or thread. To do that from the mobile app, simply click on the start (or heart) symbol that appears on the status bar while you're viewing that forum or thread, or long-press on the thread/forum name and select "subscribe" from the menu.. To view your subscribed threads from a browser, go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/subscription.php. For each subscription, you can select various options such as whether you want to be informed of new post by email weekly, daily, immediately or not at all. If you select not to be notified, the subscribed threads/forums become a list of "favorites" to which you can refer quickly. For matters dealing with the xda-developers.com site or any of it components and tools, visit the "About xda-developers.com" forum at http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/about-xda. If you have specific questions about the XDA Android Apps, ask in the "XDA Android App - Problems / Bugs / Feature Requests etc." thread there at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841646.
Good luck!
Thanks for the reply & help! I was not aware that "favorites" = "subscriptions". I was looking for another button to make a forum a favorite. It's clear now.
Like the title said... How can i search into a thread on this forum, I can't seem to find it anywhere.
xenius123 said:
Like the title said... How can i search into a thread on this forum, I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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Go to the search bar, and in the menu where it says "everywhere" by default, select "this thread"
Edit: Old answer, newest one here:
Raiz said:
Yep, we knew that when testing. The xda team is working on it (it takes time but it will be addressed eventually)
You can keep using "[your search] site:forum.xda-developers.com" in google to search for threads. To search in thread use control+F and go through as much pages as you can (that's a solution if you REALLLLLLLY want to search. Otherwise look at the right part of your screen, there should be a "most thanked" section. Useful answers are usually there
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Raiz said:
Go to the search bar, and in the menu where it says "everywhere" by default, select "this thread"
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Thanks!
Didn't work for me. Still shows results same as "Everywhere". Please help.
Raiz said:
Go to the search bar, and in the menu where it says "everywhere" by default, select "this thread"
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It doesn't work at all. Search "everywhere" or "threads" "forum and devices" all yield identical result. And you'd know that if you actually use the function yourself.
There is another button says "search forums" and all it does is search globally.
I think XDA-Developer's new website is trying to boost the site's activities by deliberately crippling the search function and encourage people to ask the same question again and again.
A prime example of "if it is not broken, let's break it for kicks"
Someone is having some sort of weird satisfaction by watching their users hopelessly trying to find their answer and couldn't find any. It's like watching his pet mouse couldn't get out of a maze.
The previous search was intuitive. It used to produce results sorted to newest first. Please tell me how to get results sorted to descending order of date now.
kngharv said:
It doesn't work at all. Search "everywhere" or "threads" "forum and devices" all yield identical result. And you'd know that if you actually use the function yourself.
There is another button says "search forums" and all it does is search globally.
I think XDA-Developer's new website is trying to boost the site's activities by deliberately crippling the search function and encourage people to ask the same question again and again.
A prime example of "if it is not broken, let's break it for kicks"
Someone is having some sort of weird satisfaction by watching their users hopelessly trying to find their answer and couldn't find any. It's like watching his pet mouse couldn't get out of a maze.
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This message was from quite long ago, some things may have changed. When I wrote this message I used the function, and it worked just fine.
I know, the search function isn't working flawlessly rn, but things keeps moving, so be patient.
And do you seriously think xda is deliberately breaking the search function to make users mad ?? Do you really think that xda would deliberately force its users to clog the already full Q'n'A forum with useless repeated questions ? You're saying "boost the activity" when it's literally spamming the forum with old questions that contributors will just answer by ("see here: link)" anyway. XDA isn't payed for how much post/thread is created, in fact it's the opposite! You come with assumptions on how works the whole thing, those are assumptions, so you can complain about the search function no problem but keep those theories of yours for yourself.
And if you want you can just use google:
[your search] site:forum.xda-developers.com
I get it you're frustrated, but be nice when posting, I would've happily told you that trick if you did so. I still did, but it wasn't heartily...
that1 said:
The previous search was intuitive. It used to produce results sorted to newest first. Please tell me how to get results sorted to descending order of date now.
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that1 said:
Didn't work for me. Still shows results same as "Everywhere". Please help.
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Forgot to answer, use google like that it should work fine:
[your search] site:forum.xda-developers.com
It looks like it's broken rn, there surely will be a fix, but for now use google it should get the job done
Experiencing the same issue here.. The search function in the new interface does not work for me..
voided said:
Experiencing the same issue here.. The search function in the new interface does not work for me..
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Yep, we knew that when testing. The xda team is working on it (it takes time but it will be addressed eventually)
You can keep using "[your search] site:forum.xda-developers.com" in google to search for threads. To search in thread use control+F and go through as much pages as you can (that's a solution if you REALLLLLLLY want to search. Otherwise look at the right part of your screen, there should be a "most thanked" section. Useful answers are usually there
Trying to use the search function (thread) with no result at all.
Not working, what a pain! Why always need to change the theme when everything was fine before?
ah so it's not just me... There should be like a huge flashing message at the top of every page saying "search does not work properly" or just disable the function until its working.
xenius123 said:
Like the title said... How can i search into a thread on this forum, I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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See this post
[CLOSED] XenForo 2.2 Upgrade! Post Bugs, Issues and Comments Here
On 3/11/2021 at around 10am New York time, XDA will be upgrading our forum software to XenForo 2.2 which brings a bunch of new improvements, like a new thread preview tool, a Device Inventory tool to show off which phones you use, a most-thanked...
forum.xda-developers.com
ErismaSS said:
ah so it's not just me... There should be like a huge flashing message at the top of every page saying "search does not work properly" or just disable the function until its working.
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Especially considering following favorite mechanical answer from exp. devs :
> This has been discussed many times on this thread. Please search the thread for keywords (such as ${search} in this case) before posting. Thanks
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tags search is working https://forum.xda-developers.com/tags/ , btw @sd_shadow @svetius thanks for having raised them to 10x units, exp. devs must use them more efficiently...
(EDIT: @svetius , technically I should be able to up-vote (or down-vote) my post, shouldn't I ?)
kngharv said:
It doesn't work at all. Search "everywhere" or "threads" "forum and devices" all yield identical result. And you'd know that if you actually use the function yourself.
There is another button says "search forums" and all it does is search globally.
I think XDA-Developer's new website is trying to boost the site's activities by deliberately crippling the search function and encourage people to ask the same question again and again.
A prime example of "if it is not broken, let's break it for kicks"
Someone is having some sort of weird satisfaction by watching their users hopelessly trying to find their answer and couldn't find any. It's like watching his pet mouse couldn't get out of a maze.
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I can't agree more with @kngharv : It's impossible that a website like xda-developers hasn't managed (unless intentionally) to fix this issue in months. I'm sure they could fix it in a couple of hourse if they wanted to.
zogoibi said:
I can't agree more with @kngharv : It's impossible that a website like xda-developers hasn't managed (unless intentionally) to fix this issue in months. I'm sure they could fix it in a couple of hourse if they wanted to.
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In January at the time when the post was created that you quoted the search function was indeed broken. However, at least for me it seems to be completely fixed already for weeks or months. I've personally no issues at all, neither with a general search on XDA or e.g. a specific in-thread search. For me it's obvious that meanwhile the complete database has been transfered and indexed after the transition from vBulletin to Xenforo and the new servers.
If you still have problems please provide some more information, examples or screenshots to allow us to support and assist you in fixing your problem. Such a generic statement like yours isn't really helpful in trouble-shooting.
And I hope you don't mind that I don't respond to the unsubstantial assumptions and accusations in the post to that you completely agree. Even during the times of the broken search we enforced implementation of rule no. 5 of the XDA Forum Rules, and removed duplicated posts or questions or closed threads if a subject matter related one already existed.
Oswald Boelcke said:
In January at the time when the post was created that you quoted the search function was indeed broken. However, at least for me it seems to be completely fixed already for weeks or months. I've personally no issues at all, neither with a general search on XDA or e.g. a specific in-thread search. For me it's obvious that meanwhile the complete database has been transfered and indexed after the transition from vBulletin to Xenforo and the new servers.
If you still have problems please provide some more information, examples or screenshots to allow us to support and assist you in fixing your problem. Such a generic statement like yours isn't really helpful in trouble-shooting.
And I hope you don't mind that I don't respond to the unsubstantial assumptions and accusations in the post to that you completely agree. Even during the times of the broken search we enforced implementation of rule no. 5 of the XDA Forum Rules, and removed duplicated posts or questions or closed threads if a subject matter related one already existed.
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In thread search rarely works for me.
sd_shadow said:
In thread search rarely works for me.
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As I said, for me it works fine but probably it's my limited use, too. Can you provide me an example that we can compare our results?
Oswald Boelcke said:
As I said, for me it works fine but probably it's my limited use, too. Can you provide me an example that we can compare our results?
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Seems to be working now, but when @zogoibi posted It wasn't.
I would like there to be an ultra-bright white theme. Here is an example: URL.
Please make it happen!
No forum link, while viewing a threadCurrently, there is no way to tell which forum a thread is in while viewing it.
It would be very helpful to know which device or topic the thread is about.
Many OP's do not mention this in the thread,
because it is assumed the reader will know which forum the thread is in.
Option to Filter Device forum by Thread PrefixThere is no way to filter a forum by Thread Prefix in the app
sd_shadow said:
No forum link, while viewing a threadCurrently, there is no way to tell which forum a thread is in while viewing it.
It would be very helpful to know which device or topic the thread is about.
Many OP's do not mention this in the thread,
because it is assumed the reader will know which forum the thread is in.
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This might be difficult to do but I'll see about it.
sd_shadow said:
Option to Filter Device forum by Thread PrefixThere is no way to filter a forum by Thread Prefix in the app
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Agreed.
Along the lines of this:
sd_shadow said:
No forum link, while viewing a threadCurrently, there is no way to tell which forum a thread is in while viewing it.
It would be very helpful to know which device or topic the thread is about.
Many OP's do not mention this in the thread,
because it is assumed the reader will know which forum the thread is in.
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At the top of the page, instead of "viewing Thread", the thread title should be displayed so readers know what thread they are on without having to scroll to top.
Posts in this threads don't have individual upvote buttons, should we make separate suggestions threads so people can up/downvote them, or continue posting and use likes as upvotes?
Page naviagtion at the top of a threadIn the app and on mobile browser in portrait mode, there is no page navigation on the top of a thread being viewed. Only at the bottom.
I would like to have it also at the top of a thread, like on PC and mobile browser in landscape mode.
Initially posted in wrong thread. One component pertains to previous request for navigation buttons up top.
For threads in the new ? (voting) category where the entire OP is shown at the top of every page
e.g. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mixplorer-q-a-and-faq-user-manual.3308582/
- collapse that post on all pages except first page.
- put page number and navigation buttons above it so the are in approximately the same place for all threads.
- exempt the first page of the thread from this because it's not needed and at present only serves to place page #s and navigation buttons below first post.
I realize that I could request re-categorization of the thread in question and I will do that but I found this disruptive enough to interacting with the thread that I wanted to report it before I moved on. Thanks.
It_ler said:
Page naviagtion at the top of a threadIn the app and on mobile browser in portrait mode, there is no page navigation on the top of a thread being viewed. Only at the bottom.
I would like to have it also at the top of a thread, like on PC and mobile browser in landscape mode.
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What do you mean? There is indeed pagination navigation on the top and bottom of long threads.
IronTechmonkey said:
Initially posted in wrong thread. One component pertains to previous request for navigation buttons up top.
For threads in the new ? (voting) category where the entire OP is shown at the top of every page
e.g. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mixplorer-q-a-and-faq-user-manual.3308582/
- collapse that post on all pages except first page.
- put page number and navigation buttons above it so the are in approximately the same place for all threads.
- exempt the first page of the thread from this because it's not needed and at present only serves to place page #s and navigation buttons below first post.
I realize that I could request re-categorization of the thread in question and I will do that but I found this disruptive enough to interacting with the thread that I wanted to report it before I moved on. Thanks.
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This isn't possible. The OP is very intentionally placed at the top of each page in the case of using a Question or Suggestion thread-type. I'll talk to our app developers to see if there's anything we can do, but it's a core XenForo thing.
IamTheBRAVE said:
Posts in this threads don't have individual upvote buttons, should we make separate suggestions threads so people can up/downvote them, or continue posting and use likes as upvotes?
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You can just make a new thread in https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xda-app-bugs-and-requests.12203/ each with its own issue. Then voting will be enabled on that top post.
svetius said:
This isn't possible. The OP is very intentionally placed at the top of each page in the case of using a Question or Suggestion thread-type. I'll talk to our app developers to see if there's anything we can do, but it's a core XenForo thing.
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Not for me on the app (version 2.15.35) ... see my screenshots:
svetius said:
What do you mean? There is indeed pagination navigation on the top and bottom of long threads.
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Spoiler: Not in this thread
Spoiler: Just at the bottom
svetius said:
What do you mean? There is indeed pagination navigation on the top and bottom of long threads.
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And not for me on mobile browser (Samsung Internet) in Portrait mode ... only in landscape mode. See my screenshots:
svetius said:
This isn't possible. The OP is very intentionally placed at the top of each page in the case of using a Question or Suggestion thread-type. I'll talk to our app developers to see if there's anything we can do, but it's a core XenForo thing.
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Thanks for the explanation. It's no problem moving the thread to another category if I'm permitted to do so (and I am working on that on another track). I understand why this is done but wonder if it's original conception may have been based on shorter individual original posts rather than what many threads including mine have which are several long opening posts. I'm not making a crusade of this of my own because I can move the thread but regarding member interaction with the forms in general, as presently implemented this may cause people to ignore and bypass the original posts faster and more frequently than they already do. As to following requests in posts and researching answers it's extraordinarily disruptive. That's my two cents, and now moving on to something that might actually be an issue as opposed to a design choice:
As to the page numbers being below the persistent first post, I'm wondering if this is part of the missing navigation and page number buttons reported by others which I've experienced in that context as well. Although it's understandable why an attempt is made to put the whole first post at the top of every page the missing navigation buttons and page numbers deprive people of both the knowledge about where they are in the thread and the ability to navigate around - as they do in the other reported cases.
Thanks again.
Ok, this is something we need to change. Pagination is super important and it should be top and bottom.
IronTechmonkey said:
Thanks for the explanation. It's no problem moving the thread to another category if I'm permitted to do so (and I am working on that on another track). I understand why this is done but wonder if it's original conception may have been based on shorter individual original posts rather than what many threads including mine have which are several long opening posts. I'm not making a crusade of this of my own because I can move the thread but regarding member interaction with the forms in general, as presently implemented this may cause people to ignore and bypass the original posts faster and more frequently than they already do. As to following requests in posts and researching answers it's extraordinarily disruptive. That's my two cents, and now moving on to something that might actually be an issue as opposed to a design choice:
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Indeed the intended use is for when there are shorter posts, not multiples from the OP. That's why we're not going to enable it in most other forums since OPs like the flexibility and control to make the layout how they want.
It_ler said:
Page naviagtion at the top of a threadIn the app and on mobile browser in portrait mode, there is no page navigation on the top of a thread being viewed. Only at the bottom.
I would like to have it also at the top of a thread, like on PC and mobile browser in landscape mode.
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svetius said:
What do you mean? There is indeed pagination navigation on the top and bottom of long threads.
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It_ler said:
Not for me on the app (version 2.15.35) ... see my screenshots:
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Spoiler: Not in this thread
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Spoiler: Just at the bottom
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Ok, this is something we need to change. Pagination is super important and it should be top and bottom.
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Yeah, this is exactly what I meant HERE in the issue #2.
The issue #1 is frustrating to me too.
woodman said:
Yeah, this is exactly what I meant HERE in the issue #2.
The issue #1 is frustrating to me too.
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Having trouble reproducing your issue #1 with the thread changing layout. Steps to reproduce?
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Having trouble reproducing your issue #1 with the thread changing layout. Steps to reproduce?
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Sure, it's easy:
1- Just open a thread with the xda app, (the thread must contain several pages to be able to proceed with the next step) - > You will see the "new special layout" (I DON'T mean the thread preview):
2- Change page (use the Prev button for instance) - > you will see the standard web view layout: