Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Keep It Simple, Stupid
 
PerlMonks  

Re^2: Looking for "Nodes You Wrote" (POST)

by tye (Sage)
on Jan 15, 2007 at 06:10 UTC ( [id://594703]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Looking for "Nodes You Wrote" [A Beginners Inquiry]
in thread Looking for "Nodes You Wrote" [A Beginners Inquiry]

As I've said several times recently, this will be "fixed", so adding "go=Search" to your URLs will be ignored fairly soon anyway so don't bother. If you want to have the search done, then you need to POST, either from the Super Search page or by creating your own form, such as in your Free Nodelet (or via javascript in your Free Nodelet). Such a form need not have any input fields, just a submit button (with "hidden" items to set parameters you want to use).

But there is a point and even value in allowing people to more easily set up their own searches that don't require first loading the Super Search page. Personally, I have long ago become too exasperated with the randomness I've found in every browser when it decides whether to just fetch a page from the cache without reloading it from the site. So I've set the browser that I most use with PerlMonks to "Never" check whether a page from its cache needs to be refreshed, which means that if I created a canned Super Search link, it wouldn't actually connect to PerlMonks except the first time I used it (or after it had been quite a long time since I last used it). But most people don't have such a configuration (and for some good reasons).

Meh, I foresee too much potential for problems from willy nilly links kicking off super searches every time that anyone clicks them, and yet I'd like for people to be able to easily set up links for their own use that skip loading the Super Search page (though you shouldn't make all of your links kick off the search, as the oportunity to adjust the search before kicking it off can often be important). The obvious hack is to require "go=tye" and then such a link only auto-starts for me, but that's rather hackish.

Anyway, I'm going to bed. Good job. I'll likely kill you in the morning. Er, I mean: I'll likely "fix" Super Search so "go=Search" in a GET request URL is ignored soon enough, so don't get too used to it working.

- tye        

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: Looking for "Nodes You Wrote" (POST)
by brusimm (Pilgrim) on Jan 16, 2007 at 22:26 UTC
    First, thank you everyone for your input on the issue.

    tye, is "go=search" causing system issues? Is this why you are canning that particular option? I'm not sure I understand your premise for this. Are we experiencing problems now a days from too many people doing this?

    I only ask because as I see it today, (tomorrow I might be smarter) it is incredibly convenient to have a link that can do something I plan on doing somewhat frequently. Would you consider adding a "My Top Level Nodes I Wrote" link in the "Find Nodes" sidebar? My premise for this is a cleaner result screen when I search for the nodes I created, rather than seeing not only the nodes I started, but each and every response also. I am aiming to create a result in a more timely fashion with as few a site interactions as possible. Some days, being new at this, the site seems so far above my head when I am trying to find simple assistance, and I am trying to find processes that will make it a bit simpler for folk in my same shoes today. And possibly, having this option on the sidebar, can eliminate some overhead so others don't duplicate this option in their home nodes.

    Again, thanks everyone for your time on this issue. Regards, - Bruce

      Are we experiencing problems now a days from too many people doing this?

      The feature to make it easy to build links to Super Search has only existed a very short time. I doubt it is being used much at all at so far. What was unclear about what I said: "I foresee too much potential for problems from willy nilly links kicking off super searches every time that anyone clicks them" ? I'm a bit baffled how you could read that and ask your above question.

      it is incredibly convenient to have a link that can do something I plan on doing somewhat frequently

      And I wrote "and yet I'd like for people to be able to easily set up links for their own use that skip loading the Super Search page". I also outlined several ways to do what you asked without even using go=Search, though not quite as conveniently. So, if you are going to do this one thing often, then I don't see a big problem with you taking a few minutes and making a button in your Free Nodelet that does that for you without using go=Search in a URL and so will always work.

      - tye        

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://594703]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others perusing the Monastery: (5)
As of 2024-03-29 14:48 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found