Front page in order front paged, not node creation order

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Re: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by xdg (Monsignor) on Aug 15, 2005 at 23:42 UTC
I'd personally rather not see old posts suddenly pop up just because someone decided to front-page them. So even if someone decided to implement this, I'd strongly recommend that it just be another user preferences what kind of front-page ordering to do. (You can already order oldest/newest/best and control how many items to see.) While a noble idea, I suspect that many people wouldn't bother switching this setting and I don't think it should be a default. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by ysth (Canon) on Aug 16, 2005 at 04:23 UTC
Is it possible to queue the items on the front page in the order that they are posted there rather than (as seems to happen currently) in node creation order? Are you familiar with the term SMOP? In contrast to xdg, I think showing the frontpage in order of time frontpaged makes perfect sense and should not be optional.	[reply]
Re^2: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by demerphq (Chancellor) on Aug 16, 2005 at 09:37 UTC
I agree with everything but the "should not be optional". I would think it should default to order by when front paged but i see no reason to forbid xdg or others from viewing it in order of when posted. Or even in random order. Also, i personally think it might be an idea to "unfrontpage" nodes that are sufficiently stale. That way they can be "re-frontpaged" at a later date. And while we are on front page related discussion, I would like to have a special section on the front page that displays for newer users (say < level 5) that randomly displayed one (or more) nodes from a selected list that would be maintained by the gods or the janitors. The list would include various things like select PM faqs along with advice nodes like How (Not) To Ask A Question. --- $world=~s/war/peace/g	[reply]
Re^3: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by ysth (Canon) on Aug 16, 2005 at 16:42 UTC
Nice idea; I'd call it PerlMonks Hint, and cycle through them rather than be random. (Even for AM; there cycling would effectively be random.)	[reply]
Re^3: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by GrandFather (Saint) on Aug 16, 2005 at 19:07 UTC
The idea of a PM Hints section on the FP I like a lot. Perhaps it should be first for those that see it. And that prompts the idea that monks be able to set the order of FP sections as a preference. SMOP, and most of the code exists for nodlet order. Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re^2: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by GrandFather (Saint) on Aug 16, 2005 at 07:06 UTC
Nope, but a little super searching would suggest "simple matter of programming" Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re: Front page in order front paged, not node creation order by ChrisR (Hermit) on Aug 16, 2005 at 12:43 UTC
Great idea!++ An option that allows users to set their preferred display order would be the right way to go. Personally, I would choose to display them in the order they were front paged.	[reply]