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[meta] any way to sort forum threads by date posted?

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:40 pm
by cockherocomments
i dont really check in all that often so sometimes I miss a release. is there any way to sort threads by the date that the author originally posted them (and not the latest reply)?

Re: [meta] any way to sort forum threads by date posted?

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:12 pm
by LondonGent
You can do it via the search function - just search for "release" and limit it to topic titles only: search.php?keywords=release&terms=all&a ... mit=Search

Re: [meta] any way to sort forum threads by date posted?

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:35 pm
by masperturbator

Re: [meta] any way to sort forum threads by date posted?

Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:30 am
by Lamalas
LondonGent wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:12 pm You can do it via the search function - just search for "release" and limit it to topic titles only: search.php?keywords=release&terms=all&a ... mit=Search
OMG, I've been doing this wrong for years. I do exactly this, but I always check "Display results as: Topics" instead of posts. And it would always sort the topics by the latest posts.. go figure :-|
It's been bugging me forever, thanks for this. And thanks OP for asking the question :-D

As a bonus, you could try searching for /[RELEASE/]. this will search for topics with the exact [RELEASE] tag that is the convention. The slashes are used to prevent the [] from being interpreted as search syntax. This will filter out any topics that might otherwise have "release" in the title.

Re: [meta] any way to sort forum threads by date posted?

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:09 am
by cockherocomments

Re: [meta] any way to sort forum threads by date posted?

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:31 pm
by masperturbator
cockherocomments wrote: Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:09 am
search.php?keywords=release&terms=all&a ... mit=Search

it doesn't work. for example the third result is viewtopic.php?f=25&t=16001&hilit=release
IDK

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