An Undeniably great suggestion.

Sandals

I have been searching for Ages through all the forums for the Harry Potter Forum, I have not found it.

My suggestion an A-Z of all the forums on this site.


Also can someone show me a link to that forum.

TerrorFirmer

Actually a great suggestion in fairness. unless is already exists

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?

no?

Dinner

Sandals wrote:

Also can someone show me a link to that forum.

Link

Arts > Sci Fi/Fantasy > Harry Potter

A-Z might be good though...

Johnny_the_fox

wiki wiki biki ?

steveland?

Johnny_the_fox wrote:

wiki wiki biki ?

They're just categories...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?

no?

I believe he wants the forums in A-Z forums, not the categories..

seamus

steveland? wrote:

They're just categories...


I believe he wants the forums in A-Z forums, not the categories..

That Wiki page gives the A-Z, it just needs to be updated. Perhaps some Kind soul could do it...., look I've already generated an A-z List..

 Abroad
 Accessibility / Mobility / Disability
 Accommodation / Property
 Advertising / Marketing
 After Hours
 Against (Private)
 All Things Retro
 Alphastates
 Alternative / Indie
 American Football
 Angling
 Animals / Pet Issues
 Animation
 Anime / Manga
 Anna Livia FM
 Archery
 Astronomy / Space
 Athenry Broadband
 Athletics
 Audio-Video Editing
 Awards
 Bands / Musicians
 Bargain Alerts
 Basketball
 Battlefield
 Battlestar Galactica
 Beer / Wine / Spirits
 Belfast City
 Big Brother
 Biology / Medicine
 Blacknight Solutions
 Blogs / Podcasts / Wiki
 Boards Band
 Boxing
 Broadband
 Broadcasting
 Buddhism
 Business / Economy / Finance
 Cable / MMDS / Broadband
 Cake / Pie
 Call of Duty
 Carlow IT
 Census
 Chess
 Chinese
 Christianity
 Classic Cars
 Classical
 Clergy
 Collectibles / Antiques
 College Play
 College Work
 Comics
 Commuting / Transport
 Competition Entries
 Computers
 Console Modding
 Conspiracy Theories
 Consumer Issues
 Cork City
 Counter-Strike
 Couriers
 Crafts
 Creative Writing
 Cricket
 CTYI
 CTYI Introductions
 CTYI Reunions
 Cycling
 Dance / Electronic
 David Hasselhoff
 Dawn of War
 DCU
 Deutsch (German)
 Development
 Digital Art / Design
 Digital Rights
 Discworld
 Distance / Part-Time
 DIT
 DMZ
 Dublin City
 East
 Elara Systems
 Emulators
 Energy FM
 Engineering
 English
 EPT / Antes Up!
 Espa±ol (Spanish)
 Ethos (Judges)
 Events
 E-Voting
 Extreme Sports
 Fashion / Appearance
 Feedback
 File Exchange
 Film Awards
 Film Production
 Film Reviews
 Films
 Final Fantasy
 Firefly / Serenity
 Fitness
 Food / Drink
 Football Management
 For (Private)
 For Sale (No Posting)
 Forums
 Forums Approved / Rejected (No Posting)
 Franþais (French)
 Frisbee
 FS Computer Hardware
 FS Consoles
 FS Discs
 FS General
 FS Mobiles
 FS Motors
 FS Music Equipment
 FS Services
 FS Sin Bin
 FS Tickets
 GAA
 Gadgets
 Gaeilge (Irish)
 Galway City
 Galway LAN
 Game Awards (No Posting)
 Game Editing
 Game Threads
 Games
 Games Workshop
 Gardening / DIY
 Gigs / Events
 GMIT Computer Society
 Golf
 Graphics
 Green Issues
 Greyhound Racing
 Half-Life
 Harry Potter
 Help (No Posting)
 History / Heritage
 Home Entertainment
 Horror
 Horse Racing
 Hosted Moderators
 Humanities
 Humour
 ICDG
 Ice Radio
 IGN
 Instruments
 Investment / Markets / Money
 IRC
 IrelandOffline
 Irish Archives
 Irish Jedi Council (No Posting)
 Irish Skateparks
 Irish Skeptics
 Islam
 IT Tallaght
 Italiano (Italian)
 Jazz / Blues
 Juggling
 Junior Cert
 Kilkenny City
 Komplett
 Korean
 LAN Parties
 Languages
 Laptops
 Leaving Cert
 Legends of the Boards
 Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual
 Limerick City
 Literature
 LNA
 Logos (Debate)
 Lord of the Rings
 Lost
 Mac
 Magazine (No Posting)
 Magic the Gathering
 Massively Multiplayer
 Mathematics
 Midlands
 Midwest
 MIJAG
 Mobiles / PDAs
 Models
 Moderators
 Motorbikes
 Motors
 Motorsport
 Music / Radio
 Music Reviews
 Mustard
 Mythology
 Nature / Bird Watching
 Nets / Comms
 Newbies / FAQ
 News / Media
 Nihongo (Japanese)
 Nintendo
 Nordic
 North
 North East
 North West
 NUI Galway
 NUI Maynooth
 Online Buying / Auctions
 Open Source
 OpFlash
 Outdoor Pursuits
 Paganism
 Paranormal
 Parenting
 Pathos (Public)
 Personal Issues
 Phantom FM
 Philosophy
 Photo Challenge
 Photography
 Physics / Chemistry
 Pimp My Band
 PlayStation
 Poker
 Politics
 Prime Time Cartoons
 Prison
 Pro Evolution Soccer
 Pro Wrestling
 Programming
 Punk
 Puzzles / Quizzes
 Quake
 Racing Sims
 Rap / Hip-Hop
 Recycle Bin
 Red Dwarf
 Rip Off Ireland
 Rock / Metal
 Role Playing
 Rugby
 Rugby League Ireland
 Sailing / Boating
 Santa Strike Force
 Satellite
 Science
 Sci-Fi / Fantasy
 Scuba Diving
 Security
 Sein Wars
 Self Defence / Martial Arts
 Sex / Sexuality
 Shooting
 Skylarkin
 Snacks / Sweets
 Snooker / Pool
 Soap Operas
 Soccer
 Soccer Access Requests
 Soldat
 Soul / R 'n' B / Funk
 South
 South East
 Spirituality
 Sports
 Star Trek
 Star Wars
 Stargate
 Strategy
 Subscribers
 Super Moderators
 Tattoos / Piercings
 TCD
 TechCamp
 Television
 Television Awards
 Tennis / Squash / Racquetball
 Terrestrial
 Test
 The Cuckoo's Nest
 The Thunderdome
 Theatre / Performing Arts
 Things To Do In...
 Tipp Inst
 Torc Interactive
 Trading
 Traditional
 Travel / Holidays
 Tuppenceworth
 Tweaking / Modding
 UCC
 UCD
 UL
 Unix
 Unreal
 Vegan / Vegetarian
 V-Mapping
 VoIP
 Volunteerism
 V-TFL Discussion
 V-TFL Help / Assistance
 V-TFL Match Arranging
 V-TFL Recruitment
 Wanderly Wagon
 Wanted  (Closed) (No Posting)
 Wanted Computer Hardware
 Wanted Consoles
Wanted Discs
 Wanted General
 Wanted Mobiles
 Wanted Motors
 Wanted Music Equipment
 Wanted Services
 Wanted Tickets
 Waterford City
 Weather
 Web Hosting (No Posting)
 Webgames
 Webmaster / Flash
 West
 Windows
 Wireless
 WIT
 Wolfenstein
 Woodcraft
 Woodhazel Interactive
 Work
 World of Warcraft
 Xbox
 XFM

CuLT

Heh, closest I got was this:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/archive/index.php/

I started thinking about writing a program to remove all the extra characters generated to give the list a structured appearance, after which it would simply sort... then lost interest. A curse.

Gordon

Papa Smut wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?

no?

And hit ctrl-F or apple-F.

But it's a nice idea to have an A-Z also..

seamus

For my next trick, I'll write a short script that outputs the above list, but formatted with wiki markup.

Later today....

GoneShootin

Agreed - A to Z would be neat as a dropdown dealy. Get to it Seamus

Sandals

do I get an extra star for this suggestion?

CuLT

Sandals wrote:

do I get an extra star for this suggestion?

Sure; you'll be awarded the star as soon as you have a thousand posts (just to make sure you're not evil).

seamus

http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Boards_A-Z

First Draft.

It's conforming to the "Board:$board_name" convention, hence why many links are appearing in red. Private forums aren't included.

Sandals

excellent.

GoneShootin

Sandals if you subscribe now you can get 4 lovely coloured stars! Nice work btw Seamus

steveland?

seamus wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Boards_A-Z

First Draft.

It's conforming to the "Board:$board_name" convention, hence why many links are appearing in red. Private forums aren't included.

My lord... did you copy all the forums or did you use some sort of computer-person style script...

seamus

steveland? wrote:

My lord... did you copy all the forums or did you use some sort of computer-person style script...

Script of course

steveland?

seamus wrote:

Script of course

Cool, as a matter of interest how did ya do it

seamus

I already had the list, in alphabetical order (above). I did that with Excel. Then with PHP, I read that list in, and printed the next letter of the alphabet with wiki formatting, every time it changed. It prints each forum name, with wiki link, as it reads them in. I also had the script start a new column in the table every ceil(count($list)/5) forums.

Then I copied and pasted the output into the wiki. I can paste up the code here if you like, but it's a hack together.

Steveire

I've done similar stuff with notepad and C.

Do you know of any way to modify biki pages with repetitive stuff. Something like add categories to the bottom of the pages? It's probably a bit complex for that, but there's a lot of boring repetitive stuff to do in the biki.

mike65

Its a pity none of the forum links in biki actually lead anywhere..../me ducks.

Mike.

Steveire

mike65 wrote:

Its a pity none of the forum links in biki actually lead anywhere..../me ducks.

Mike.

/me nominates mike65 for the grunt work.

seamus

Steveire wrote:

Do you know of any way to modify biki pages with repetitive stuff. Something like add categories to the bottom of the pages? It's probably a bit complex for that, but there's a lot of boring repetitive stuff to do in the biki.

Aye, I agree. Haven't a clue about wikis, and server-side automation. I've never installed/maintained one.

delly

Steveire wrote:

/me nominates mike65 for the grunt work.

/me seconds the motion

pickarooney

Steveire wrote:

I've done similar stuff with notepad and C.

Do you know of any way to modify biki pages with repetitive stuff. Something like add categories to the bottom of the pages? It's probably a bit complex for that, but there's a lot of boring repetitive stuff to do in the biki.

Not sure if I understand your question, but is it something like this:

PageList(regex:^Boards/.*)

Steveire

pickarooney wrote:

Not sure if I understand your question, but is it something like this:

PageList(regex:^Boards/.*)

I don't understand that code.

Sometimes it makes sense to go to each article in a category and add a piece of information. For example, go to each user page, and add each user to the category of users. ie add

[[category:users|USERNAME]]

to the bottom of each page.

Is there a way to make a computer do that? What if i had a list of all pages i wanted to do that with? would that make things easier?

billy the squid

mike65 wrote:

Its a pity none of the forum links in biki actually lead anywhere..../me ducks.

Mike.

That si because the page you linked to is an index of forums listed in the biki, not an index of the boards forums. These pages are there should the moderators or the users of the biki decide to write information about any of the forums example [wiki]Personal Issues[/wiki]

also the wiki requires that users add stuff to it at any time. hence it is always a work in progress.

Sandals

where is my a - z list with links?

seamus

What, you're too lazy to search for each forum yourself...

Gordon

here's the list. You just have to clean out the irrelevant code and alphebetise it Sandals. Shouldn't take you long etc.

Sandals

seamus wrote:

What, you're too lazy to search for each forum yourself...

yes of course, that's why i suggested it.

seamus

OK..

You have a list of all the forums. So you have a look, go "Oooh, I didn't know there was a <insert board name> board here". Then you use your brain, think about where it might be (there may even be a wiki article telling you where it is), and use the nav menu to go there.

Not too difficult is it?

Sandals

No it's not difficult, but it would be far better if I could just click it, I use my brain too much as it is, by the way chill - out a bit.

seamus

Don't worry about me; I'm so laid back, I'm vertical.

The A-Z actually has a better use than serving as (yet another) link to every forum on boards.

Sandals

which is and where is it, how are people meant to find it?
It's hard to find some forums, when searching is disabled,
(The Creative Zen Nomad Extra 30gb is no longer for sale, I sold it to PowerhouseDan)

seamus

Sandals wrote:

which is and where is it, how are people meant to find it?
It's hard to find some forums, when searching is disabled,

Actually, I see what you're saying. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't see how it's hard to find a forum if you know what it's called and what it's about.

Sandals

eg. Harry Potter forum, or Photography or Satelite or Tcd they all took me a while to find at first.


(The Creative Zen Nomad Extra 30gb is no longer for sale; I sold it, to PowerhouseDan)

Sandals

where is it?

Steveire

http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Boards_A-Z
alternatively, go to
http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/category:Arts
http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/category:Biz
...I'm sure you see the pattern.

Sandals

Steveire wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Boards_A-Z
alternatively, go to
http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/category:Arts
http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/category:Biz
...I'm sure you see the pattern.

oh god it's terrible, really really bad.

Tar.Aldarion

Maybe you should try it yourself then, my good sandals.

Sandals

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Maybe you should try it yourself then, my good sandals.

I'm afraid I dont have the expertise.