Forum Feature Request

[ArtVandalay]

A couple of things would aid forum readabilty

1. A topic started date on the board so you can see how old a topic is before clicking into it
2. someway of previewing the first post, maybe via a mouse over.

I've seen other boards using the same forum software with these features but I've no idea if its custom code or not

[OldAdmin]

Unsure there is enough demand for 1.
But 2 would be handy.

I have a few major features (killer things like search reviews by location / distance, basic prossie profile system, image upload, improved post search facility, etc.) already done, just need final testing before being added to the site.

Should be done by 1st April, currently busy with projects away from the keyboard.

[KJ121212]

I think that point 1 would be a useful feature. I've often clicked on a topic only to find out that it's over a year old.

[CoolTiger]

Would it be possible to narrow the search facility to a particular section, like East Midlands, off-topic, etc?

[pewpewpew]

Would it be possible to narrow the search facility to a particular section, like East Midlands, off-topic, etc?

this would be very handy

[hantshagger]

Unsure there is enough demand for 1.
But 2 would be handy.

item 1  would be very useful     , to at least know what year the topic was started, something like this would allow at quick glance to see whether the topic began in the recent past or not.  (especially when WG's dont stay for long sometimes, some threads might be out of date after a year or so).  I have got caught out reading something because it had been commented upon in the past 24 hours, say -  so comes up on the list of topics near the top , so I'm thinking it was recent, to then realise nearly all the posts were from 4 or more years back and completely irrelevant to todays punting!

Its probably not an issue if its just a few weeks or even months, but helpful to know if a topic began several years ago.

[Andy61]

this would be very handy

+1

[Blackpool Rock]

Would it be possible to narrow the search facility to a particular section, like East Midlands, off-topic, etc?

Yeah agree that would be useful

[Nagilum]

Unsure there is enough demand for 1.
But 2 would be handy.

I have a few major features (killer things like search reviews by location / distance, basic prossie profile system, image upload, improved post search facility, etc.) already done, just need final testing before being added to the site.

Should be done by 1st April, currently busy with projects away from the keyboard.

Admin - you're not pulling our collective legs with April fools are you 

[maxxblue]

A useful feature would the ability to block a thread I wasn't interested in - a bit like how we can opt out of regional posts, but more specific.

[Blackpool Rock]

A useful feature would the ability to block a thread I wasn't interested in - a bit like how we can opt out of regional posts, but more specific.

Do you mean just block a thread or block a thread that you have previously posted on as that would be useful
(I posted on a midlands thread about a barebacker and now get recommendations for the area which I don't want / need to see so it would be good to opt out of this thread now)

[maxxblue]

Do you mean just block a thread or block a thread that you have previously posted on as that would be useful
(I posted on a midlands thread about a barebacker and now get recommendations for the area which I don't want / need to see so it would be good to opt out of this thread now)

I mean, for example, someone starts a subject on 'Erotic thoughts I have when watching snooker', and I have no interest in reading any posts about this at all, I could just click a check box to stop the thread showing up when I click on 'Show unread posts since last visit'.

[Marmalade]

I find the search facility great for locating reviews of indies, which is its main purpose; but less so for other searches, such as relevant recent posts about a punting or non-punting topic. If it's very recent, then the list of recent posts, or for ones one has participated in, list of replies might work; but other than that (unless I'm missing something), search results seem to be in random date order. I would think a tweak to sort search results by date might be welcome. A second benefit would be making it easier to find an existing, discussed topic, rather than starting new threads.

[Billy no mates]

It would be a great help if it was impossible to post a review without a town name, in the title. Similar to the need to choose Pos/Neg/Neut before posting a review.

Allthough I am more than happy, with this very useful site, which has saved me a fortune on wasted punts

[texasjapan]

Not sure if this is already possible but to have out own hot list on our profile page where we can keep links of girls on aw and agency sites.

[james1989]

searches in chronological order, with the newest post showing first?

[Jay-Jay]

May be a lot to ask but I have no interest in parlours so in reviews it would be handy if they were sub-sectioned "Parlours" ," Indies" perhaps? Otherwise the site is great.

Jay

[Mansell]

Would it be possible to narrow the search facility to a particular section, like East Midlands, off-topic, etc?

This would be useful when you only have the name of the girl to search with, you could then keep to the area you know she worked in.

[Gonzo Vegetable]

Here's  a controversial one.
How about the worst escort picture challenge being moved to off topic.
for two reasons:
A. It's got the site a reputation for misogyny amongst the general public.
B. It makes it less likely escorts will put unphotoshopped accurate pictures of themselves online.

[vw]

Here's  a controversial one.
How about the worst escort picture challenge being moved to off topic.
for two reasons:
A. It's got the site a reputation for misogyny amongst the general public.
B. It makes it less likely escorts will put unphotoshopped accurate pictures of themselves online.

How will they find out their photographer did a bad job? Nobody else will tell them   !!   

[GBush]

Unsure there is enough demand for 1.
But 2 would be handy.

I have a few major features (killer things like search reviews by location / distance, basic prossie profile system, image upload, improved post search facility, etc.) already done, just need final testing before being added to the site.

Should be done by 1st April, currently busy with projects away from the keyboard.

Remember the unwritten rule about software releases or product launches on April 1st. Maybe bump to 2nd.  Thanks for all the hard work.

 

[Gonzo Vegetable]

How will they find out their photographer did a bad job? Nobody else will tell them   !!   

The thing is, they haven't done anything wrong! I can see why blackmailing or scamming prossies should get negative publicity.
I suppose it's the way society's going.
Tabloid newspapers outing prossies to boost circulation. 
Radical feminists publishing police mugshots of punters arrested in the States.     
Punters publishing bad pictures of prossies they're not going to see anyway.     

[MintRoyale]

How about a Facebook type Like post feature? It'll stop people from writing +1 in threads which adds to their post count but doesn't actually mean anything to the count.

Displaying number of likes would show how credible you are so people also won't use post count as a measure of credibility

[vw]

How about a Facebook type Like post feature? It'll stop people from writing +1 in threads which adds to their post count but doesn't actually mean anything to the count.

Displaying number of likes would show how credible you are so people also won't use post count as a measure of credibility

Credibility has nothing to do with liking what you read !


+1's and likes are pointless, a +1 with an expatiation why you agree is preferable and more credible !

[MintRoyale]

Credibility has nothing to do with liking what you read !

I suppose you are right. But we do need a feature to stop people doing it

[vw]

I suppose you are right. But we do need a feature to stop people doing it

Cattle prod !   

+1

[RedKettle]

Credibility has nothing to do with liking what you read !


+1's and likes are pointless, a +1 with an expatiation why you agree is preferable and more credible !

+1   

[RedKettle]

It would be useful when looking in the reported threads section if it said the name of the thread that somebody has reported - I was just trying to check whether anyone else had reported something (to avoid wasting Admin's time) and had to click on lots of post reports.

I think site is great as it is and thanks as ever to Admin for all his hard work.

[Kerosene]

I've noticed a fair few WGs have deleted their AW profiles and then set up new a one. It could be useful to have something in the search facility that links the two so that searching for the new ID also returns searches for the old ID.

I realise that would mean maintaining records of changed IDs so not just an issue of coding - just putting it out there.

[Mansell]

It would be useful when looking in the reported threads section if it said the name of the thread that somebody has reported - I was just trying to check whether anyone else had reported something (to avoid wasting Admin's time) and had to click on lots of post reports.

I think site is great as it is and thanks as ever to Admin for all his hard work.

Yes, been a few times that would have been useful.

[Marmalade]

I've noticed a fair few WGs have deleted their AW profiles and then set up new a one. It could be useful to have something in the search facility that links the two so that searching for the new ID also returns searches for the old ID.

I realise that would mean maintaining records of changed IDs so not just an issue of coding - just putting it out there.

It happens automatically in many cases as the prossie isn't bright enough or arsed enough to avoid getting the same AW I.D. number, which is what the search facility uses when you use it correctly of course. Matching up ones that have changed everything is harder, probably much harder to implement automatically, but punters often add a link to the review thread when spotted. For instance, there's a couple of gypos in Scotland for whom we've maintained a long list of identities to make it easier to avoid them.

[Malvolio]

How about automatically locking threads if there hasn't been a new post for a couple of years?  It tends to be new posters who resurrect threads from years back and they're rarely useful.

[Marmalade]

How about automatically locking threads if there hasn't been a new post for a couple of years?  It tends to be new posters who resurrect threads from years back and they're rarely useful.

Indeed it is usually some one line bollocks that people tag onto an old thread, probably "to feel they're joining in".

However it's worth bearing in mind (and valuing I think) the ethos of mininal moderation. Let's face it, when some twat gets keyboatd diarrhoea, experienced members usually tell him to shit somewhere else, which helps the forum to be self-moderating. Then there's a case where it would be better to reopen an old thread where the wheel was invented, save doing it again. On other forums I often feel annoyed when the mod has locked a thread (to my mind) prematurely. Cannae please everyone! A nanny-state forum encourages nanny-level posts.

[The Architect]

How about a Facebook type Like post feature? It'll stop people from writing +1 in threads which adds to their post count but doesn't actually mean anything to the count.

Displaying number of likes would show how credible you are so people also won't use post count as a measure of credibility

+1

...and I'm actually not taking the piss. I'd like to second this, it'd be an excellent feature. I'm a member of Pattaya Addicts which has a like feature at the bottom of each post and it works well. Especially, for example, in situations where a member is asking advice, and a particularly helpful poster posts particularly helpful advice... the herd can stamp their approval under the best post instead of cluttering the thread by essentially paraphrasing the same thing. The OP gets the message loud and clear.

PA doesn't display 'likes' next to members' profiles but it would also be a nice feature and be an indication of credibility.

Just don't go down the road of having these new shite emoticon things that Facebook has recently introduced...

[mh]

PA doesn't display 'likes' next to members' profiles but it would also be a nice feature and be an indication of credibility.

I disagree. It's one thing to have a like button instead of +1 posts, fair enough. But any "rating system" will have people chasing likes with all the smarming that would entail.

[Marmalade]

I disagree. It's one thing to have a like button instead of +1 posts, fair enough. But any "rating system" will have people chasing likes with all the smarming that would entail.

+1

And fluffies chasing each other 

Like buttons are not attractive. Who gives a fuck. It's not facebook with pretend friends. I think punters are grown up enough to make their own judgments. A +1, while lazy, is good enough IMO. Anyway, lots of people talk sense at one time and utter shite at another. I'd rather respond to a post on its own merits than have some artificial rating system shoved down my throat.

[Roger De Her]

I tried to use the Bcc facility on a PM reply  to copy in another member ( relevant, brause I think id received the orig msg as mistaken Id).  But I got a message saying this not possible
1. So why is I there?
2. Would be useful to have tho facility i think. Possible?

Roj.

[Sex Bob-omb]

searches in chronological order, with the newest post showing first?

+1,
This would be very useful

[Sex Bob-omb]

To expand on that, once you have the search results the ability to sort by date, relevance, post title, OP and maybe no. of replies?

Not sure how easy to do, or if others would find it useful too?

[Marmalade]

searches in chronological order, with the newest post showing first?

I'd welcome that.

But let's not forget that suggestions can probably be thought up at about x500th the time it takes to implement them. I'm guessing another restriction is bandwidth. UKP is a free site, paid for by admin. Gift horses, lookin' 'n' stuff . . .   

[TheNewSeeker]

Just to reiterate some points made about ordinary search (action=search2)

  Needs to be date sorted
  Needs to be delivered descending (newest posts top of the list)
  Need to be able to search a single board (but not by default, otherwise noobies would not realise that a girl had been talked about/reviewed elsewhere)

In addition it would be awesome if the 'messageicon' were shown in the result feed, which you get when you open a post, and for reviews also appears on a service provide search result (action=serviceprovider;id=nnn) feed. So for ordinary posts contributions we'd see Hidden Image/Members Only, and for reviews:  Hidden Image/Members Only, Hidden Image/Members Only or Hidden Image/Members Only. This way you can quickly jump to a review. Coupled with a descending date order the most recent review would be visible from a simple search.

Search would be great if it allowed more complex boolean logic to be used, e.g. 'DFK and CIM not Cosmopolitan', and exact phrases in quotes e.g. "large flaps" 

I'm not sure how you manage the linking between the serviceprovider id held in UKP and an AW id, but this needs to be a 1 to many link so that all reviews for a multi-profile girl show up. Perhaps this happens already and we need to flag this up more?

Cheers and thanks for all the effort

TNS

[Steely Dan]

And I wonder if the blacklist should be in a locked thread as well as on the wiki - and coded by AW number.  And always be first in a search list.  People seem to miss that escorts are on the list. Like this guy:
https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=89917.0

[Steady Eddy]

I agree with Steely Dan.  Any Blacklisting should be clearly identified on a search.  I recently did an AW ID number search and didn't realized she had been BL'ed as the detail was buried in a thread chat rather than the title.

It was only when it was pointed out elsewhere and I went to the WIKI list that it was clear.  A bit hit and miss.

Can anything be done to tighten it up?

[OldAdmin]

While not UKP new feature, I did add something to PuntingWiki yesterday:

You can now avoid having to manually update the review counts, just add any of these keywords below to get latest review counts:

Code: External Link/Members Only

{{UKP:SP_27_ReviewCount}}
{{UKP:SP_27_PositiveCount}}
{{UKP:SP_27_NeutralCount}}
{{UKP:SP_27_NegativeCount}}

Replace 27 with the UKP Service Provider ID, which is taken from review page, e.g. https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?action=serviceprovider;id=27

This was done using the MediaWiki API, if anyone wants to add new things via API, then let me know.

[TheNewSeeker]

Just to reiterate some points made about ordinary search (action=search2)

  Needs to be date sorted
  Needs to be delivered descending (newest posts top of the list)
  Need to be able to search a single board (but not by default, otherwise noobies would not realise that a girl had been talked about/reviewed elsewhere)

In addition it would be awesome if the 'messageicon' were shown in the result feed, which you get when you open a post, and for reviews also appears on a service provide search result (action=serviceprovider;id=nnn) feed. So for ordinary posts contributions we'd see Hidden Image/Members Only, and for reviews:  Hidden Image/Members Only, Hidden Image/Members Only or Hidden Image/Members Only. This way you can quickly jump to a review. Coupled with a descending date order the most recent review would be visible from a simple search.

Search would be great if it allowed more complex boolean logic to be used, e.g. 'DFK and CIM not Cosmopolitan', and exact phrases in quotes e.g. "large flaps" 

I'm not sure how you manage the linking between the serviceprovider id held in UKP and an AW id, but this needs to be a 1 to many link so that all reviews for a multi-profile girl show up. Perhaps this happens already and we need to flag this up more?

Cheers and thanks for all the effort

TNS

I noticed the other day that searches now show the post type and we also have the ability to set the sort order and search specific regions - awesome.

Thanks Admin - this is brilliant to immediately see in a list of results which ones are actual reviews.
 

[mrhappypants]

Admin, is there anyway to block / disguise links for readers who are not logged in?

Dave

[OldAdmin]

Admin, is there anyway to block / disguise links for readers who are not logged in?

Dave

I tried to do that a week ago but it didn't work fully, still remains on my to-do list.
All images are hidden from guests as you may have noticed already.

[Horizontal pleasures]

I used to be able to view threads where I had already posted and this seems to have vanished unless I missed a change of settings. I tried to put the feature on but cannot now find it. I asked before a couple of weeks ago and no responses.
Thanks
HP

[Corus Boy]

I think that point 1 would be a useful feature. I've often clicked on a topic only to find out that it's over a year old.

I agree. Both suggestions have value but I suspect Admin's "To Do List" might be long 

[OldAdmin]

I used to be able to view threads where I had already posted and this seems to have vanished unless I missed a change of settings. I tried to put the feature on but cannot now find it. I asked before a couple of weeks ago and no responses.
Thanks
HP

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