@ ynsaen Well said, my friend, well said. ;=]

I am getting partial functionality for user searches, e.g. I wanted to find out what happened with virus and his alien drone (it went to planit3d.com) so I entered virus AND drone, and it found the thread. (took about 10-15 seconds, not really sure - I'm on a 6 mbps connexion). god forbid that I should want to find all posts by any user, even by a member who posts as infrequently as virus, but I reckon it's well within the capabilities of the new software. I believe there is some syntax for entering just an username in the search field, preceded by some other alphanumeric string, but I haven't deduced it yet.

@ williamsn Thank you for that clarification ... I shall wait ... patiently. ;=] cheers, dr geep ;=]

I know FULLTEXT catalogs and how to use them. They are faster than the LIKE clause, especially when used on longer text fields, but still much slower than a search in a numerical field. Keeping the catalog up to date also hurts performance. Luckily this is only needed when inserting/updating/deleting something. That is why I prefer searches in numerical fields wherever and whenever possible. When I design a database, I only create fulltext indexes on large textfields like the contents of a post, not on small ones like a title field. Depending on the database engine and full text catalog engine, the performance break-even point between WHERE - LIKE and FULLTEXT lies between about 50-500 characters in the text field. As for the trolling issue: here's how I see it. Whatever feature is included, there will be some aholes that will abuse it. By stripping away the feature, the aholes win. They have managed to cripple the service/product. And the normal, responsible users lose. This seems to be a fact of life. Not only on Renderosity, it happens everywhere, both online and offline. Letting a**holes win is against my religion. That said, I'm not pleading for a "no holds barred" type of site. Reasonable restrictions and safeguards are absolutely necessary. A little example: On preventing burglary. You can leave all your doors and windows wide open. That will make it very easy to enter or leave the house. Very functional and user friendly, but also very unsecure. You can fill up your entire house with concrete. Impossible to break into, but your house will also be totally useless. Or you can install and use decent locks. This will keep most burglars out, and you can still enter or leave your house without too much trouble. I have the impression that renderosity is leaning towards filling the house with concrete. And williamsn: thanks. It's good to know that the issue is not being ignored.

it would be nice if the function is re-installed. if i did not heard from a person for a number of time, i want to look for that person, but must be able to do so with the search possibility. so please: can it be a possibility again.

"But of course the forum users are who are must important, because you're the people using these every day" Ahh, since when? I vote to bring the search by name back. I vote to get this site to run faster with my hi speed connection than what my slow dialup was a couple of months ago, but I don't see that happening either.

I want to be able to search by user name. It helps me to find tutorial threads, and threads by merchants.

Well this explains why I couldn't find postings about a particular member the other day. There was a freebie item that said member had produced a while back. I was trying to find anything that might point me to finding it since it was no longer available in the freestuff area. I ended up pulling together what I could to fit my needs but wasn't exactly what I wanted. Was under a deadline so I had to make due. Search by username would be most helpful. Please bring it back! David

Yep... How many threads here have the words "you can find the answer to that question in one of Dr. Geeps tutorials. Just do a search for his name in the forum." Now if you search for "Geep" you'll have to wade through all those posts to find the ones where he actually psted his tutorials.

This is being worked on to bring back the ability to search by username. Hopefully will be implemented by the end of the day today

Quote - "This is being worked on to bring back the ability to search by username. Hopefully will be implemented by the end of the day today"

Bless you. ;=]

Hello Pakar, This is coming back if its not already there. I haven't checked for sure but the programmers have been working on the search today.

Quote - "This is being worked on to bring back the ability to search by username. Hopefully will be implemented by the end of the day today"

OMG!!! Thank you !!!!

heehee I love that little cute smiley Acadia:) And you're very welcome!!!

Hi - I'm unsure what a search by "user" name is. That's someone's REAL name, correct? As opposed to one's "ARTIST" name? If so, then I'm for stopping it. Anyone who is looking for my art knows me or has heard of me by my artist or "branded" name which I use everywhere I post on the 'net. I've known a number of artists here who have been hounded relentlessly with much cruelty and have had to change their artist name and then had sign up with a fake name in order to continue unharrassed because their real name could still be found. Or they just left. I know one lady who had her personal business website hacked badly a couple of years ago because they found her real name here and followed that lead back to her site overseas. She has now lost the use of a "brand" that has made her a decent bit of money and recognition over the years and now posts anonymously here if at all. Banning someone for a violation doesn't work. They just rejoin with a different artist name and a throwaway Hotmail address they can whip up in like 3 minutes and continue. People who do that sort of thing are, typically, not very interested in making anything of their art, or maybe aren't smart enough to understand that your branding or "signature" needs to be consistent to be recognised and, to them, one screen name is as good as another. Now, if you've misspoken and by "user name" you meant one's screen-name - their "artist" name - here at Rendo then it's a matter of semantics and in that case I am for reinstating it. I'd love my artist name to show up in a LOT of searches but as for my real name, no way. If they are looking for my art, then they will search for the name it is published under. Why would they want to find the "real" me - unless they are a bill collector or my ex-wife sent them. :-) Though, I suppose they might want it so that they could write me a fat personal check for a print of one of my images....nah! as if! lol Besides, I have a pretty weird real name - lol. Anyhow, it's not important enough to me for someone to be able to find me by my real name for it to be an avenue for harm to even one person, let alone the many that have had that kind of trouble here....

It is by the "artist" name as in Renderosity username not real name:)

LOL - so in the time it took me to write that long mess, the function is being restored...ah well, no biggie...

Yes Rykk, this was implemented earlier today so really no need for "votes" on this as its already been addressed.

just one addendum - that doesn't change anything but adds perspective to 'security' in the future: If anyone really wanted to hassle someone, they could simply look up their name in the member's directory and take it from there... via Gallery, IM, email. They could certainly wreak havok if they wanted.

Quote - "just one addendum - that doesn't change anything but adds perspective to 'security' in the future: If anyone really wanted to hassle someone, they could simply look up their name in the member's directory and take it from there... via Gallery, IM, email. They could certainly wreak havok if they wanted. "

Not to mention just looking through the archived threads for posts by particular members. Just a note to those people who do that...if anyone takes to hasseling me, I just want them to know that I am capable of biting back....big time! :b_grin:

"This is being worked on to bring back the ability to search by username" Sensible move. Thanks

thanks for the search ! Perhaps the replies listed below the thread, will come back, too ?...

Quote - "I'm for search by user name - it's a function of every other php forum I use and they certainly have less content than these forums and the only way to find some threads is because you can remember who posted them."

Oh EXACTLYYY!!!!! That's just how I USED to use it, until the cripling of Rosity with that stupid "search by month and year" only function, that we had prior to the change over. I mean there was a thread that I just knew 'who' had posted the model to for c&c, no idea when, no idea what the thread was called, so how the heck else are you supposed to search for it? I was just about to send a "whining for help" message to the person concerned when the function came back with the changeover... only now look at it! "insert swear words of choice here" Yes!!! So I definitely vote for its return. Like yesterday!!!

Search by username is back.

:b_grin:

Lol!  Well, that was almost 'yesterday'.  Pretty quick moving by the programmers!

And nice to see that some of the things we moan about can be fixed.

So thanks to all for this!

Yay!  Rah Rah Rosity!!!

{now, if we could just fix the ebots...}

Quote - "Search by username is back."

Well done !!! .................................................. and THANKS ! ... ;=] :biggrin:

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Search by user name?

Yes, please.

jon

thank you.

to those who have stated that nothing here ever gets changed when people complain, i'd like to say that while i am new to renderosity, i've seen three times now a very quick reaction to reasoned complaints in regard to the forum changes. ergo, a defeatist attitude isn't helpful, but wording one's concerns courteously, with examples, and an acknowledgment that one understands the other side, that does seem to work pretty well.

Thanks for reinstating search by user name :)

I don't like this change, I would like to have the old forum and most of all the search by author: it's a vital part of the forum. I think you can adopt some other counter measure to avoid harassment.

Best Regards

Fulvio

Quote - I don't like this change, I would like to have the old forum and most of all the search by author: it's a vital part of the forum. I think you can adopt some other counter measure to avoid harassment.

Best Regards

Fulvio

 

Search by user name is back :)

And one year later, I was able to find this thread when I wanted to because I remembered "Acadia" started it, and used the search engine to search for "search" by "Acadia".

I like self-referential things.