Avonlea22 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Maybe it's been suggested before, but I sure would like to see a search function in the ACP. This would help admins find certain sections of the ACP without looking everywhere and wasting time. I just tried to find the area where I set up forum pruning. I spent 10 minutes looking for it, and still haven't found it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason L Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 That is what the documentation was created for. The only other option would be to search the KB articles or help topics or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Actually that would be a nice idea. Isn't all the menu items located in one file? Have an option to search the menu items for key words and be able to go directly there :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digi Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I concur that a search option for settings (or ACP help items) would be a good thing for novice admins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggi Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I concur that a search option for settings (or ACP help items) would be a good thing for novice admins. theres already a search area for settings? help items would be a good addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digi Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 theres already a search area for settings? help items would be a good addition Lulz, shows how much time I've spent in the acp lately :P It's mostly an in and out thing and I pay little attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggi Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Lulz, shows how much time I've spent in the acp lately :P It's mostly an in and out thing and I pay little attention. if you didn't write billions of mods for ipb i MIGHT have let you off... no chance now tho :P. /me points and laughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The problem is, there is no real way to do this (the pages and most of the stuff you'd be searching for isn't in the database). We'd have to somehow come up with an index file of keywords or search terms that maps to the appropriate sections. @Luke, well, no, not really. There is one file for each tab for the menu items, and even then, I don't think that would cover with the OP is requesting. i.e. there is no menu keyword for "forum pruning" which is what triggered this topic. Ultimately, this is a difficult thing to do. I think the documentation covers this relatively well (and in depth) and PDF files are of course searchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digi Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 if you didn't write billions of mods for ipb i MIGHT have let you off... no chance now tho :P . /me points and laughs Writing mods usually entails making new settings and such, so I do get off the hook :P Since I know where all the settings are pretty well, it's kinda ok that I missed the search thing. I probably noticed it previously and jsut forgot anyway :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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