Who's heard of archives

What do you mean about this Truckster, you have me curious now. I think it may be a good idea but I am not sure exactly (ie how it works and will be displayed).

David

Some sort of Frequently answered questions page.

EG.
Batteries
Fridges
Tires
Fridges
Lights
Fridges
Cars
Fridges
Turbos
and finally Fridges.

Maybe page for each with common answers, and links to other threads on the topic.

God knows people are too lazy to search for stuff.

Look at some other sites for FAQ's to give you an idea.

It would save 100 posts+ a week!

Maybe a dropdown with predifined keywords and the Search keywords select box at the top of the fourm page. What do you think about this - It may help? To build a specific FAQ page will require data extracts and management of the content I expect and I would love to have the system be able to do it automatically. Yes bloody fridges - I must agree.

David

That would work... Or somehow a listing (may require manual work to setup) of Threads on subjects like PHUQUING FRIDGES...

Yea management of content would hurt to do it manually, unless you create a new page with copy and paste USEFUL info, with + and - on each fridge..

It wont stop some, they are just too thick(been to the George W Bush school on how to turn into a moron...) but some would benefit from it.

I was thinking yesterday if it would be possible to categorise the archives
would be more work for somebody (David )
Would be similar to FAQ
as I noticed in the archives it highlights your search word (good)
yet it missed some & also picked out IE tent in content

just my 2cents worth

Cheers Bernie

Thanks Burnie,

I have just about completed a new look forum index page. Well it is not that new look however it integrates the search into the forum index and also handles the searches a whole lot better.

Good point about the tent on content etc. I can program past this without too much hassle if it should be required.

The search should not have missed anything do you have an example?

Regards
David

Hi David
I went back & had a look Keyword was tents
& yes it also gave me tents in contents

The ones it missed was tent (no s )
so same may happen if u say fridge or fridges etc

gee u fix one problem & up comes another

Cheers Bernie

What effect does running a fridge have on fuel economy of say, an 80 series TD. Now thats a new one!
Mal T.

He still has problems he lives over 1500klms away!

Thanks Blackie, how refreshing you are after reading some of the above comments. I'm only new to this site today and already feel threatened in case I ask a dumb or repetitive question (according to some). I don't mind reading about fridges and fuel economy and when I get bored with it, I'll just gloss over them. This site is great and I've just spent hours reading hundreds of questions and answers and I've learned some interesting tips along the way. And yes, I went to the archives and also used the search facilitiy.

Cheers
Lozza.