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Nathan Kelly	Wednesday 21 September 2005 11:01:26 pm Hi, just going to bring the forums back into the spotlight here. This idea may be a little hard to enforce but it would make searching for a solution to a problem a lot more direct. I have found on countless occasions when looking for answers that a lot of threads end with: "Thanks, I finally got it working..." It would be much better for the community in general if forum threads ended with something along the lines of: "Thanks, I finally got it working. This is what I did... Explanation follows..." As I said I know this is hard to enforce, it comes down to the individual to decide if the information they have could help others in the future. However I think you could encourage people to share the info not only in the forum rules but additionally if you give them an option within the thread (or reply screen) that states something along the lines of: Did the suggestions expressed in this thread solve your problem? [yes] So if you click the [yes] button you are taken to the post screen and prompted with: If you have solved you problem, why not share the solution with others? Once you post your reply the word [SOLVED] is appended to the thread title, this way people will know the best places to start looking when they have a similar question. This suggestion comes down to community values, members of the community obviously need to have some consideration for others with similar issues if they decide to use a feature like this. However I think it could make a big difference to the amount of repeat questions that currently exist with no solutions. Cheers! Pardon me while I burst into flames...

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Nathan Kelly

Wednesday 21 September 2005 11:01:26 pm

Hi, just going to bring the forums back into the spotlight here.

This idea may be a little hard to enforce but it would make searching for a solution to a problem a lot more direct.

I have found on countless occasions when looking for answers that a lot of threads end with:

"Thanks, I finally got it working..."

It would be much better for the community in general if forum threads ended with something along the lines of:

"Thanks, I finally got it working. This is what I did... Explanation follows..."

As I said I know this is hard to enforce, it comes down to the individual to decide if the information they have could help others in the future. However I think you could encourage people to share the info not only in the forum rules but additionally if you give them an option within the thread (or reply screen) that states something along the lines of:

Did the suggestions expressed in this thread solve your problem? [yes]

So if you click the [yes] button you are taken to the post screen and prompted with:

If you have solved you problem, why not share the solution with others?

Once you post your reply the word [SOLVED] is appended to the thread title, this way people will know the best places to start looking when they have a similar question.

This suggestion comes down to community values, members of the community obviously need to have some consideration for others with similar issues if they decide to use a feature like this.

However I think it could make a big difference to the amount of repeat questions that currently exist with no solutions.

Cheers!

Pardon me while I burst into flames...

eZ debug

Timing:	Jan 31 2025 00:41:47
Script start
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 00:41:47
Module start 'layout'
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 00:41:47
Module start 'content'
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 00:41:48
Module end 'content'
Timing:	Jan 31 2025 00:41:48
Script end

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Total runtime	0.5976 sec
Peak memory usage	8,192.0000 KB
Database Queries	48

Timing points:

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Module start 'layout'	0.0045	0.0032	739.7266	221.1172
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Time accumulators:

Accumulator	Duration (sec)	Duration (%)	Count	Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache	0.0030	0.5045	16	0.0002
Check MTime	0.0011	0.1874	16	0.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection	0.0009	0.1461	1	0.0009
Mysqli_queries	0.5295	88.5919	48	0.0110
Looping result	0.0003	0.0531	46	0.0000
Template Total	0.5565	93.1	2	0.2783
Template load	0.0017	0.2890	2	0.0009
Template processing	0.5548	92.8245	2	0.2774
Template load and register function	0.0012	0.2058	1	0.0012
states
state_id_array	0.0008	0.1302	1	0.0008
state_identifier_array	0.0008	0.1380	2	0.0004
Override
Cache load	0.0014	0.2334	18	0.0001
Sytem overhead
Fetch class attribute can translate value	0.0016	0.2741	1	0.0016
Fetch class attribute name	0.0015	0.2471	2	0.0007
XML
Image XML parsing	0.0017	0.2858	1	0.0017
class_abstraction
Instantiating content class attribute	0.0000	0.0006	2	0.0000
General
dbfile	0.0029	0.4826	16	0.0002
String conversion	0.0000	0.0007	4	0.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

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Usage	Requested template	Template	Template loaded
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1	content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl	<No override>	extension/sevenx/design/simple/templates/content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl
1	content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl	<No override>	extension/community_design/design/suncana/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl
1	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl	<No override>	extension/ezwebin/design/ezwebin/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl
1	print_pagelayout.tpl	<No override>	extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tpl
Number of times templates used: 5 Number of unique templates used: 5

Time used to render debug report: 0.0001 secs