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Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:41 am
by Mark
Read the most recent update, and wondered if it would be possible to add a search function to the advanced search, where I could look up the most recent additions to the database. Just an idea for specialized (narrow-minded?) people like me, hehe...

Advantage for me would be: I could see in a moment if there's any interesting-looking C64 games among the most recent additions to the site. Probably a very specialized (and overall not too useful) function, though. Opinions please?

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:09 am
by Mr Creosote
What I can say is that the information required to implement this is readily available in the database.

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:40 pm
by Gunness
Mark, as always we like to make our users happy when their suggestions make sense ;)

I think it sounds like a useful feature, and I'm sure other users will agree.
Does "recent" imply a set number of days (say, 10 or 20), or is this selectable by the user?

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:20 pm
by Mr Creosote
Wouldn't it make more sense to offer the option to sort by entry date? That way, the usefulness is not dependent on the frequency of site updates.

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:34 pm
by Gunness
Yes, you're right. Much better idea :)

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:48 am
by Mark
A few options would do the trick just fine. Something like "added to database last week, last month, last 3 months, last year"

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:13 am
by iamaran
Mark wrote:Probably a very specialized (and overall not too useful) function
I don't think that this is specialised or useless - in fact there have been many times that I've thought it would be very helpful indeed.
Gunness wrote:Yes, you're right. Much better idea :)
Seconded.

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:09 pm
by iamaran
And/or how about including new additions alongside updates and comments in the 'recent activity' section?

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:08 am
by Mr Creosote
I think the decision back then was to have some things in the main newsposts and some things in the 'live' activity stream, but not to overlap between the two.

Re: Search by "date when added to site"?

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:16 pm
by Alex
Talking about additions to the site, another thing which could be handy is the option to search games without an image. It would be a lot easier to upload screenshots for games without having to review them one by one to see if they have already a screenshot.