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Re: Favourite Maps

Postby t-o-m on Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:39 pm

lancehoch wrote:It is not a site option, but there is a userscript "Games Filter" that can do this. Link

A better one would be saved searches wouldnt it?
You can save then load your settings/maps...
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Re: Premium Perk - Save favourite game finder tick boxes

Postby jesterhawk on Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:51 am

While I at this time don't have any funds to part with, I will become a premium member as soon as I can.

That said, I REALLY WOULD like the FAVORITE game finder select feature. I didn't see this on the list of suggestions. Is it being considered??

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Re: Premium Perk - Save favourite game finder tick boxes

Postby Timminz on Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:25 am

jesterhawk wrote:While I at this time don't have any funds to part with, I will become a premium member as soon as I can.

That said, I REALLY WOULD like the FAVORITE game finder select feature. I didn't see this on the list of suggestions. Is it being considered??

JH


It is available as a Greasemonkey add-on, called Saved Searches. It's free, and found in the plugins & Add-ons sub-forrum.
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Re: Premium Perk - Save favourite game finder tick boxes

Postby chipv on Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:33 pm

For Internet Explorer there is a Saved Searches script (there has been for months):

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=54932

Included in the post is a link to explain how to run scripts for Internet Explorer.
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Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby grunion on Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:12 pm

Suggestion: Allow players to save frequently used searches in game finder


Specifics:
  • Allow a player-configurable list of 4 - 5 "favorite searches" in the Game Finder screen
  • Allow players to come up with names for the saved searches

This will improve the following aspects of the site:
  • When I go to Game Finder 90% of the time I am putting in the same search criteria, looking for games to join with my preferred criteria. Usually it is too much of a chore to multi-select a bunch of specific maps I like so when the search comes up I end up wading through many screens of games I wasn't interested in. Also for some maps I prefer different settings than for others. I'd like to create these searches just once and then save them.
  • Having a pick list of searches that I know will generate the results I want will make me a happy camper and make it tons easier to join the games I want to.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby Timminz on Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:18 pm

There is a script for greasemonkey that does this.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby grunion on Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:50 pm

Timminz wrote:There is a script for greasemonkey that does this.
Great, can you point me to a link? Thanks!
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby Timminz on Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:01 pm

grunion wrote:
Timminz wrote:There is a script for greasemonkey that does this.
Great, can you point me to a link? Thanks!

I could. Or you could go to the thread about "saved searches" in the plugins and addons sub-forum.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby Timminz on Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:05 pm

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=18815

Apparently I'm not as much of a self-centered jerk as I had previously let on.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby grunion on Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:13 pm

Thanks, that script is just what I was asking for.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby ubersky on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:33 pm

There are some things that I feel should be part of the site, even though you can find some add on to fix it. Since this is not on Lack's To-Do list as a Reject, I would like to support this built into the site.

If you know how to read the HTML, you can construct your own... i.e.

"Crossmaps"
Code: Select all
http://www.conquerclub.com/player.php?submit=Search&gs=W&pt=N&mp=96,9,92,104


So I don't think it's a hard thing to store on the site (either in a "last 5 searches" or "repeat last search" or "save this search" at the bottom of the GF menu).

I would support it being added to the site.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby chipv on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:36 pm

ubersky wrote:There are some things that I feel should be part of the site, even though you can find some add on to fix it. Since this is not on Lack's To-Do list as a Reject, I would like to support this built into the site.

If you know how to read the HTML, you can construct your own... i.e.

"Crossmaps"
Code: Select all
http://www.conquerclub.com/player.php?submit=Search&gs=W&pt=N&mp=96,9,92,104


So I don't think it's a hard thing to store on the site (either in a "last 5 searches" or "repeat last search" or "save this search" at the bottom of the GF menu).

I would support it being added to the site.


Why not just bookmark the URLs, rename them if you want?
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby lancehoch on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:37 pm

chipv wrote:Why not just bookmark the URLs, rename them if you want?

I am pretty sure that the game finder pages all have the same url.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby ubersky on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:39 pm

You could create bookmarks of the above codes and use them yes. It's basically how the GM script works.

I still think it has a place mechanically as part of the site, but like alot of things that BOB or Clickable Maps provide, you can get it outside the site.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby chipv on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:42 pm

lancehoch wrote:
chipv wrote:Why not just bookmark the URLs, rename them if you want?

I am pretty sure that the game finder pages all have the same url.


You get the real URL from the << button at the top right of the results page.
You don't see all of the parameters in the address bar because this is what is called a POST query which hides the parameters in the address bar.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby chipv on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:49 pm

ubersky wrote:You could create bookmarks of the above codes and use them yes. It's basically how the GM script works.



No the GM script does not mimic bookmarking because the disadvantage of bookmarking is that it is more difficult to edit.
A bookmarking script would have to run on the results page.
The GM script runs on the game finder and works by saving all of the form data into persistent memory.
The reason why it does this is to make it easy to load and edit saved searches.
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby ubersky on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:57 pm

no.. I'm not saying that bookmarks are the same as the GM script at all. I think the way your GM Script works is great, and I think that the functionality deserves to be embedded into the site.

It's possible to replicate some of the feature with saved searches, as long as you know how to submit the url correctly, but for most people, that is a pain in the butt, so for most people, the GM script is the best way to go.

Unless they put it in the site. :)
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Re: Suggestion: Saved Searches in Game Finder

Postby chipv on Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:12 pm

ubersky wrote:no.. I'm not saying that bookmarks are the same as the GM script at all. I think the way your GM Script works is great, and I think that the functionality deserves to be embedded into the site.

It's possible to replicate some of the feature with saved searches, as long as you know how to submit the url correctly, but for most people, that is a pain in the butt, so for most people, the GM script is the best way to go.

Unless they put it in the site. :)


I agree with you, actually.

I can't claim credit for this script, I just corrected and rehosted it, but it's actually a neat little script written by stocksr.
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Game Finder Search Agents

Postby JubjubS22 on Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:29 pm

Concise description:
  • Game Finder Search Agents

Specifics:
  • add the ability to save specific search criteria selected in the Game Finder as a "Search Agent" that can be used over and over, similar to many job search websites.

This will improve the following aspects of the site:
  • make game searches used regularly a matter of 1 or 2 clicks, rather than several clicks, making it easier and faster to find games and get to the action.
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Re: Game Finder Search Agents

Postby mikeplay on Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:37 pm

O:) this is one of the best suggestion i heard.it take forever to find desired games.thank you .
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Re: Game Finder Search Agents

Postby The Neon Peon on Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:14 pm

There is a script that saves let's you save your searches. Look it up in the plug-ins forum in the GD.
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Re: Game Finder Search Agents

Postby JubjubS22 on Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:00 am

Thanks, I'll see if I can find the script.

I still think it would be a nice element to the site rather than a separate script that has to be setup. Most new players would not know to look for a script, or even know how to find it.
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Re: Game Finder Search Agents

Postby JubjubS22 on Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:51 am

The script was easy to setup. Didn't take too much searching to find the right topic, New Greasemonky Script - Saved Searchs ( http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=18815 )

With so much content in the forums is does get hard to find stuff. I've even been on some of the topics that list all the scripts but wasn't looking for a "save searches" script at the time. I guess that makes this a duplicated post, so sorry for that.

Anyway, thanks again. I have it setup and am already using it now.
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Re: Game Finder Search Agents

Postby JubjubS22 on Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:50 am

Now that I am using the DEFAULT feature of the Saved Searches script it makes me want to have a clear or reset button on the Game Finder screen. I know you can deselect items, as well as keep multiple saved searches and click on them to change the form, but starting from scratch should be as easy as clicking a clear or reset button. A reset button on an HTML form should be a fairly easy thing to code.
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Re: Game Finder Search Agents

Postby JubjubS22 on Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:47 pm

I must have eaten my Wheaties this morning cause it dawned on me that I could clear the Game Finder search form and save it as RESET. Using DEFAULT it loads my usual game search automatically, but if I want to start from scratch I just load the RESET saved search and it is as good as having an HTML button to clear and reset the form. I guess you just have to be smart enough to use the tools already in your hands. :)
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