OK,Now flat boards are relatively easy. just take the current page and update it in the index.
Proper threaded ones are going to be a little harder - not so much the indexing of the content, but
deciding what content to index.
To get the most 'current' board topics we need to index the 'most current' threads, which theoretically
are those which have the most recent posts.
The question is do we want to index the current content of a thread
1. - (i.e. the newest posts to the most recently updated threads)
or just the original content of a thread
2. - (i.e. the original content of the most recently updated threads)
I guess point 2 will give a better idea of the context of a thread (maybe), but point 1 is a lot
fresher....but with a risk of indexing posts that just say 'yeah, I agree'.
Also, is the primary aim of the service:-
- To provide a searchable index of several bb's
or
- To provide a list of most current discussion subjects across all bb's
Planning to do both, but back-end data will be structured differently according to what we want it
to do.....
BTW, If this post is getting in the way of the usual ramblings we can always move it to an email
discussion...although that's less fun (and generates less ideas)
[email protected]
(Proper threaded ones are going to be a little harder - not so much the indexing of the content, but
deciding what content to index.
To get the most 'current' board topics we need to index the 'most current' threads, which theoretically
are those which have the most recent posts.
The question is do we want to index the current content of a thread
1. - (i.e. the newest posts to the most recently updated threads)
or just the original content of a thread
2. - (i.e. the original content of the most recently updated threads)
I guess point 2 will give a better idea of the context of a thread (maybe), but point 1 is a lot
fresher....but with a risk of indexing posts that just say 'yeah, I agree'.
Also, is the primary aim of the service:-
- To provide a searchable index of several bb's
or
- To provide a list of most current discussion subjects across all bb's
Planning to do both, but back-end data will be structured differently according to what we want it
to do.....
BTW, If this post is getting in the way of the usual ramblings we can always move it to an email
discussion...although that's less fun (and generates less ideas)
[email protected]
flibz,
Fri 8 Feb 2002, 7:08,
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I don't care about discussion/threadsI was interested in polling for links. I think there is value there.
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rob,
Fri 8 Feb 2002, 7:28,
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Linksis a fairly quick hit I think - and doesn't require too much storage, so I'll do that first.
The question is do we want link and link text or link & sample of target url....
[The more complicated, storage instensive, thread archivy thing may offer a
more detailed take on current discussions tho (so I might build that later...)]
(The question is do we want link and link text or link & sample of target url....
[The more complicated, storage instensive, thread archivy thing may offer a
more detailed take on current discussions tho (so I might build that later...)]
flibz,
Fri 8 Feb 2002, 8:21,
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