Before Posting Read This - It Will Save Alot Of Wasted Time

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:01 am

----------> Can This Be Pinned Please? <-----------

Please use the "search"option in Halomods before making a post in modding discussion. Almost everything anyone new is going to ask has been discussed and debated before and you will find your answers in past topics rather then a waiting for replies in new topics.

You can find the forums search here: http://forums.halomods.com/search.php

How to use search:
The first box is for searching for keywords hence labeled "Search for Keywords". Say you looking for something like Warthog Skins then typing in "Warthog Skins" in the box will yield results for anything with the word "warthog" and "skins" in it. So how do we narrow our field down to find exactally what we want? use the word "AND" in your search. It will look like this..

Warthog AND Skins

Now your search will find results with those 2 words together. The more words you add to your search the better your going to find what your looking for. Just remember to add the word "AND" between each word your using to make your results more accurate.

Searching for a Author:
Say you are looking for something I did a long time ago but dont remember what it was. Just enter in the second box "pepsi711" and it will yield results only dealing with things ive posted or said. There is a way to find topics only posted by someone which we will get to in a moment.

Search in forum:
Here you can choose exactally what section your going to be doing your search in. For the warthog skins you would most likely choose the "HaloPC Section" but i keep mine on "Forum Index" so im sure ive checked the whole forum in case someone posted a reference to something im looking for.

Search Options:

-left side

Search previous:
Just leave it on all posts seriously. Dont argue so you don't miss anything. Under that is three options. There pretty self explanatory. If we use our example of looking for a "Warthog Skin" i would first check "Search post title only", so you know the results in your post will be dealing with hogs skins as the base of the thread. When you use the other two options, your doing a more deep search by actually going into the topics/posts and seeing what people have said about what your looking for.

-right side
Leave the drop down at "post time" choose "descending" and the last drop down is how many characters (letters/text) you want to read in your results back.

Closing:
I hope this helped alot of thoes who are new here lately and joining the forum. Just remember like 90% of everything your going to ask in "modding discussion" has either been talked about or done and if you use the search option you will find your answers alot faster.

If your looking for tutorials on anything please see these links below:
http://forums.halomods.com/index.php?f=14
http://forums.halomods.com/index.php?f=15
http://forums.halomods.com/index.php?f=90
http://halopc.net/forum/index.php?c=16

If none of what ive said above has helped you find a answer to your question, then feel free to make a post. Maybe you have something that none of this helped you find.

-pep

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:23 am

This isn't going to help anything. People Never learn.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:58 pm

I think it's going to help, it would help me if I'd just joined, seriously.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:12 pm

Ya, it's not gonna help if they don't even read the READ BEFORE POSTING forum.

bobtheshoe · Post by **bobtheshoe** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:42 pm

It might not help many people, but I believe this should be stickied at the least, this is excellent for anyone who actually reads the "READ BEFORE POSTING" Stuff
great job pepsi
hope you arent offended if I drink a pepsi now XD

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:50 pm

Or, just set it up so that when a user joins, As soon as they login for the first time, There is a pop-up with a link to the rules. Just like on H2Vista.

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:03 pm

yeah they never looked at mine i dont think...
feel free to bump it (its a sticky) and tell me how good it is

http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=61473

SL!P · Post by **SL!P** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:04 pm

sticky it.

It could most certainly help.

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:10 pm

hey ill edit my post if you want...full credit to pepsi.

SL!P · Post by **SL!P** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:38 am

^^Bump^^

for unberstandable reasons

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:18 pm

shadow...
pin this...
please...

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:26 pm

either pin this or make some text appear when you make a new topic that asks if you did a search first.

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:47 pm

pepsi711 wrote:shadow...
pin this...
please...

pepsi...ill add this to my tutorial that is stickied in the tut section.

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:48 pm

i still say it should be stuck here also...

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:13 am

bumping cause i feel it needs it with current questions being asked here recently in this section

SL!P · Post by **SL!P** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:29 am

This needs to be stickied.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:06 pm

Gosh, where are the mods these days?

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:08 pm

These kinds of things have been stickied before in the individual forums, and they don't help. For example, in the Mac section, we tell people not to post questions, but they still do. It doesn't work in the large scope of things.
Plus, we already have a general one... http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?p=478043
We don't need a tutorial on how to use the phpBB search system...

Philly wrote:Gosh, where are the mods these days?

There's a thing called school.

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:17 pm

then people cant complain if someone tells them to search for it. i got what i needed from this. thx's.

^not trying to be a smarta$$ either when saying that

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:18 pm

I meant the PC section, but hey.