[ILUG] site updates

[Niall O Broin]

On 21 Feb 2005, at 15:10, Kenn Humborg wrote:

>> On 21 Feb 2005, at 14:43, Kenn Humborg wrote:
>>
>>>> 1 Go to the site
>>>> 2 Click on 'News Archive' in the column on the left (underneath
>>>> the Recent News
>>>> posts).
>>>> 3 Take it for there....
>>>
>>> Doesn't work for me.  I get a "Search ILUG NewsItems" box and nothing
>>> else
>>> on the main part of the page.  The top, side and bottom bars don't 
>>> show
>>> anything obvious to me either.
>>
>> Down on the bottom left of the page, just where Ken said (well, he
>> didn't emphasis bottom) there's a "News Archive" link. In fairness 
>> it's
>> not blindingly obvious, but nor is it in 4 point type. I checked it in
>> Safari and in Moz. on Linux so unless you're using a really special
>> browser Kenn, it should be just there in front of you.
>
> I saw that.  And when I click that link on the main page (which
> points to http://www.linux.ie/news/), I get the search page.  And
> if you're talking about the identical "news archive" link on the
> sidebar of the search page, it goes to the same place.

And in that input box, you type in the items of interest, click the 
Search button, and away you go. If you want to browse all 508 (as I 
type) archived news items, enter * as the only search term.

Now clearly Kenn, as a demonstrated non-moron, this must have been 
obvious to you. So what other functionality were you expecting the news 
archive to have?



Niall