bdcribbs
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Lots of people ask about stuff that's already been covered in the hints and solutions forum. Maybe some of them are too lazy to look, but the forum is getting quite a large history to look through and there really is no way to reliably search for a level/room.

What if there were drop-downs that let you choose
hold->level->room when creating a post (similiar to the image selector) ?

This info could be automatically appended to the subject in a consistent format, which would allow for easy searching (and wouldn't require changes to any db tables or whatever is used on the backend to store the messages).

(perhaps level/room could be optional to allow for general questions about a hold or a level)

I suppose we could just ask people to use a consistent format when specifying the hold/level/room...

mrimer
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Or at least have separate folders within the hints, etc., for threads about each level, if it's possible to put sub-categories within categories. But the first idea is neat-o.

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Mattcrampy
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Also, we could update the hints page on the main DROD site.

Matt

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