I’d like a way to display all of a user’s posts and comments on a single HTML page, so I can find things easily. I’ve written a PHP script to mechanically “press” the “next” button repeatedly and collate all of the pages into one, and I’ve found it very useful. I would make the URL public and let everyone use it, but unless I add some kind of caching, it might put a lot of stress on my my server and Less Wrong’s if many people use it at the same time on some prolific contributor (e.g., Eliezer).
So my questions are:
Is there much demand for this feature from others?
Is there hope to have it implemented on Less Wrong directly?
If the answer to 1 is yes, but 2 is no, then I’ll code the caching and make the URL public.
ETA: In case anyone wonders why I didn’t submit a patch to the Less Wrong codebase, it’s because I can’t understand how it works. Is there some documentation for potential developers?
I’d like a way to display all of a user’s posts and comments on a single HTML page, so I can find things easily. I’ve written a PHP script to mechanically “press” the “next” button repeatedly and collate all of the pages into one, and I’ve found it very useful.
There doesn’t seem to be a huge demand for this (or not many people are paying attention to this thread), so if anyone wants to know the URL for this, just send me a private message, and I’ll give it to you.
I’d like a way to display all of a user’s posts and comments on a single HTML page, so I can find things easily. I’ve written a PHP script to mechanically “press” the “next” button repeatedly and collate all of the pages into one, and I’ve found it very useful. I would make the URL public and let everyone use it, but unless I add some kind of caching, it might put a lot of stress on my my server and Less Wrong’s if many people use it at the same time on some prolific contributor (e.g., Eliezer).
So my questions are:
Is there much demand for this feature from others?
Is there hope to have it implemented on Less Wrong directly?
If the answer to 1 is yes, but 2 is no, then I’ll code the caching and make the URL public.
ETA: In case anyone wonders why I didn’t submit a patch to the Less Wrong codebase, it’s because I can’t understand how it works. Is there some documentation for potential developers?
I wrote earlier:
There doesn’t seem to be a huge demand for this (or not many people are paying attention to this thread), so if anyone wants to know the URL for this, just send me a private message, and I’ll give it to you.
(For the record, the URL was eventually posted here.)
I might use it, but probably only if it were incorporated into the site. Is it really only possible to view 5 at a time with the current script?
Edit 4/11: Changed my mind; sending PM.