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Re: [grubstreet] New Index

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From: Bob Walker
Subject: Re: [grubstreet] New Index
Date: 17:23 on 25 Nov 2002

> Another thing Ivor and I were discussing in the pub...
>
> Google's search results for "Grubstreet" have changed. The redirector page
> we currently have at http://grault.net/grubstreet/ is being ignored, and the
> top hit showing up is the actual "Grubstreet" page. If we had a proper index
> script there insteat of a redirect, it could also display a RecentChanges
> feed.
>
> So I did it:
> http://grault.net/cgi-bin/indextest.pl
>
> All the links currently point to my test.pl because I applied the ModWiki
> patch[0] to it, and I wasn't going to mess around with the live site. Also,
> the search points to Ivor's search, and we could also have a link to Kake's
> Grub Search.
>
> What do you think?

I certainly think it looks better. Also having the recent changes feed
really helps imho.
One thing i would like to see is the Randompage link  in the sidebar for
the pages.


>
>
> [0] http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiPatches/ModWiki
>     http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?ModWiki
>
>
>

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[grubstreet] New Index Earle Martin 23:36 on 24 Nov 2002
Google's search results for "Grubstreet" have changed. The redirector page
- Re: [grubstreet] New Index Bob Walker 17:23 on 25 Nov 2002
  I certainly think it looks better. Also having the recent changes feed
  - Earle Martin 20:27 on 25 Nov 2002
    Yeah, the RecentChanges feed is dead good. I like it a lot. Another benefit
    - too deep to show
- RE: [grubstreet] New Index Ivor Williams 09:42 on 27 Nov 2002
  Found a bug. Try searching for all Chinese restaurants. You get the first entry
  - [grubstreet] Grubsearch [Was: Re: New Index] Kate L Pugh 15:03 on 27 Nov 2002
    Fixed in 0.03 -- thanks. I also made the script ignore subpages of