Roy Bradshaw

Q: Previous Posts

In the past I could see my previous questions, where are they now.

 

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Posted on Sep 25, 2016 11:13 AM

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  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Sep 25, 2016 11:41 AM in response to Roy Bradshaw
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:41 AM in response to Roy Bradshaw

    Depending on how the ASC site renders in your chosen macOS and browser

    you can look into various previous posts and histories in a few different ways.

     

    Roy Bradshaw - Content, if you choose Authored: (link detail obscured by name)

     

    Roy Bradshaw - Authored (by use name, available if logged in) from this, where

    the link I used is obscured by name, Authored vs Participated brings up other.

    Picture 1.jpg

     

    Roy Bradshaw - Participated. Some of these can be used if you know the user

    name, for offline or not logged in search for the content. Otherwise a prompt

    appears to say content access is denied, unless you login.

    Picture 2.jpg

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?q=Roy+Bradshaw 'space search' by

    date or various parameters you can set. I've found to shift between timeline is

    a way to reveal more/or less. Some items from quite some time ago are missing.

    Other items not so long ago are too; perhaps edited away, or if a thread was

    deleted and so was my reply to another user question, etc.

     

    One can go back quite some time and vary the parameters (as I've done in my

    search to see where posts or topics in my history have gone.)

     

    Not sure if this helps at all, because some aspects of ASC and Jive vary in use

    depending on browser and OS X version. At the moment, I'm looking & posting

    from a Late 2005 G4 Mini 1.5GHz that runs Leopard 10.5.8; with TenFourFox.

     

    Tweaks suggested to obtain better performance in these ASC discussion areas

    may allow you to see a better history from your configuration. I've not tried those.

     

    Good luck in any event!

     

    {edited 2x: to make sense of how links were obscured, this confused me}

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Sep 25, 2016 12:00 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    Sep 25, 2016 12:00 PM in response to K Shaffer

    Tried to edit yet again, when I found link to the User becomes generic

    after it is published; some only are conditionally direct to content area

    such as Authored (button in page is not carried into URL) so a default

    to Author may be assumed when the User is logged in or other has

    access to view these detailed views because they are logged in.

     

    The mechanics of how these pages render (scroll bar changes and

    boxes within boxes) makes for tedious effort to edit replies no matter

    the macOS version. Two boxes on the web page, one inside another;

    these never seem to align with the stars to make editing easy.

     

    Anyway, I had sought to make an almost invisible change to first reply

    and it seemed to work, then it didn't stick. But you can visit content

    in your User in one way, logged-in, or see your history if not logged-in.

    Same for most any other user, the 'Space Search' in People, helps.

     

    Links to sub-sets of page renders do not appear to be retained in a

    final post of URL, so your namesake is all that appeared instead of

    the 'Authored' content column. Oh well.

     

    Perhaps someone else has an easier way, or a jive-command backdoor

    to access ones user content to get past foibles of web page constructs?

     

    Good luck, in any event...! LOL

  • by Roy Bradshaw,Helpful

    Roy Bradshaw Roy Bradshaw Sep 25, 2016 12:43 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    Sep 25, 2016 12:43 PM in response to K Shaffer

    Thanks for the reply but it is a pity the original route called something like "My previous posts" isn't available.  I am sure some of the discussions I found via your method aren't actually mine.

     

    I had an answer to a question some time ago but failed to make a note and now have forgotten what to do.

    I shall have to post the question again.

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Sep 25, 2016 5:07 PM in response to Roy Bradshaw
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:07 PM in response to Roy Bradshaw

    Of course, when logged-in to your own ASC account a few more items

    appear in Content menu, than Authored, Participated, & Following...

    Screen Shot 2016-09-25 at 3.55.06 PM.png

    And when you use the 'space search' of a user name, (works even if you

    are not logged-in, so also works with other users if you know their name)

    you can view almost every item in the participation history of the account.

     

    With exceptions I've noted earlier. Threads that were removed for reasons

    such as one you may have replied to that were deleted by Hosts, if you

    had a reply there, it would be gone. In some instances your records may

    or may not reflect that outcome. Some of my first ones were deleted due

    to the fact they were issues that Apple could not address, nor would the

    Apple Discussions be able to resolve. Defective merchandise, for example.

     

    If you try to find your history of participation using the search, and then be

    careful how you choose to enter your name, you should gain access to much.

     

    Anyway, I think the answer is in how you choose to use the search, from

    my experiences; over time, the Apple discussions have changed a bit...

    As I recollect, they were quite different when I became a member in 2003.

     

    Good luck & happy trails!