Hi again, this is your resident community supporting staff member here to tell you about a feature which has been part of Mod DB for ages, but which is rarely used. Findmod.
"What is this Findmod?" I hear you cry. Put simply, it's a fast way to search for a mod by name. To use it you just point your browser at Moddb.com followed by the name of the mod you're looking for. The only thing to remember is that if the mod's name has a space, you must replace it with a + so for example "Sample Mod" becomes "Sample+Mod". If you do everything correctly then at the end of it you should be taken straight to the appropriate profile. Give it a go:
I'll be writing up some more tips on how to make the most of Mod DB in the coming weeks, so watch out for those!
yeah i used it to find all the source mods out
Didn't even know it existed, probably won't use it. I use the Google search on the left by habit.
First+Strike
;)
I've always used the findmod feature even today. even yesterday
maybe the admin team can spend more time deleting dead mods than creating functions no body wants or needs :(
Hi ,
Several community polls have led us to implement our archiving policy for dead mods. After a period of inactivity, mods are automatically brought up for review by the staff. If they are still played, we re-auth them but if they are actually dead then they are archived, and don't show up anywhere on the site except for modWatch, and if you specify the mod by URL. For example,
is marked as archived by the system. You can get to it by URL, but if you search for it then you'll notice it's not in the list.
My next Admin's Desk post is planned to include some more details on how this works, and also what goes into our decisions to auth or ban mods.
Dood, I totally forgot about this, and it was introduced so long ago! :O
Can't you just convert spaces to +? ;)
Anyway, i guess most of the ppl here just bookmark some mods where updates are posted regularly. No need for this function, at least as long as you don't need to find something old. ;)
I find it's useful. I'd also forgotten about it. I only knew about it because of something Scotteh said once, but it is a damn fine feature.
Well, shows how much we use it. But I bet we will be using alot more now it has been brought up.
Maybe an add of this to the bar across the top along with Games, Mods, Forum, etc?
omg it works
Moddb.com
thank you for clearing this up.
I'm looking forward to the next tidbits of info, especially about authing/banning mods. I asked for to be looked into a while back and was wondering how it has escaped the banstick (I can still find it in my searches when it's clearly just a joke).