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My eyes are going to bleed.

Where did the "people search" function go? I just want to look up a few oldies, and there appears to be no place to look up people. Wtf mate?

Every time I've gotten on this website, it's gotten more and more foreign and odd.
The easiest way I find is just to do it manually. You can use the address http://www.byond.com/members/[insert name]

That should bring up their blog if they exist.
In response to Mikau
Well, sweet, that solves one of my problems... But why doesn't this site have a link for "member search" (just member to Byond's site, not fully "member")? It used to exist somewhere.

This site seems to have gotten, both, more and less user friendly as time has gone on. Oh well vOv, I'm probably the only person that complains about 'nothing.'

Thanks again.
In response to Flimmy
Oh yes, and I hate the advertisements ;\
but that certainly can't be helped (unless
I became a full-blown member?) so I do my
best to ignore them... they certainly don't
make the website any easier to use - just
eyesores.
In response to Flimmy
Being a full member will remove the advertisements from the blog, however advertisement on the main website will not be removed.

If you are a Firefox user, you can merely use Adblock to hide them.

As for your other post, if you're talking about a way to access a list of non-member keys, or a list of keys in general you'll have to think twice because that's definitely not going to happen.

There used to be a "people" search, but all it did was exactly what you're doing manually in the address bar.
In response to Mikau
Actually, as a member there is an opt-out option for ads. It's one of the un-advertised perks of being a member.
Flimmy wrote:
My eyes are going to bleed.

Where did the "people search" function go? I just want to look up a few oldies, and there appears to be no place to look up people. Wtf mate?

Every time I've gotten on this website, it's gotten more and more foreign and odd.

Uh yeah, Read your post whipped something up... Quite small... It's on here, I will be removing it in a couple of days, if you want the script here ya go:

It may not be efficient but meh..:

<?php
$form = "<center>
Search BYOND keys:
<div align=\"center\" style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:5px;width:30%\">
<form method=\"POST\" action=\"search.php\">
<input type=\"text\" name=\"query\" id=\"query\" />
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\" name=\"search\" id=\"search\"/>
</form>
</div>
</center>
";
if($_GET['key']){
$info = file_get_contents("http://www.byond.com/members/".$_GET['key']);
if(strstr($info,"<p class=\"title\">Recent Blog Posts</p>")){
echo "<center>The key".$_GET['key']." does not exist in the BYOND database<br /></center><br />";
echo $form;
}else{
echo "<script type='text/javascript'>window.location='http://www.byond.com/members/".$_GET['key']."'</script>";
}
}else{
if(!$_POST['search']){
echo $form;
}else{
echo "<script type='text/javascript'>window.location='search.php?key=".$_POST['query']."'</script>";
}

}

?>
<br />

<center><a href="http://www.byond.com">GO TO BYOND</a></center>


Also, no attempt was made to design this :P So have fun.
In response to Mikau
Mikau wrote:
...
There used to be a "people" search, but all it did was exactly what you're doing manually in the address bar.

Well, it was better than nothing. That's what I was so confused about originally... wondering where the function went.

Thanks for the replies ;)

And that scripted search function is pretty sweet ^.^
In response to Flimmy
Flimmy wrote:
Mikau wrote:
...
There used to be a "people" search, but all it did was exactly what you're doing manually in the address bar.

Well, it was better than nothing. That's what I was so confused about originally... wondering where the function went.

Thanks for the replies ;)

And that scripted search function is pretty sweet ^.^

For a simpler solution that doesn't require anything more than putting it into a Notepad and saving as whatever.html, try this:

<html>
<head>
<title>BYOND Members Search</title>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function member_search(key) {
document.getElementById('frame').src = "http://www.byond.com/members/" + key;
}

function size_frame() {
document.getElementById('frame').style.width = (screen.width - 120);
document.getElementById('frame').style.height = (screen.height - 360);
}
</script>
</head>

<body onLoad='size_frame();'>
<form name='search' method='get' action='' onSubmit='member_search(this.key.value); return false'>
<input type='text' name='key' size='30' maxlength='40'>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='Search'>
</form>
<iframe src='' id='frame'>No frames supported.</iframe>
</body>
</html>


PHP isn't necessary for things of this easy nature.