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This site is difficult to navigate with just a paging list of entries with no order. Is there a search feature? Anyway to find old games without having to scrol

This site is difficult to navigate with just a paging list of entries with no order. Is there a search feature? Anyway to find old games without having to scroll through each page or write a python scraper? I love the effort. We should absolutely preserve old software and try to keep it working through various means. I just have a really hard time finding what I’m looking for on this site.

galad87 1y ago
Yup, just right in the upper half of the page there is a big search box and an "sort by" popup button.
- reactordev 1y ago
  I don’t see that on mobile. Just a list of games and a pager at the bottom that goes on for miles…
  - MacSourcePorts 1y ago
    Yeah, I don't know why I've never added that, but you can filter games on the main page not the /games page.
- dbalatero 1y ago
  The main page has the search box & sort by: https://www.macsourceports.com/ https://www.macsourceports.com/ The Games page does not: https://www.macsourceports.com/games https://www.macsourceports.com/games
MacSourcePorts 1y ago
Try this, I just now added it. https://www.macsourceports.com/games/list https://www.macsourceports.com/games/list
- reactordev 1y ago
  Better! However, just including the filter could have solved this and other problems. Only having it on the main page was lost on me when initially viewing. Page on but let me filter. Also when clicking on a page, trigger a scroll to top. There were a couple times where I clicked on a pagination page number and it looked like nothing happened but the above content changed. Snappy but send me up. Little polish, little elbow grease, and bam. You got yourself an archive of the best of the best in old Mac software. Keep it up, for real, I kept telling kids about Bungie and Marathon but they still swear Halo is original.
  - MacSourcePorts 1y ago
    Yeah there's a glitch on scrolling up, I've never completely nailed it for some reason. I need to get on a real CMS just haven't had time. I originally omitted filtering on mobile for space reasons but then re-added it on the Home Screen.

galad87 1y ago

Yup, just right in the upper half of the page there is a big search box and an "sort by" popup button.

reactordev 1y ago
I don’t see that on mobile. Just a list of games and a pager at the bottom that goes on for miles…
- MacSourcePorts 1y ago
  Yeah, I don't know why I've never added that, but you can filter games on the main page not the /games page.
dbalatero 1y ago
The main page has the search box & sort by: https://www.macsourceports.com/ https://www.macsourceports.com/ The Games page does not: https://www.macsourceports.com/games https://www.macsourceports.com/games

MacSourcePorts 1y ago

Try this, I just now added it. https://www.macsourceports.com/games/list https://www.macsourceports.com/games/list

reactordev 1y ago
Better! However, just including the filter could have solved this and other problems. Only having it on the main page was lost on me when initially viewing. Page on but let me filter. Also when clicking on a page, trigger a scroll to top. There were a couple times where I clicked on a pagination page number and it looked like nothing happened but the above content changed. Snappy but send me up. Little polish, little elbow grease, and bam. You got yourself an archive of the best of the best in old Mac software. Keep it up, for real, I kept telling kids about Bungie and Marathon but they still swear Halo is original.
- MacSourcePorts 1y ago
  Yeah there's a glitch on scrolling up, I've never completely nailed it for some reason. I need to get on a real CMS just haven't had time. I originally omitted filtering on mobile for space reasons but then re-added it on the Home Screen.