"Child forums"

[The Monkey]

Ever since I first came here three and a half years ago I've always wondered what the "child forums" are...

 

[Absinthe]

"Child forum" should be the official name replacement of the Politics section.

 

[HunterSeeker]

The Zombie Convention forum is a childforum to the lounge.

 

[hungryduck]

i think that just includes the subforums under the lounge in your search

 

[[Matt]]

another name for subforum

 

[SimonomiS]

12 and under.

 

[Reginald]

Where I imprison my sexual partners.

 

[kirovman]

Look up what Children mean in the context of Object Orientated programming. There you will find your answer.

It just means the forums that are derived from the parent forum.

i.e. Videos, Images, Flash Dump is a child forum of The Lounge, which in turn is a child forum of Off-Topic Forums.

 

[Solaris]

Where I imprison my sexual partners.

I rofled

 

[AciD]

I rofled

Double rofl

 

[The Monkey]

Look up what Children mean in the context of Object Orientated programming. There you will find your answer.

It just means the forums that are derived from the parent forum.

i.e. Videos, Images, Flash Dump is a child forum of The Lounge, which in turn is a child forum of Off-Topic Forums.

But you get the same thing when you search for everything forum, including those without "child forums". Does it appear by default in every search?

 

[MJ12]

The only reason I understood what child forums were is because I was watching some thing on game design, and they have some system called like "parent to children movements", and it's applied in the movement in the model, if the parent moves, so do all the "children", but if the child moves, the parent does not, nor do the other children.
An example would be a model of a hand, the palm would be the parent, the fingers would be the children.

yeah, no one cares what I just said lol.

 

[Baal]

But you get the same thing when you search for everything forum, including those without "child forums". Does it appear by default in every search?

Yes :dozey:

 

[highlander]

Children? In hl2.net? IMPOSSIBLE!

 

[Seppo]

i think this thread is very important and raises many interesting questions

 

[Baal]

i think this thread is very important and raises many interesting questions

I agree.

I hereby endorse this event, attraction and/or unveiling.

 

[Ennui]

Glad we got this one sorted.