forum search

[martindwilson]

ok so im told search is working,if so how do you you use it?

[royUK]

I did a similar search & got twenty pages of results. Unfortunately, instead of newest first it started in 2008 despite changing the order before searching

[Vaibhav]

ok so im told search is working,if so how do you you use it?

martindwilson, I tried the same search and it worked well for me .. Infact i tried it 3 times and it worked well every time..

I did a similar search & got twenty pages of results. Unfortunately, instead of newest first it started in 2008 despite changing the order before searching

Even i got twenty pages of results and I also tried using the descending posts to show up the latest posts first and even that worked like a charm


screen shots : http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...0101at324.png/ , http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...0101at323.png/

[martindwilson]

ok ill try again
here are the results this time i expanded it to any date, loads of returns but only threads started by me . not replies i have given

[zbor]

Yes, I'm having same problem.. Just wanted to post some screenshots.

Also, I got results (for exact name), BEFORE I've joined to the forum.

After I put descending date order I didn't get desired result...

[zbor]

I would also appeal, one more time, to add My Posts button that would list all my posts like I would search them...
(for every user itself, so everybody would have use of it:
A every day users that can check latest posts
A new users and users that don't came too often, to find their posts easier

[zbor]

Here are the screenshots of search (only date changed in Advanced search).
That IMHO would need to be from the newest to the oldest by default...

[Vaibhav]

ok ill try again
here are the results this time i expanded it to any date, loads of returns but only threads started by me . not replies i have given

martindwilson, To see all every thing try searching for your name in the keyword and it will work as desired

[zbor]

Actually, that would bring only results if someone mentioned you or quoted you... If you just replied to the posts, you won't see that results

[royUK]

zbor, click on your name & then "View Forum Posts"

Vai - ascending or descending makes no difference to the order for me

[zbor]

zbor, click on your name & then "View Forum Posts"

Vai - ascending or descending makes no difference to the order for me

For example, I don't see today posts. Also, I can't see did they read or not. They are all bold.

Ascending and descending does make sence since it's more likely, when you searching posts by name, to look latest and not oldest posts. Of course, if you need oldest, you can always change order.

[Vaibhav]

I would also appeal, one more time, to add My Posts button that would list all my posts like I would search them...
(for every user itself, so everybody would have use of it:
A every day users that can check latest posts
A new users and users that don't came too often, to find their posts easier

Okay Zbor, Let me discus this with the mods and if every one thinks there is a use of it we should be able to do it fairly quickly ..

Here are the screenshots of search (only date changed in Advanced search).
That IMHO would need to be from the newest to the oldest by default...

Your results will be better if you tick the "search type" options with posts. Also some people might not want newest results so by default the search works by its own algo to show posts which it thinks are most relevent. Imagine if google starts showing only latest posted pages by default, will you still use google ?

Vai - ascending or descending makes no difference to the order for me

Roy Its working for me, which browser are you using and which theme .. i ll test using your settings ..

For example, I don't see today posts. Also, I can't see did they read or not. They are all bold.

We will set the cron to index new posts to something like 3-4 hour so that new posts which are just 3-4 hour old start showing up in the search .. I ll check for the read and unread posts further if you can tell me your browser theme ... normally Read and not read can be determined by the colour of the icon next to the post and also by the thread being shown as bold.

[zbor]

When I click my name and Find latest posts this is screenshot I get (Chrome, 16.0...)
(also note dates of the posts)

ALL mods must agree You could say at least 75%

[royUK]

I'm using Opera and Chrome

[teylyn]

Using Chrome on XP.

I just searched for keyword "teylyn". Results attached. Why would I see a list of top level forums and then a bunch of visitor messages between people who are not me and don't mention me in the VM?

I notice that the advanced search has two tabs and seems to default to "Search Multiple Content Types". That tab has different search fields from the tab "Search Single Content Type". The latter looks like the old search interface, and there is an option to "Find latest post by user", or alternatively, "Find threads started by user". The "latest post" is still not correct, but I guess my latest post has not yet been indexed for the search.

In any case, I find it much faster to just go to my user CP, which for reasons incomprehensible is still hiding behind "Settings", and then click to show all subscribed threads.

One thing that search no longer does is to find posts with 0 replies. On the search interface that is now on the tab "Search Single Content Type" , one used to be able to enter "Find Threads with" > At most > 0 replies. I can still enter this search criterion, but the search result contains threads with more than 0 replies.

Needs work.