http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:30:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1117503 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:59:12 +0000 poisonspider 1117503@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the feedback. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1117322 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:11:08 +0000 Mark 1117322@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The change is temporary.<br /> The old search was dragging the server down at the busiest times of the day. We are currently upgrading the servers so that this doesn&#39;t happen. Currently we have three servers. they are good but now we are delivering more and more high bandwidth content via our premier system its&#39; starting to load up the servers a bit too heavily. Consequently, where once a search of the forum caused no trouble at all the server loads are high enough now that searches at peak times causes one of them to lock up and no one can access the site. Using google searches means the site will stay up while we migrate over to our new servers over the next few weeks.</p> <p>The old search will be back once we&#39;ve made that move. </p> <p>Oh.. and yes.. everything is indexed just fine. It really is that busy in here <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1117245 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:54:30 +0000 poisonspider 1117245@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I tried searching for why they changed the search and all I could find was two mentions of trying to speed things up.</p> <p>Running faster is great, but rather than finding what I want a little slowly, I can now find f-all really fast!</p> <p>Dead useful. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1117184 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:39:11 +0000 Stoner 1117184@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>you&#39;d have thunk they might have undertaken a little canvassing before pulling the plug on key bits of the site. Ya know, courtesy and all that. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1117168 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:35:18 +0000 poisonspider 1117168@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Can I add my name to the list of &#39;new search&#39; haters. It&#39;s utter crap. Why dick about with something that was perfectly fine. (Although that wasn&#39;t as good as it was way back when you could search by user name). </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116414 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:15:45 +0000 ctznsmith 1116414@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Yes, yes I am...it&#39;s either that or whine about it incessantly on the internet. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116397 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:12:08 +0000 B.A.Nana 1116397@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>But if you just put &#39;FS&#39; or &#39;WTD&#39; in front of your search term</blockquote><br /> You&#39;re assuming that everyone does that, or remembers to do that.I&#39;d say you&#39;re trying to make the best out of something that doesn&#39;t work - it&#39;s sh1t and you know it. And, if I have to be a computer geek to make it work, it&#39;s double shit with green custard on. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116372 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:06:02 +0000 goog 1116372@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>sorry buts its shite ... there was nout wrong with the tother one <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116355 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:01:12 +0000 ctznsmith 1116355@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>@vinnyeh you&#39;re not wrong...odd that.</p> <p>But if you just put &#39;FS&#39; or &#39;WTD&#39; in front of your search term e.g. &quot;FS Chris King headset&quot; and search the entire forum you can get the desired results.</p> <p>It&#39;s not shite, just doesn&#39;t spoon feed you. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116322 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:53:17 +0000 goog 1116322@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>so its shite then ? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116314 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:51:47 +0000 vinnyeh 1116314@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>ctznsmith, try using it on the classifieds.<br /> The results don&#39;t point to the posts, or even to the index page that the posts are on.<br /> The result list doesn&#39;t provide a contextual string for the search term, in the way that the old search did.<br /> The result list is incomplete.<br /> For the classified forum at least, the option to order by date is not available. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116270 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:40:31 +0000 goog 1116270@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>search function = shite .... FACT !</p> <p>I&#39;m glad I&#39;m not a P muppet or I&#39;d be throwing my toys out of the pram about it </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116234 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:27:55 +0000 antigee 1116234@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I reckon that from now on any repeated posts/questions should be greeted with UTFS like on the LFGSS board.</blockquote></p> <p>well thats that sorted then! obviously i don&#39;t spend enough time in forum world will google for a translation </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116174 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:12:25 +0000 ctznsmith 1116174@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Considering Google is ubiquitous it&#39;s amazing how few people know how to use it.</p> <p>If you want to do anything beyond a simple search use the advance search link that means you can search in a date range or in specific forums as the podge said.</p> <p>If you want the most recent results then when you get your search results back in Google click the plus to see the &#39;options&#39; then select &#39;latest&#39;. Simples! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>There is another thread that explains <em>why</em> STW have changed the search I suggest you search for it. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>I reckon that from now on any repeated posts/questions should be greeted with UTFS like on the LFGSS board. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_twisted.gif" title=":twisted:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116130 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:01:36 +0000 antigee 1116130@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>i could never find anything with the old search so it can&#39;t be worse </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116115 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:57:05 +0000 IanMmmm 1116115@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It would be much better if you could order the results by date. Other than that, it&#39;s OK. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1116061 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:14 +0000 Dickyboy 1116061@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>new google search is rubbish </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1115670 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:47:19 +0000 B.A.Nana 1115670@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>jond, try and use the search function now. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1115661 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:45:51 +0000 jond 1115661@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Search by member login seems to be a bit variable - a few times names just haven&#39;t been in the pull-down. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114972 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:37:57 +0000 allyharp 1114972@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>One thing I don&#39;t like about the search function is how it only takes note of fairly recent posts so it&#39;s hard to find anything from anything more than a few months back.</p> <p>You can of course use google which proves the posts <strong>do</strong> still exist. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114959 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:34:56 +0000 B.A.Nana 1114959@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I predict it&#39;ll be scrapped in a few days. </blockquote><br /> Hopefully, don&#39;t know why Tom db thought this was a good idea. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114951 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:33:25 +0000 grievoustim 1114951@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>i want the most recent results - the google search tries for most relevant, but I don&#39;t think it works in this context </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114944 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:39 +0000 B.A.Nana 1114944@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I tried that earlier today Podge and it didn&#39;t work, as vinnyeh says. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114934 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:29:50 +0000 vinnyeh 1114934@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>@thepodge - the results, and links returned are still rubbish, the preview in the result is garbage- the links don&#39;t take you to the thread, or even the relevant page, and there&#39;s no way of ordering by date.</p> <p>I predict it&#39;ll be scrapped in a few days. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114922 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:26:42 +0000 thepodge 1114922@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>go to advanced and then stick</p> <p>/forum/classifieds</p> <p>at the end of the address bar </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114907 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:23:55 +0000 sc-xc 1114907@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/search-bar-gone">If you had used the search before posting...</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114895 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:21:22 +0000 thomthumb 1114895@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>it broke it broke!! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114890 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:20:10 +0000 Badgerpoo 1114890@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I can&#39;t see how you search a specific forum, eg classifieds. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114878 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:14:38 +0000 Tracker1972 1114878@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>You search for stuff, and it appears...<br /> What&#39;s not to like? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hey-whats-happened-to-the-search-function#post-1114852 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:12 +0000 grievoustim 1114852@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>don&#39;t like it! </p>