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[TucsonBird]

Just want to say the new forums look to be coming along great so far. Can't wait to see the rest of the features enabled.

My only complaint so far is with using the search function. It seems like it's getting too trigger happy on stripping keywords out of the search, and it won't give any decent results for what I am looking for because of this. Is there anything that can be done about this?

Thanks

[3.4 slow to go]

Re: Search

give the specific keywords and search function used to better troubleshoot the issue

[TucsonBird]

Re: Search

Just the normal search box that pops up at the top of the board... Sorry for not being more specific

Search phrase I tried:
AC blows while off

It ended up just searching for "blows". I tried a few others too but can't remember them.

[TealV6]

Re: Search

Ok.. Let's sticky this one. Rules are:

1. ONLY POST words you've used in the search and what it ACTUALLY searched.

2. NO WHORING!!!

I'll working on defining the search better for everything.

Steve

[98Camaro3.8]

Re: Search

I tried searches in every forum on the board. Only a few of them worked. The others only showed posts made since the update to vBulletin.

The following ones in bold did not work:


General Tech
Advanced Tech
Intake/Exhaust
Drivetrain
Suspension
Forced Induction
Nitrous
Appearance
Stereo/Electronics
Third Generation
Tuning

Modification Reviews
Review Submissions
Technical Archive

Drag Racing
Autocross/Road Racing

Lounge
National Events
Kill Stories
Website Stuff
Other Rides
Featured F-Body

Sponsor Arena
For Sale
Wanted

General Regional
RedLine VSix Club
Venom-VI Club
Florida V6 F-Body Club
Dixie Six
Heartland Heat Club
New Jersey
West Coast
Southwest

[TealV6]

Re: Search

OK.. that post.. made NO sense! I need to know what WORDS you used when searching.

[98Camaro3.8]

Re: Search

That's what I was trying to say in the email last night. What I'm searching for makes no difference....NOTHING works. I can only get results if whatever I'm searching for has been posted after the vB update.

[TealV6]

Re: Search

Ok.. let me work with it this weekend some (maybe.. i might try to ride if nice) also, I might try to call you.. so PM your cell to me so I can verify both yours and mine with this search issue.

[98Camaro3.8]

Re: Search

Sorry I didn't reply soon, I was away all weekend.

I just tried searching for "cam" in Advanced Tech. I got the maximum of 200 results...everything seemed to be working correctly.

I then tried searching for "clutch" in Drivetrain. Again, 200 results and working perfectly. The results only went back to last year, so I tried searching for older posts but it stopped working. Now now matter what I search for (in any forum) I only get results posted since the vB switch.

I tried clearing cookies and cache, but no difference. Also tried in IE, but same thing.

No matter what I do, I can't get the results I got before.

[3.4 slow to go]

Re: Search

interesting. I just tried to search in the third gen forum for cam, 3.4, disc, rear, headlamp, head and got nothing. IAC did get a hit.

[98Camaro3.8]

Re: Search

Same thing just happened again. I search for "pulley" and got all the results. Went to index again and try exact same search, in exactly the same way. Got the 2 results posted since the switch. Hit back and went to the first search. Tried going to page 2 and it was working. Still can't get a new search to work, though.

[98Camaro3.8]

Re: Search

Posts I found on vB's site:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176604
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174931
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122963
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180164

[TealV6]

Re: Search

It's already been rebuilt.... I'll do it again late this weekend.. because it is server intense. But I don't think that's it.

[Loochy88]

Re: Search

seems that in many of the sections that 98camaro3.8 had bolded, you can not find posts older than this april (since the move??)

for instance, search for "exhaust" in the intake exhaust forum, results go back to the first couple days of april and then quit.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: Search

I think the search could be really improved if it allowed us to search for phrases, without cutting out the short or common words. For Example, if i want to search for C5 wheels or something similar with something short, like C5, the search function cuts out C5. Now that's understandable because it's so short. But if there was a way to search for that phrase, such as adding quotations around it, eg "C5 wheels", that would help, because i have searched for a long phrase that should cut down many results that i'm not looking for, only to get most the words taken out, and leave me with hundreds of threads to look through to find the one I want.

currently if you add quotes, I think it searches for the quotes too, so you don't get any results.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, if it's possible, to allow the search to look for phrases that include short or common words when quotes are added around the phrase your looking for.

my two cents.