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Forum Search

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:50 pm
by Le Soldat Inconnu
Hi,

Since forum update, when i do search, i never arrive to have result by search word incluse in [ code ] [/ code ]

for example, i search GdipCreateBitmapFromFile, it's in code from this forum and search don't give any result.

It's possible to change this ?

Thanks

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:26 am
by klaver
I'll post in this thread as I also have problem with phpBB search.

I want to search the forums for two words: "load icon". Ok, so I search for (+ works as AND):

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+load +icon
And what I get?
Search term used: +load +icon ignored: icon
Why the heck the "icon" keyword is ignored?! Results for "load" only are DAMN USELESS!
I can understand thet phpBB ignores a "yes" keyword in a such phrase (| works as OR):

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load|yes
In this example the "yes" keyword would increase the results to billions of posts, so it's ok to skip it.
But in my case, the search engine by skipping the "icon" keyword INCREASES the amount of results and makes my search totally imprecise and useless. Isn't it illogical?

Conclusion: connected with issue posted by Le Soldat Inconnu, this search engine is fail.

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:14 am
by netmaestro
I too am disappointed in the search engine since the forum update. It used to be much better.

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:19 am
by UserOfPure
For now, just use Google to search the domain www.purebasic.fr with your keywords, and all will be found. :)

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:42 am
by chi
... or you could give Alt.[F1] a shot :wink:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 27&t=36150

cheers, chi

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:52 am
by Vera
Yes the ignoring of essential and peculiar differentiating words can be a thrill :?

But one can ship around by bringing in the Joker -> '*'
with 'load icon*' you'll get 93 matches

so long ~ Vera

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:41 am
by Kaeru Gaman
another issue with the forums search is, that it ignores text in code-tags.
for a programmers forum this makes it ... erm ...
klaver wrote: DAMN USELESS!
yes, thank you, Sarge.

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:30 pm
by Fred
If you know an option in phpbb3 to activate that, don't hesitate to tell us. I don't feel in mood to rewrite a php forum ;).

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:25 pm
by idle
Fred wrote:If you know an option in phpbb3 to activate that, don't hesitate to tell us. I don't feel in mood to rewrite a php forum ;).
:lol:

maybe Custom Google search could do it but it still needs a change of mood to do it

http://www.sixstringmods.co.uk/snippets ... php?id=227

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:02 pm
by Josh
use the better search for this forum :mrgreen:

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:26 pm
by Trond
Fred wrote:If you know an option in phpbb3 to activate that, don't hesitate to tell us. I don't feel in mood to rewrite a php forum ;).
Changing "search backend" from "fulltext native" to "fulltext mysql" should probably fix it. Also this should eliminate the common word filtering.

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:50 pm
by Fred
Ok, i switched the search backend to mysql native. Just try it to see if it makes a difference.

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:10 pm
by Demivec
I see an improvement. Code sections are now included in a search. :)

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:57 pm
by netmaestro
Thanks fred!

Re: Forum Search

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:37 am
by ozzie
Trond wrote:Changing "search backend" from "fulltext native" to "fulltext mysql" should probably fix it. Also this should eliminate the common word filtering.
Thanks, Trond - a useful tip that I've now applied to my own phpBB forum.