The forum Search feature
Is it not working, or am I doing something wrong?
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Re: The forum Search feature
Dunno, need more specifics: exactly what are you searching for, which page (advanced or just the one in the header), what results do you get, et cetera. :)
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It is working for me.
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Originally Posted by GulfportDoc (Post 2189547)
Is it not working, or am I doing something wrong?
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Originally Posted by GulfportDoc (Post 2189547)
Is it not working, or am I doing something wrong?
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"Seek and ye shall find, search and it's fiddy-fiddy."
Random interweb stranger, 2004 |
Re: The forum Search feature
I just tried a quick search for Justice League, which returned a fair sized list of results. Working OK over here!
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Originally Posted by AgrippinaX (Post 2189580)
Yeah, it’s not worked for me once since I joined, mobile or desktop.
Also, a general note to be specific in any bug reports, public or private. If I hear something "doesn't work" that could mean almost anything, from a blank white page, to no results, to bad results, to some other error (in which case I'd need the text of the error). It's impossible to be too specific. Be as pedantic as possible. |
Re: The forum Search feature
All that said, if someone feels the search hasn't worked at any point, I'd say with something like 95% confidence that it simply works in some way other than is being assumed (IE: you think it's searching all posts when the default is thread titles).
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Here's a comparison between mobile and desktop search: on mobile, if I search for "Andrew Wyeth" I get no results but I do then have an option to filter to Show Thread or Show Posts. Either option still returns nothing. However, here on my desktop if I search the same two keywords, there are no hits but I default to the more detailed search filters page.
There, I have more specific options. I can use the drop-down under Search by Keyword to select the Search Entire Posts option. Doing so, and clicking Search Now, filters out 5 threads that reference the words I'm looking for. It's as if the mobile version may only be searching thread titles when the Show Posts option is selected. |
Re: The forum Search feature
Yeah, that's an important distinction: in order to let people search quickly and easily, the form that comes up in the header (on both desktop and mobile) is very straightforward: it looks for threads. From the "full" or "advanced" search page, there are more options, including the ability to search for specific posts instead.
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For some more context, here is a screen cap of my mobile view with the two filters. Either option returns no hits on those keywords. It more or less refreshes the page and returns to this screen as it is here.
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Re: The forum Search feature
I think I can confidently say this appears to be a case of "Wyeth there no results?".
*Hangs head in shame and creeps away |
Pretty sure it works for me, I just always forget how to use it.
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Originally Posted by ynwtf (Post 2189623)
Either option returns no hits on those keywords. It more or less refreshes the page and returns to this screen as it is here.
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Here's what I get when I type Wyeth (one word) into my search on my PC:
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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2189626)
This sounds like two different outcomes: "returns no results" meaning it gives you a message that nothing was found, and returning to the screen meaning it didn't seem to search at all. Can you clarify?
Technically, I don't know what actually is being displayed (or not). My comments of course are just best guesses to interpret my experience. That said, when on mobile I can (lol skip on to #7 to bypass me obsessing):
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Re: The forum Search feature
Okay, got it. That's the key part, whether it actually tells you there were no results. It should, because that's what's happening. Otherwise it could be a completely different thing, like some kind of human verification check that isn't displaying.
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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2189595)
Oy, I always hate hearing this; please report these things! :) It's not a hassle, it's better to know, even if I can't always address something right away. Please PM me specifics when you get a moment and I'll look into it.
Also, a general note to be specific in any bug reports, public or private. If I hear something "doesn't work" that could mean almost anything, from a blank white page, to no results, to bad results, to some other error (in which case I'd need the text of the error). It's impossible to be too specific. Be as pedantic as possible. |
Re: The forum Search feature
Yeah, a lot of people think that, actually! And hey, sometimes it is, but in general I'm very cool with over-reporting compared to under-reporting, just to be safe. Even if it is just a mistake, sometimes I can make a tiny suggestion that fixes it. :)
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