Tweak the search engine . . .

Posted by: GrayHam

Tweak the search engine . . . - 08/09/03 10:01 AM

Ian,

As a good and loyal XOCer, I use the search button.

However, when I do use the tool, I find that I spend a good amount of time scrolling through the Search In: list, trying to find the damn forum I'm looking for . . .

What is the logic for the way the forums in this list are laid out?
-Not alphabetical.
-Not set up to mimic their place in the Forums page.

Is it possible to tweak this list?
Might make it easier to find the forum you want to search . . .
Posted by: Smith

Re: Tweak the search engine . . . - 08/09/03 10:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Graham:
What is the logic for the way the forums in this list are laid out?
-Not alphabetical.
-Not set up to mimic their place in the [b]Forums
page.

[/b]
I'm not Ian, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

I'm pretty sure they are in the order they were created.
Posted by: babyX

Re: Tweak the search engine . . . - 08/09/03 12:02 PM

How about a "Search all forums" or allow a search of multiple forums? That would be fabulous.
Posted by: Guido

Re: Tweak the search engine . . . - 08/09/03 12:29 PM

You used to be able to search all forums, but it took forever and it ate up bandwidth so Ian disabled it if I remember correctly.
Posted by: XOC

Re: Tweak the search engine . . . - 08/09/03 12:47 PM

They are ordered numerically, which makes the list pointless. The best way to use it is to go to the forum you want to search, and search from there.

Someday, a million years from now, I'll find 100 free hours and convert the board over to vBulletin. I was going to do it a few months ago, but it didn't convert correctly. Now that they have fixed it, I'm at work, and don't have free time to do it.
Posted by: PrimeX

Re: Tweak the search engine . . . - 08/09/03 04:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by xoc:
Someday, a million years from now, I'll find 100 free hours and convert the board over to vBulletin.
Wow, you're Xterra will have a lot of miles in a million years. Will the picture gallery still be available in the year 1,020,003?
Posted by: GrayHam

Re: Tweak the search engine . . . - 09/09/03 07:53 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PrimaryXtc:
Quote:
Originally posted by xoc:
[b]Someday, a million years from now, I'll find 100 free hours and convert the board over to vBulletin.
Wow, you're Xterra will have a lot of miles in a million years. Will the picture gallery still be available in the year 1,020,003?[/b]
And in a million years, your spelling might improve . . .

As well as your math . . .

1,000,000 + 2003 = 1,002,003