Cooky Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 could you change the settings so you can search words 3 letters long ??? searching EGR you cant as its to short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ecc Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 snap, tried searching 'mk7' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyvangough Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Will bring this to Steve's attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bob Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Will bring this to Steve's attention While you're at it, on other forums you can have the first few words of the post appears when you hover over the title, giving you an idea what the post is actually about, saves opening stuff you aren't interested in. Any chance of that on here Thanks to all who help to run the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyvangough Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Another idea, think that may be down to IP Board operating system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 HI folks This is a common problem with the forum that it is not possible to search 3 letter words on MySql and IPB Boards. We will soon be combating this issue by replacing this with google search. We have been using this on other websites and had some better success with this search feature. This should be sorted within the next few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny87 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 EXCELLENT NEWS!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesilverfox Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Ahh, that's dead handy. I knew IPB forums were limited, as three-word search puts too much strain on the database, but using Google should make searching a fair bit better! IPB has never (in my opinion) had a great search facility with some strong needs to be too specific. Everyone's seen the comment "I tried searching for another thread but couldn't find one .... " only for a few posts in, someone links to the relevant thread! Good move Admin - it'll make a pretty big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny87 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 HI folks This is a common problem with the forum that it is not possible to search 3 letter words on MySql and IPB Boards. We will soon be combating this issue by replacing this with google search. We have been using this on other websites and had some better success with this search feature. This should be sorted within the next few weeks. Hello again Steve. The new search is in some ways better than the old one, but in other ways the old search was far superior. Is it possible to bring back the old search and have both? Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 yes.. its possible to have a link to it. There are quite a few requests posts floating around and we need to combine all the requests in to one. I will get to work on these on monday. Then we can get on worth the front of the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny87 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Cheers Steve. Your hard work is appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 i have made a thread for this now, all requests to be placed. Appreciate your time in adding your comments Jon ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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