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Miscellaneous => Forum Tech Support => Topic started by: carlossus on May 26, 2011, 06:26:28 AM



Title: The Search function is useless.
Post by: carlossus on May 26, 2011, 06:26:28 AM
Hello.

I was just wondering why the search box is so poor. I have never been able to find past threads using it.

For example, I want to find the thread where we discussed KVB so I search for that and get a load of pages that don't contain the term when I do a text search of the page.

Am i doing it wrong?


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: Matt Danger on May 26, 2011, 08:17:26 AM
If you perform a search while reading a thread in a sub forum the search will only search that sub forum.

I agree that SMF's search is frustrating.


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: carlossus on May 26, 2011, 08:59:27 AM
Topic only search seems to work better.


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: Tony@NefMoto on June 08, 2011, 10:32:08 PM
There seems to be a problem with forum search when the forum log file gets large. I cleared the log file when I moved the server to Amazon. So hopefully everything keeps working until I can get the search issue with the log file sorted.


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: judderbar on October 19, 2015, 11:30:54 AM
So I type

The search function is useless

into the search box while in this thread and get no results

??

There is surely a mine of information on this site if only people can get access to it.


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: nyet on October 19, 2015, 11:35:06 AM
Yea, it's junk. Have to use google :(


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: turboat on October 19, 2015, 03:21:31 PM
Like every forum for ever.


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: k0mpresd on October 19, 2015, 03:35:11 PM
search function works fine for me. always make sure to search from homepage of forum.


Title: Re: The Search function is useless.
Post by: judderbar on October 21, 2015, 01:33:32 AM
search function works fine for me. always make sure to search from homepage of forum.

Try this:

Search for exotic

Topic is returned with mention of exotic plaything

Now search for plaything from home page