I just wanted to let you know about the New Search which has been implemented and give you some Tips on how to use it effectively

As you may have noticed, our Search Platform was not very good. Many people complained about not getting the results they wanted and resorted to other methods of searching. Let me assure you, I have been listening to your complaints and been planning long and hard on a solution

So after loads of lines of code and dozens (Ok maybe 3-4 ) of cans of Red Bull, I believe we have the solution. Welcome to our new Search Platform

What does this Mean for Me?
Well after loads of testing by select people, we have come up with a new and improved Search which will make finding things much more easier.

How do I use it?
Well you use it in the same way as the previous search platform. Just type the things you want and press the Search Now Button. Although as part of our improvements, we have introduced new options which will be explained in the next post.

Anything else?
Well currently all I can say is Happy Searching! There is always room for improvement and I personally will welcome any suggestions.

Thanks
- Suhail

How to make an effective searchWe have always wanted to make Search more effective and efficient. Therefore we introduced new Optional Search Parameters.Please Note: If you are searching for anything specific (Such as a Motherboard name or a Graphics Card etc.) with a Dash (-) or a Ampersand (&) then PLEASE REMOVE THEM BEFORE SEARCHING.You do not in any way need to use these parameters. But we do advise that you read through this post and get acquainted with the new functionality as it may aid you in finding what you need quicker. How to do a Normal Search?This is easy, you just type in the Words in the Search Box and press the Search ButtonHow do I enhance my Search?To help explain this, we made a pretty table:These Search options are easy but very effective. But for those who do not plan on using them, we have thought about you also. We have enhanced the normal searching so it outputs better and more relevant results.Please Note: If you are searching for anything specific (Such as a Motherboard name or a Graphics Card etc.) with a Dash (-) or a Ampersand (&) then PLEASE REMOVE THEM BEFORE SEARCHING.Thanks- SuhailInsanelyMac Site Development

Thank you Suhail, we finally got it

Indexes have finished updating. Therefore the search should now be fully activated and ready to find whatever you need

Sweet deal, sounds really good. I bet there was quite a bit to index haha.

Cheers to fubra and Suhail for finally addressing this issue.

Just moving this out to the main FI&F section so it can get a bit more visibility.

Thanks for all your hard work Suhail.

Just went to use the search again from the search box on the upper right hand side and got this:



This happened all yesterday and this morning.

Just letting someone know

Cheers
Bruce

Thanks OzSpeedway.

Still can't search:

Tried some searches the last few days, but somehow it never works when I'm online!? Or is this no coincidence?

When I'm searching by member name it works, but a keyword only fails:

There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

I also always seem to get the same error:

There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

Member search works.... Keyword does not. Been trying all day...

Ok, i can't use the search feature at all.. Everytime i go to search, i get this error message:

Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.
The error returned was:
There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

This has been happening for the past couple of weeks. Any ideas?

Error! Error! Same error as the previous...

Maybe this new platform is more efficient, but the old one was more reliable. I'd take reliable over efficient any day.

Hope you work things out without toxing-out on Red Bull...

Search not working yet again, works on other boards fine (as it needs to as it pretty essential to getting the best out of one), why not this one?

Just tried the search again, it's just searching for topic titles that appears not to work, If I search the body text as well, I actually get some results (with the the arch terms in the titles that were not found with a topic title search). FAI

search is not working for me either.

Hasn't worked for me for more than 4/5 days.
Surely doesn't work today. Just FYI ... I am sure you guys are monitoring

There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)


Search isn't working for me, Using Firefox 3.0.1 from windows xp right now

The search has now been fixed

There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)


Search is not working for me, Safari 3.1.2

and for me in Firefox 3.1
need serch to find info about my 7300 GT 512

search is still down...i've been receiving the same as 'helios' has all weekend

I've been getting the same errors for the last few days. Seems like a problem with the underlying OS. Umph... makes searching a tad more complicated. Sigh. Such is the life!

Not to pile on, but I have tried to figure out why this isn't working for me. My XP laptop on my home network cannot search regardless of browser. My Mac on my home network cannot search regardless of browser. Hackintosh on home network cannot search regardless of browser. Neither one of the kids machines can search (IE only). However, when I connect to the internet using my mobile wireless card, search works just fine !! Don't know if this helps, but I am going to continue investigating from that angle. I will post if I come up with a potential solution.

sawdust

Search is down!

There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

Same here

The error returned was:
There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

Same as all the above, both in Windows/IE7, and Mac 10.4/Firefox3.

Should be fixed now, one of the webservers had lost it's connection to the search server. This was affecting approximately 25% of users.

If anyone still has problems searching, let us know...

M.

I attempted to do a simple search for anyone who has had success with a Foxconn p45a, yet the search results returns:

Search Results You searched for: foxconn p45a Unfortunately your search didn't return any results.
I know for a fact that this post/string exist because Google returned it and that is how I ended up here in the first place! Here is the link:

Foxconn p45a-s Works perfectly

Also if I select Post-Installation Discussion for my "Search Where" field and just use Foxconn for the query string I get returns that use Foxconn but not the above post. Also, if I search for the poster trlla I get their post, but if I search keyword Foxconn and trlla I get the same zero return message above.

Anyhow, thought this info would help you track down some search bugs!

I just posted this in a "new site design" feedback thread... I am posting it here too for future reference because search is a critical aspect to OSx86 and proper use of this forum... but search features built-in to this site continue to suck....


I was searching for a BadAxe1 RAID installatoin note thread I created months ago...

Compare what the Google search field at the top of the site returns for "bofors + badaxe + vanilla + raid":

- http://www.insanelymac.com/search.php?cx=0...anilla+%2B+raid

(2 results, neither is what I was looking for.)

With direct use of Google with "site:insanelymac.com bofors + badaxe + vanilla + raid"

- http://www.google.com/search?client=safari...-8&oe=UTF-8

(129 results, the first one is exactly what I was looking for.)

I suppose we could just blame Google here, but we are supposed on the cutting of edge of technology here.

bofors, this is now sorted, but let me know if you're still having issues!

Can't we search within the forum software?

Google doesn't find posts within seconds right after they have been posted, and Google is never guaranteed to be exhaustive.
Why not just use the forum's own search function?

Too bad search has been broken for over a year...

The error returned was:
There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

Thought I'd add, search does not work for me. I use google.

same problem here, it used to work after trying it 3-5 times, but now the search function just keeps showing:


The error returned was:

There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

too bad as the search function is really something crucial!

search isn't working for me either, it either gives me the "unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)" error orzero results! Any way round this?

It's been added to the tracker now. Hope it'll be solved soon since this site has gone too long without a decent search.

iPoco

I get faaar too often the red banner with the error.

I search the word 'server' in the OSX Snow forum, or the full post title= OSX server 10.6 succesfull install
or some of the words of 'title' and I get the red error banner. Must I always include the & between the words? or shall I always type "OSX server 10.6 succesfull install"

with the quotes?

How should I search in order to get results?
many thanks iA

PS: I dont want to resort to google....

Again today Error:
simply typed: 'Gigabyte' in the search field, and got:

Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.
The error returned was:
There was an error processing the request. Please go back and try again, or contact an administrator for assistance.
connection to unix:///var/socketproxy/insanelymac.com/searchd:0 failed (errno=2, msg=No such file or directory)

search unusable. Please do something!!!!! Or explain where I should type word(s) for search....