dilnalomo Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 :pirate2: i had a really hard time looking for threads i want, how come there's no search function in forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 :pirate2: i had a really hard time looking for threads i want, how come there's no search function in forum? *************************************** Or if you are using the other skin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 That was good Metrogirl... But honestly, Ever since I was new here, I've thought that even the advanced search options on this forum aren't the greatest. I know that google indexes the site, so why can't we have a google search? Perhaps on the main forum page. Most of the time when I need to do a multi-word boolean search on the forum, I go to Google with the "site:forum.osx86project.org" option anyway. Trying those searches with the built in search tool invariably gives me the error page anyway... What can we do about this Moderators? sHARD? Deetman? I think it would greatly enhance the usability of the site, especially for the n00bs among us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I know, it was rather unkind, but I couldn't resist it. I do hope dilnalomo forgives me The search function is a pre-built feature of IPB and it was quite good in the early days when we didn't have 24,000+ members and such an enormous number of posts. Now it's snowed under with data. I'm not at all sure what can be done to improve it, though like Google, what you get out depends a lot on your skill at defining a search. It's one of the things we need to look at and, since I flagged this post to the mods, it should get some attention. Thanks for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Attention for the incredibly obvious response, or the fact that the search may need some "repositioning"? I don't blame you Metrogirl...you warned us you were just a little drunk tonight. (can't find your drunk smiley again...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilnalomo Posted March 11, 2006 Author Share Posted March 11, 2006 >_<!!! for some reason that little menu under "forum" dont showup , i have to refresh page twice to get it........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Attention for the incredibly obvious response, or the fact that the search may need some "repositioning"? I don't blame you Metrogirl...you warned us you were just a little drunk tonight. (can't find your drunk smiley again...). Here are some: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyPill Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I can see how he couldn't find the search functions, there needs to be borders around things, it's very difficult to see the drop downs if you aren't looking for them, especially when the forum link is the only one with a drop down. Also there are no borders on the text boxes, like the one I'm typing in now. I have to use tab to find my way through the forms on this site. Maybe it looks alright in Safari or IE, but this is how it looks in Firefox and I think the style sheet should be changed. Same with buttons, when the buttons are just plain text, they don't stand out and takes too long to find. I know there's a different theme, and I'll be switching to that one, but most people don't know that and with this as the default people shouldn't have to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Click on any forum and you'll see: Click on any topic and you'll see: On the main forum page you'll see: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyPill Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I'm not trying to be a complete ass here, but I've only been a member for like a week and I've noticed the same questions over and over, ever think that it might be that the search function isn't as obvious as you think it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I don't disagree. The search option isn't blindingly apparent in the skin with the drop-down, though I don't think it's hard to find. We'll look at ways to make it more intuitive and of obtaining improved results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I think it has less to do with visibility and more to do with lazyness - most people just can't be bothered looking and want answers handed to them on a plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilnalomo Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 I think it has less to do with visibility and more to do with lazyness - most people just can't be bothered looking and want answers handed to them on a plate. i dont know about you, but every forum i've been to has a "search" button on top of the page. it's not that i am lazy, it's because i got used to it that way. i dont purposely look for the search function, it's always been sitting there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohde Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Well for me it's not finding the search feature that's the problem. It's the results it gives (or rather lack thereof). Now I primarily use Google for searching the forum; much better results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilnalomo Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 i find the forums here somewhat unorganized...you have people who are trying to install OSx 86 on a pc posting in several forums, and guides are spreading across forums too, i think there should be one forum for guides(installing + hardware), one forum questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Full Text Searching has been disabled on this forum. I enabled it yesturday for a min and in searches what I got 0 results, It was comming up with 29Pages of results. So we either have it off and have more accurate results or have it on and have 40pages worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyPill Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Can you make it optional? Some forums I'm on have the option of searching both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I have not had any issue finding where to do my searches, but many, many issues with the quality of those searches. Using the forum's built in search, I regularly get no results returned. So, for instance, if I use the "Search Form" to find "945GNT audio", I get nothing. Most of the time I open another browser tab, go to google, and do a "site:forum.osx86project.org 945GNT audio", where I would get results returned. Would it be difficult to modify the forms to add goole search of the site in many places? It would be great to not have to go through those extra steps to get results returned. I don't really mind the extra steps, but I doubt there are that many people going through the extra effort. It could cut down a lot of duplicate posting if there was better searching. What I don't know how to do with google is restrict searching to particular forums, or have the advanced features of sorting by date. Would it be possible to have the a "quick" search option or an "detailed" search option on items that are hard to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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