The new search system- problems, observations, issues

[dpuck1998]

dpuck, try this:

Right there in your post, click on your username in the left pane, then select "Show More Posts by xxxx". That should display all of your recent posts.

I can do that, however it shows each post not the thread itself. That makes it very difficult to see if the threads I am active in have any new posts.

 

[dpuck1998]

Let me try to see if I can do a better job explaining what I'm trying to do, and what I think a lot of people here do all the time. I would like to be able to see when a thread that I have posted has activity. In the past I put in my name and it brought up the most recently active threads that I had posted in at any point, not just started. Let me know if that makes sense???

 

[WebmasterAlex]

I'm a bit confused. The subscribed thread thing is not part of search and should not have changed at all. It has always worked fine for me. As a matter of fact I never use search for that

 

[KathyTX]

Let me try to see if I can do a better job explaining what I'm trying to do, and what I think a lot of people here do all the time. I would like to be able to see when a thread that I have posted has activity. In the past I put in my name and it brought up the most recently active threads that I had posted in at any point, not just started. Let me know if that makes sense???

Okay, then you definitely want to subscribe to those threads. That's exactly what the subscription function does.

 

[dpuck1998]

My UserCP, subscribed threads only shows 64 threads. The most recent is 7-13-06. It doesn't even show this thread. In the past I have never used subscribed threads, instead I just search for my user name and bring up all the threads that I have been active in the past. I can't imagine I'm the only person that has done this. Am I hearing that I should subscribe to a thead and that I can't search on my user name anymore except to show threads that I have started?? I understand this is new, but I am hoping this funtion is being looked at, because for me at least it was the only thing I used the when searching.

 

[tmt martins]

My UserCP, subscribed threads only shows 64 threads. The most recent is 7-13-06. It doesn't even show this thread. In the past I have never used subscribed threads, instead I just search for my user name and bring up all the threads that I have been active in the past. I can't imagine I'm the only person that has done this. Am I hearing that I should subscribe to a thead and that I can't search on my user name anymore except to show threads that I have started?? I understand this is new, but I am hoping this funtion is being looked at, because for me at least it was the only thing I used the when searching.

If using User CP sometimes it does just bring up a random selection of ST's but if you go to QUICK LINKS and pull that down to ST it brings them all up.

And this has been way before the new search sw .

P.S. Thanks for bringing back the New Post list.

 

[KathyTX]

My UserCP, subscribed threads only shows 64 threads. The most recent is 7-13-06. It doesn't even show this thread. In the past I have never used subscribed threads, instead I just search for my user name and bring up all the threads that I have been active in the past. I can't imagine I'm the only person that has done this. Am I hearing that I should subscribe to a thead and that I can't search on my user name anymore except to show threads that I have started?? I understand this is new, but I am hoping this funtion is being looked at, because for me at least it was the only thing I used the when searching.

Not exactly... right now, using the SEARCH button in the menu bar will only allow you to to show threads you have started. But clicking on your USER NAME and selecting "show all posts" will show all the posts you have made on any thread.

What you really want is to subscribe to threads so you can easily see when new posts are made to those threads.

Your current selection is to NOT automatically subscribe to threads you post in. If you go into your User CP and change this setting, every thread you post to from that point on will automatically be added to your subscriptions.

You can subscribe to any thread, not just the ones you post in, by just clicking "thread options" and selecting "subscribe" in the header bar when you have that thread open.

 

[WebmasterAlex]

My UserCP, subscribed threads only shows 64 threads. The most recent is 7-13-06. It doesn't even show this thread. In the past I have never used subscribed threads, instead I just search for my user name and bring up all the threads that I have been active in the past. I can't imagine I'm the only person that has done this. Am I hearing that I should subscribe to a thead and that I can't search on my user name anymore except to show threads that I have started?? I understand this is new, but I am hoping this funtion is being looked at, because for me at least it was the only thing I used the when searching.

Actually I think that will work fine for most people. subscribing to the thread is the default option and you had to turn it off. Most people just leave the default

 

[dpuck1998]

So the jist here is that I won't be able to search for threads I've posted on any longer?? Is that correct?

 

[dpuck1998]

If using User CP sometimes it does just bring up a random selection of ST's but if you go to QUICK LINKS and pull that down to ST it brings them all up.

And this has been way before the new search sw .

P.S. Thanks for bringing back the New Post list.

Nope same list..

 

[WebmasterAlex]

dpuck, go in to your user cp. Change your option to "no email notification". It should work fine after that, if not let me know

 

[dpuck1998]

Actually I think that will work fine for most people. subscribing to the thread is the default option and you had to turn it off. Most people just leave the default

I guess I prefer to subscribe to threads manually. The threads I subscribe to are ones that may/may not be active, but I want to be able to find easy later. If I subscribed to all threads in which I post it would mean I would have to dig thru hundreds of threads to find specific ones that I like to keep handy (ie, phone numbers, etc.)

 

[Mom2Ashli]

If I open my buddy list and click on someones User name to view their Profile - I do not get an option to view their posts. Only the thread they started.

anybody have an answer for this one?

 

[dpuck1998]

dpuck, go in to your user cp. Change your option to "no email notification". It should work fine after that, if not let me know

I imagine that will work going forward, but I have lost contact with all the threads I've been following recently.

sidenote: Thanks for working on this, hopefully I'm not coming off as being upset, just trying to help actually. I fix computers for a living so I know how frustrating us "end users" can be sometimes

 

[dpuck1998]

Also, what if I want to find threads by a friend? I know I can list the post by them, but I prefer to see the list of threads they have posted on, not everyone of the posts they have made...is that gone forever?

 

[KathyTX]

Dpuck-

You haven't lost contact with any threads. Just do the thing I told you about with your username, locate a thread you posted on that you want to keep in touch with in that list, and then subscribe to that thread. It's a one-time thing, and then that thread will forever be in your subscribed list. Go into your User CP and set the thing that will automatically subscribed to any thread you post to, and you won't have to worry about this again.

As far as finding threads friends have posted in... help me understand the reason you're doing this, and then we can figure out how you'll need to do it the new way. You can either see any threads they've started, or see any posts they've made and the threads they're in. You can then subscribe to those threads, too, if you like.

It's really not going to be hard.

 

[WebmasterAlex]

Nothing is gone forever.
Let me try to explain what is going on.
For about 8 to 10 hours a day our servers are operating at maximum load. We have all seen the "server too busy" message or the frustratingly long time it takes to post or to browse.
We are working on a plan to increase our server power but for a lot of technical reasons it's not going to happen very soon.
This is something that could really help.
Now I totally understand that a board with over a million posts that you can't search isn't much use.
We may, however, have to get used to doing things in a bit of a different way in the short term.
The boardtracker people are working on a version that will search all posts as well as other improvements. Their product is fairly new but they are working on it and we will be working with them in any way we can to improve things.

 

[dpuck1998]

Dpuck-

You haven't lost contact with any threads. Just do the thing I told you about with your username, locate a thread you posted on that you want to keep in touch with in that list, and then subscribe to that thread. It's a one-time thing, and then that thread will forever be in your subscribed list. Go into your User CP and set the thing that will automatically subscribed to any thread you post to, and you won't have to worry about this again.

As far as finding threads friends have posted in... help me understand the reason you're doing this, and then we can figure out how you'll need to do it the new way. You can either see any threads they've started, or see any posts they've made and the threads they're in. You can then subscribe to those threads, too, if you like.

It's really not going to be hard.

Like I said earlier, I'd prefer not to have to subscribe to all the threads that I post in though. If that is the only way I guess I will have to adjust. Man I am just getting used to using Vista and now this

As far as finding friends, I search for thier name and is shows me threads they have posted to so I can read the thread. Just like searching for my name I could just look for post by them, but if they post 10 times in one thread I get time results instead of just listing the thread so I can look it over and see other peoples comments on the thread easier/quicker.

 

[dpuck1998]

Nothing is gone forever.
Let me try to explain what is going on.
For about 8 to 10 hours a day our servers are operating at maximum load. We have all seen the "server too busy" message or the frustratingly long time it takes to post or to browse.
We are working on a plan to increase our server power but for a lot of technical reasons it's not going to happen very soon.
This is something that could really help.
Now I totally understand that a board with over a million posts that you can't search isn't much use.
We may, however, have to get used to doing things in a bit of a different way in the short term.
The boardtracker people are working on a version that will search all posts as well as other improvements. Their product is fairly new but they are working on it and we will be working with them in any way we can to improve things.

Is that due to bandwidth or server load? If its server load from searches, you might consider looking at some VMWare and load balancing. VM can take one existing machine and let you setup several Virtual servers. For example, you could setup one for operating seaches and the other for the board itself. This would keep the boards running smooth and only lag out the search function when at full load. There are a lot of other details, but just something to investigate and think about.

 

[TLHB70]

Sorry, but I hate this new search engine.
PLEASE go back to the old search. I used the search option several times a day to keep up with certain threads I had replied to. Now I cannot find them. This new search only pulled up three threads I had originally posted, but not the many, many I have replied to. Now I cannot get to them.
PLEASE go back to the old search!!!!! Now I don't know how to find the threads I replied to on Friday. I had hoped to update myself with them today, see if I needed to reply to any information from the weekend, etc. I can't find them! Help me!