The new search system- problems, observations, issues

[Dan Murphy]

Give this a look. http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/refinesearch.html#domain It will not find all, but better than nothing.

 

[dpuck1998]

No, we have plenty of threads complaining about the search function already.

At this point, I'm not seeing any questions, just the same complaints we've tried to address earlier in this thread.

This has become just a vent thread, and there's really nothing we can add or solve.

If your still taking question I have one. I have a friend that I'd like to keep up with. User name MickaMaizie. I can subscribe to thread if I find them, but how do I know when this user starts a new thread or responds on another thread? Is there anyway to find their post now? Find all post doesn't seem to work. Google returns only a few post. Is there anyway to find new post by a user anymore??

 

[dpuck1998]

For example, this search returns nothing

http://www.disboards.com/searchbt.php?user=MickaMaizie

This is when I goto "find all post by user" from mickamaizie user name.

 

[KathyTX]

... how do I know when this user starts a new thread or responds on another thread? Is there anyway to find their post now? Find all post doesn't seem to work. Google returns only a few post. Is there anyway to find new post by a user anymore??

No, the search here indexes only the first post of each thread. If your friend was the thread starter, it will probably find her post. If she just replied, it probably won't.

 

[Dan Murphy]

It does seem to be selective as to when it will find OP's. I went through this thread, clicking on names I know who have OP's; you, WM kathy, alex, jfulcer, a few others. On some it will find OP's, others it will not. On some, I clicked on same names on different posts, sometimes it finds OP's, others not. Not consistent at all.

 

[dpuck1998]

No, the search here indexes only the first post of each thread. If your friend was the thread starter, it will probably find her post. If she just replied, it probably won't.

Nope, doesn't show those either. Even when boardtracker started I was able to find all threads a user had posted. It seems like functionality has been taken away. Is that the case?? I can't locate a post by any user and the moment...thread starter or not.

 

[dpuck1998]

It does seem to be selective as to when it will find OP's. I went through this thread, clicking on names I know who have OP's; you, WM kathy, alex, jfulcer, a few others. On some it will find OP's, others it will not. On some, I clicked on same names on different posts, sometimes it finds OP's, others not. Not consistent at all.

What he said....thats what is sooo fustrating. It doesn't seem to work as advertised much less the things that it doesn't do. Hopefully bringing the issue to light will help the problem. Thanks for the help btw, been a while since we've heard from anyone

 

[BoardTracker]

The reason user search no longer works is due to the new profile system that was installed here recently which 'broke' user search by disrupting the method we use to detect usernames. Also on the new profile pages the links to user post/thread search are now incorrect and would need to be changed to point to the new search system.

We will however be releasing a new version of boardtracker and our search mod hopefully in the next 10 days or so which will solve such problems and also add much more functionality.

 

[lurkyloo]

Hey, everybody! Dan Murphy showed me how to search for all posts by a particular poster using Google. I thought I'd post it here for people like me who are newbies and don't know how to do it:

In Google, type in the poster's name followed by this phrase

site:www.disboards.com

I Googled myself and got just about every post I've ever made (which is... kinda scary!).

Thanks Dan!

 

[Gina Loves Disney]

I am new here but I can't get the search option to work at all, I can't see all of the users posts or search words, nothing

 

[fivefordisney]

I miss the old functionality!!!

This board's just not easy anymore...can't search old posts...can't just click on new posts...

I miss the old board...

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Hey, everybody! Dan Murphy showed me how to search for all posts by a particular poster using Google. I thought I'd post it here for people like me who are newbies and don't know how to do it:

In Google, type in the poster's name followed by this phrase

site:www.disboards.com

I Googled myself and got just about every post I've ever made (which is... kinda scary!).

Thanks Dan!

Thanks, tried that but unfortunately it isn't helpful. It's showing my posts from back in 2003! I just want to see my posts in the last month or so and be able to go back to threads I've posted on and see if someone has responded to me or asked me any questions/etc. Without search I can't do that and doing it by google, as I said, shows them all out of order starting back in 2003. Not helpful for what I need.

 

[Claire L]

Search is still not working and the layout is very confusing if you want to go to advanced

Claire

 

[travelbug]

We will however be releasing a new version of boardtracker and our search mod hopefully in the next 10 days or so which will solve such problems and also add much more functionality.

If I'm counting correctly, I think it's been 12 days now. I'm anxiously waiting for this new version of boardtracker that will actually work!

Any update?? Thanks!

 

[NotSoLittleMermaid]

I thought I was doing something majorly wrong because I couldn't get any results using the Search function, but it appears from this thread that it's not me. I haven't read all the pages, just the most recent posts. I gather that something is supposed to be fixed and working soon? I did try the Google thing but as others have said, it didn't work for what I wanted to find.

 

[Mainebound]

Hey, everybody! Dan Murphy showed me how to search for all posts by a particular poster using Google. I thought I'd post it here for people like me who are newbies and don't know how to do it:

In Google, type in the poster's name followed by this phrase

site:www.disboards.com

I Googled myself and got just about every post I've ever made (which is... kinda scary!).

Thanks Dan!

I discovered this accidentally. You can also go directly to www.boardtracker.com and do it.

but I find soem DIS users' threads cannot be found this way. why not? Is there a way to obscure your threads?

 

[Mom2Ashli]

I can't seem to get the Search function to work at all the last couple of days.

 

[Laurabearz]

No, the search here indexes only the first post of each thread. If your friend was the thread starter, it will probably find her post. If she just replied, it probably won't.

Ok my question is Will we ever be able to search for all the posts from a user like we used too? If so when?

 

[Night-train]

Another vote for the old search facility. The new one is such a pain that I simply won't use it. Get it sorted guys! Please!!!!

 

[donaldbuzz&minnie]

What they said!!!

I used to use the old search function to get some idea of how trustworthy another DISer might be re: renting points, etc. I assume that the people who are trying to sort this out are volunteers, so I don't want to sound like an ingrate, but if there's anyway to get the old functionality back, a little pixie dust PLEEEASE-E-E-E!!!