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SITE UPDATE: Search functionality

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digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
edited September 2023 in Off Topic
Right, then...I've been working on this for a while, and I can finally reveal that the search functionality is pretty much fixed.

All searches now search for all words in your query, rather than any. Also, I've moved things around a bit so that you no longer need to go to the advanced search to use the fancy functionality - just click "More Options" for a more sensible set of options and some examples on how to use the field searches:



IMPORTANT NOTE: You might need to clear your browser cache to make it look nice. If you're on Safari, you might need to clear it a couple of times (and, for once, that's not me being snarky about Apple).
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 5594
    Thanks Lee!
    Karma......
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    Well done Lee. The search function has always been a bugbear on here. ;)  
    My trading feedback  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57616/
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    Hallelujah!  Thanks Lee, much obliged.
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    Lovely 
    "Congratulations on being officially the most right anyone has ever been about anything, ever." -- Noisepolluter knows the score
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Nice 1 DS
    Paul_C said: People never read the signature bit.
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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2457
    Hey, fabulous job there :)
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  • maharg101maharg101 Frets: 568
    Seek and ye shall find !! Thanks :)
    This one goes to eleven
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
    FYI, this is what it looks like if your browser cache hasn't cleared properly:


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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    edited September 2023
    It's not doing quite what I expected. Cache cleared.

    If I search (for example) for:

    @user Sporky "Ibanez Talman" 

    I get results for all users, and with only "Ibanez". Is that right? 
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
    Hmmm...that's odd. Something's changed between yesterday and today, which makes no sense. Also, it's behaving differently to the test site and my dev copy, even though the code's the same.

    Leave it with me.
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
    @Sporky - that should be fixed now. Also, the guidance has changed - the field searches (@user, @title and @body) must come after the general search terms.
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    Ta - it is still missing some results though. Fer instance:

    https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/3673326/#Comment_3673326

    That one doesn't come up even if I just search "Talman".

    Sorry - it is already better, but my assumption is that you'd like us to tell you if we find gaps in the functionality. Or any undocumented features. Or any other ways of expressing "bug". You can tell me to stop and I probably will.
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  • HerrMetalHerrMetal Frets: 505
    Sorry to say I don't think it is up to scratch still. For example if I search for "Victorinox" I get two hits. If I search using site:www.thefretboard.co.uk I get a lot more relevant results around kitchen knives, christmas present ideas etc.
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
    HerrMetal said:
    Sorry to say I don't think it is up to scratch still. For example if I search for "Victorinox" I get two hits. If I search using site:www.thefretboard.co.uk I get a lot more relevant results around kitchen knives, christmas present ideas etc.
    OK, so the Google search returns 6 results for me - two of which don't contain the word at all, one of which only contains it in links (which are ignored in the site search) and one contains it only in quotes (which are ignored, most of the time - haven't figured out what's going on there). That leaves two, which - bizarrely - aren't the two that the site search finds.

    So, effectively, both Google and the site search are wrong. I have no idea why.
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  • HerrMetalHerrMetal Frets: 505
    Not to worry. I only picked that as an example as I was researching kitchen knives and knew that like wellies and walking boots, they had been discussed in multiple threads on here. Decision has been made on the knives now. Simplest if I just stick to guitar stuff!
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
    @HerrMetal - try again now:

    https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/search?match=Extended&or=MostRecent&Search=victorinox

    70 results - Google's clearly not keeping up ;)

    I've fixed the indexer, which was missing a whole bunch of content out because of a dodgy query in the search plugin.
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  • HerrMetalHerrMetal Frets: 505
    Great bit of work. Tried a few different searches and all I can say is "Wow" ... things that never used to return a single result but I knew should have done now produce a load of results. All those little gems of information tucked away on here can now be found. Absolutely superb.
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 25239
    HerrMetal said:
    Great bit of work. Tried a few different searches and all I can say is "Wow" ... things that never used to return a single result but I knew should have done now produce a load of results. All those little gems of information tucked away on here can now be found. Absolutely superb.
    Aye...to be honest, until I re-ran your search I had no idea how much was missing. Like you, I'd been comparing to Google's index...I guess the lesson is to never trust a mega-corp, eh? ;)
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    Lovely work. I get a lit of results for my test search now. 
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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