search facility is stupid?
search facility is stupid?
I tried to search for all posts containing "golly" but it refused to do it saying the word is "too common"! Then I tried a wildcard search "goll*" but that found no matches. Is there a sneaky way to do the search I want or is this just some fundamental limitation/stupidity in phpBB?
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Re: search facility is stupid?
I'd vote for stupidity, but I got "*oll*" to turn up lots of "Golly"s as well as plenty of other things. I don't know whose search routine this PHPBB is using, but it isn't case sensitive and lacks a case-sensitive option. The *common* denunciation is almost instantaneous; there must be a list but the administrator probably cannot edit it. Google and Dogpile seem to be able to pick up Golly so PHPBB isn't piggybacking on their search engines.Andrew wrote:Is there a sneaky way to do the search I want or is this just some fundamental limitation/stupidity in phpBB?
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Re: search facility is stupid?
It considers a word "common" by default if it appears in over 5% of posts. I just now removed that feature but now it seems as though search isn't working at all. I'll keep you updated on its getting fixed status.H. V. McIntosh wrote:The *common* denunciation is almost instantaneous; there must be a list but the administrator probably cannot edit it. Google and Dogpile seem to be able to pick up Golly so PHPBB isn't piggybacking on their search engines.
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Search is now fixed, and words only appear in the "common" list if they appear in more than 25% of posts now; hopefully it will only catch words like "the" and "will" and other random common non-Life-related words now.
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Thanks Nathaniel! Searching for "golly" now works.
Re: search facility is stupid?
Google allows searching of specific sites, using the syntax:
golly site:http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/
I find that using Google in this way is better in all respects to the phpBB search.
golly site:http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/
I find that using Google in this way is better in all respects to the phpBB search.
Re: search facility is stupid?
That Google search doesn't seem to find anywhere near the same number of posts as a phpBB search. For some reason Google doesn't find any of the numerous posts mentioning Golly in the "Golly scripts" topic in Game of Life > Scripts. Nor does Google find very recent posts.Macbi wrote:golly site:http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/
Re: search facility is stupid?
The highlighting on the following page:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1027&p=7429&hilit= ... Cell#p7426
was the result of a search. How can it be removed?
Brian Prentice
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1027&p=7429&hilit= ... Cell#p7426
was the result of a search. How can it be removed?
Brian Prentice
Re: search facility is stupid?
Just take the "&hilit=Hexagonal+Cell" out of the URL:bprentice wrote:The highlighting on the following page:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1027&p=7429&hilit= ... Cell#p7426
was the result of a search. How can it be removed?
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1027&p=7429#p7426