"Forum Search" up the sprout?

[#1]

On the basis that the search bug appears fixed now, I'll move this to suggestions to keep the record of request for ability to set defaults.
OK?

[#2]

Not really
That's not going to nbe done unless SMF implement it themselves.

[#3]

Resolved it is then on that basis!

[#4]

I agree that the original problem has been solved, though my main point was that the sort does not appear to be working correctly.
With regards to the default setting... now that I expect to be actually using the Search screen, I will use Greasemonkey to change the defaults for myself.

[#5]

Quote from: JohnJ

my main point was that the sort does not appear to be working correctly.

OK, I'll take a hint and add it as a new bug. I wasn't sure if it was or not when I added the comment.

[#6]

As this bug wasn't permanently fixed I suggest this topic is moved back to the parent forum.
The symptoms we are seeing are exactly the same as before - it doesn't find any recent posts.

[#7]

I suspect it probably needs the database tables to be reindexed... although given the vast quantity of data to be 'gone through' this would probably take a VAST amount of time. It's doing about 0.16% every 10 seconds on the test site.

[#8]

I think that works out at less than 2 hours - so when's it going to be done?

[#9]

Probably not until I've worked out a definitive time, and see if it works. It had done 30% before my hour session timed out on the test site.

[#10]

Can someone explain why this is in "Resolved Bugs"?
There is nothing resolved about it all as far as I can tell. I've tried to use it a few times lately with rubbish results.
He's an example you can all try.
Search for "noise" (without the quotes!). The following is what I get -
Plain search (not advanced) - 40 pages of results, highest % 26.9, dated 2006. Most recent date I could find was in 2007.
Advanced search - 'Most recent topics first' - selected, remaining options default - 40 pages of results most recent showing was 27/10/2007 at 21.2%, the next was 17/01/2007. Missing are 30/10/2007 & 14/06/2007 (and a load more no doubt!) which were on the first page of the plain search. Also p40 showed results 15/08/2007, 13/08/2007 etc. Results seemed identical when "Check all" was deselected.
With 'Most recent topics first' & 'between 0 and 100 days' selected, it only produced 1 page of 5 results from 30/12/2008 to 12/11/2008 whether 'Check all' was selected or not.
Selecting only Broadband Speed & Community Support made no difference.
Not "resolved" in any way, I think.
Perhaps someone can explain how to get better results. I've tried other searches, in a number of instances for just one word and got 0 results, which I know is just not true. Search results for me have always produced similar to what I've just quoted.

[#11]

It did seem to be resolved temporarily, and got moved then.
You could possibly ask why it didn't come back out again?
Anyway, I gave up on the search and use Google.
Including "site:community.plus.net" as one of the search terms tells Google to only return results from the Community SIte.
Also, Google seems to be indexing the Plusnet Community Site very frequently, as you can often find results within a couple of minutes of them being posted!
A annoyance of this method is that the Google search frequently returns WAP or print versions of the pages and I've got to edit the URL to get them to display correctly in a standard browser.

[#12]

Could you tell me how I can use Google to search for a post made by myself containing particular words which doesn't find pages where someone else has used the words somewhere else on a page where I have posted?

[#13]

Could you please try and say that again with different words?
It seems to me like a circular argument

[#14]

On an SMF advanced search you can search for posts made a particular user containing the desired words. Google search will find pages where the user name and the desired words are somewhere on the same page. For example
jelv "extension bites" site:community.plus.net
shouldn't find the page it does. The phrase was posted by yourself on a page where I had also posted.

[#15]

Quote from: JohnJ

Could you please try and say that again with different words? It seems to me like a circular argument

I think you've just discovered jelv's certain penchant for rhetorical questions.