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Originally Posted by Nords
That may take care of quoted phrases, but whatever search feature is installed will be much more useful if it can also search for poster names & time periods, and sort the results other criteria. The threads/posts display option is good, too.
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Agreed. The Google search is an easy short term solution. It will not be able to search by time period though. We will have to play around with that once it's installed to see what's good and what's still missing.
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Originally Posted by Nords
How is this done on the other SocialKnowledge boards, and is this board the only one with a problem?
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Nope, they all suffer the same issues. The search system is run off an index of words. So each posts is parsed for the words in that post and then when you do a search it pulls up threads/posts with those words. That's why using "quotes around phrases" does not work because the indexing does not index phrases or the order in which the words appear together.
The reason I have not rolled out the Google search yet on all the sites is the fact that Google has some pretty strict rules on the way the code has to look on the page. It takes up a lot of space so I need to find that space to put their code. I think I will add a link on the search drop down that says "Search this site with Google" and then take you to a page for that. That way it will not clutter up the interface but will be available for us to use. I will also contact Google and see if I can get permission to make it look like the current search drop down input field that way it can be added to that drop down and less clicks to get to it. The only other place that could work would be to put the search where the WARNING: Life Decision Ahead - Early Retirement Forum banner is at the top right. That way you can type in there on any page. Your thoughts?
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