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Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:59 am
by nukkxx5058
Impossible to search the forum ! Whatever the keyword I'm typping (Soviet, hex, army, ...) I get no search result. This is frustrating. Any Idea ? Thx
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:31 am
by nukkxx5058
Here is a screenshot of the problem. The keyword researched was "Soviet" in the WITE forum.
I tried with both Firefox and IE. Here is the result. One precision: last time I tried 9last week or so...) search engine was working normally.
What am I doing wrong ??
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:40 am
by Apollo11
Hi all,
Unfortunately Matrix forum search never ever worked (i.e. in all the years I am here) as it should be... sorry...
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:46 am
by nukkxx5058
really ? wow ... I had the impression that it was working recently ... Am I confusing with another forum ?
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:55 am
by Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: nukkxx
really ? wow ... I had the impression that it was working recently ... Am I confusing with another forum ?
It never worked 100%... at best you would get some hits but never all... thus it worked only partially...
For example for years I tried to search some old posts of mine which I knew exactly that I wrote and with exact wording... the search almost never worked... manual listing (i.e. going through hundreds and hundreds of pages manually) showed that those post indeed exist...
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:19 am
by nukkxx5058
Could you please try to search for "Soviet" in the WITE forum and see if you get some results? Or if it returns a completely blank page, like my picture above shows ?
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:32 am
by Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: nukkxx
Could you please try to search for "Soviet" in the WITE forum and see if you get some results? Or if it returns a completely blank page, like my picture above shows ?
Same as with you... (even if I try with "Less Precise Search")... [:(]
BTW, please try making this same post with pictures to general forum:
tt.asp?forumid=8
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:41 am
by nukkxx5058
Done
Thanks
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:51 am
by Blond_Knight
Always been broken for me.
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:07 pm
by 2ndACR
You have to play with it. I can most times find what I am looking for, but you have to play with all the settings to get it to work like you want. Each tiem you use it.
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:24 pm
by jcrohio
I go to google and use the following string
"forum example war in the east" "search phrase example fatigue" site:
http://matrixgames.com/forums/
I keep this in a text file and always have it so I can reference it through the "recent documents" on the windows start menu
Works OK
Jack
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:19 am
by nukkxx5058
ORIGINAL: jcrohio
I go to google and use the following string
"forum example war in the east" "search phrase example fatigue" site:
http://matrixgames.com/forums/
I keep this in a text file and always have it so I can reference it through the "recent documents" on the windows start menu
Works OK
Jack
It seems to be a good idea. However, I don't understabnd the exact syntax you suggest. What are the "" ? Could you please give the exact syntax you would put into google to search the word "Experience" within the WITE forum together with a link to the google response page ?
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:08 pm
by jcrohio
Let me give you an example from last night - I was searching for threads dealing with support levels
I typed this into google exactly as shown (the quotes are necessary to guarantee that exact phrase):
"war in the east" "support levels" site:
http://matrixgames.com/forums/
I also was searching for information on fatique so I typed in the following (quotes are not necessary around fatique):
"war in the east" fatigue site:
http://matrixgames.com/forums/
Hope this helps
Jack
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:59 pm
by Sardaukar
You need to tick "Less precise match", then it works better.
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:21 am
by nukkxx5058
ORIGINAL: jcrohio
Let me give you an example from last night - I was searching for threads dealing with support levels
I typed this into google exactly as shown (the quotes are necessary to guarantee that exact phrase):
"war in the east" "support levels" site:
http://matrixgames.com/forums/
I also was searching for information on fatique so I typed in the following (quotes are not necessary around fatique):
"war in the east" fatigue site:
http://matrixgames.com/forums/
Hope this helps
Jack
Perfect ! Thank you !
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:23 am
by nukkxx5058
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
You need to tick "Less precise match", then it works better.
Even with "less precise" box ticked the search returns absolutely no results at all...
RE: Forum's search feature won't work
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:29 am
by nukkxx5058
Anyway, I didn't see any explanation from matrix about this issue. It would however be appreciated because the forum is an essential part of Matrixgames' commercial strategy. In my opinion, as a customer, it would definitely be worth the money to get it fixed. Could someone from Matrix explain why the search engine is maintained not working? Thanks.