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Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:18 am
by juntoalmar
Hi,
I have a question and I was searching for it in the forum before posting (to avoid repeating questions) but the search function never works for me. Even searching for recent posts (with keywords as “steam”, “UI suggestion” or “editing”) I never get a single record found.
- Is search function in the forum completely broken?
- Do you have a suggestion for searching on MWiF forums?
Thanks!
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:33 am
by paulderynck
Do you leave it defaulted to search all forums? I have had success changing it to only subscribed forums, or better yet only the WiF forum.
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:43 am
by juntoalmar
Even searching only on WiF forum and putting exact words as current threads, I can only find the latest ones:
- "Pearl Harbour", ok
- "Yugoslavia", ok
those from a couple of months ago:
- "email games" or "Tips for email games", 0 records
- "UI suggestion", 0 records
- "editing", 0 records
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:09 am
by Orm
Have you changed "Display topics from last" from 365 days to All Topics?
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 12:58 pm
by juntoalmar
It's either "within" or "before" one year, and no luck with either of them. It's strange it doesn't find a thread posted 2 months ago.
If it works for you all it has to be me, but I feel it should work better. Sorry if I write questions answered before.
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:07 am
by Orm
No. It is not only you. The search function is borked.
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:28 am
by Zovs
Borrowing on from the WITP-AE forum you can use a search engine and should be able to find much better results then here.
site:matrixgames.com “World in Flames” + search term
YMMV
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:20 pm
by juntoalmar
It doesn't really work for me. Tried both on DuckDuckGo and Google the text: site:matrixgames.com "World in Flames" + pearl harbour
and got results from different games [:(]
RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:42 pm
by Joseignacio
It's a real PITA but you can find things if you really work it.
For example:

RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:45 pm
by Joseignacio
Returns:

RE: Search function in the forum broken?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:49 pm
by Joseignacio
You have to use AND/OR, select the right forum (I believe subforums have to be searched individually) and of course use the time limits and other parameters.