Search function
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Search function
Serious thread here! Don't it!
What do you all think of requiring new threads to start with a category word such as "Engine," "Exhaust," etc. in the thread title? That way you could narrow done the forum's search.
Too many times, folks start threads with "I've got a problem..." Hell, is it a drinking problem?
I don't know important it is to you all, but I use the search often. Perhaps something as simple as this can be done. Even if someone starts a thread not using key words in the title that has good content, perhaps a Mod or CO can put said keyword in front of the existing title.
Just a thought and welcoming yours......... this one time!
What do you all think of requiring new threads to start with a category word such as "Engine," "Exhaust," etc. in the thread title? That way you could narrow done the forum's search.
Too many times, folks start threads with "I've got a problem..." Hell, is it a drinking problem?
I don't know important it is to you all, but I use the search often. Perhaps something as simple as this can be done. Even if someone starts a thread not using key words in the title that has good content, perhaps a Mod or CO can put said keyword in front of the existing title.
Just a thought and welcoming yours......... this one time!
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I use the search function every now and then, and when I do, I try to be a specific as possible. Sometimes what I'm looking for comes up, and other times it's way off. I normally just search through the pages of results until I get what I'm looking for.
Now, to respond to you Skip. The main thing that we would need to know first is how the search function actually works. What specifically is it searching? Just titles? Titles and subtitles? Titles, Subtitles, thread content? You get the point.
Also, depends on HOW it determines what is a good match. Does it start in one topic area search and move to the next? Does it get the results and order them somehow (whether its by how many times the word appears, the thread with the most hits, the date of the thread)?
I haven't paid enough attention to the search to answer some of these questions.
I think that the issue here is the search function does work, but I think we just need to know how to use it. I highly doubt that the company that developed this software would release it with a non-working search function.
Just my $.02
Now, to respond to you Skip. The main thing that we would need to know first is how the search function actually works. What specifically is it searching? Just titles? Titles and subtitles? Titles, Subtitles, thread content? You get the point.
Also, depends on HOW it determines what is a good match. Does it start in one topic area search and move to the next? Does it get the results and order them somehow (whether its by how many times the word appears, the thread with the most hits, the date of the thread)?
I haven't paid enough attention to the search to answer some of these questions.
I think that the issue here is the search function does work, but I think we just need to know how to use it. I highly doubt that the company that developed this software would release it with a non-working search function.
Just my $.02
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Yogi is working on a new search engine. We've been testing it out on the S2Ki beta site and it seems to be very
I don't know how long it will be before they put it on S2Ki though.
You can also use Google to search S2Ki
I don't know how long it will be before they put it on S2Ki though.
You can also use Google to search S2Ki
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Only problem I can see is enforcing the title thing. I guess like you said, mods could edit it in or whatever ...
One potential idea is prevent posts from being posted until the user selects a category of the post from a drop down box. Then prepend the appropriate category onto the subject.
So if the user selected exhaust, it might say:
"[--Exhaust--] What is the lightest exhaust made for the S2000?"
Then you could even work it into the search so when you search you choose the category it fits into and just have it search specifically for [--XX--] ... Or whatever you wanted to put into it.
Allow for maybe an "Other" so if your post has nothing to do with one of the categories then you can just file it under "Other".
No idea how difficult this would be to implement but it sounds fairly straightforward.
One potential idea is prevent posts from being posted until the user selects a category of the post from a drop down box. Then prepend the appropriate category onto the subject.
So if the user selected exhaust, it might say:
"[--Exhaust--] What is the lightest exhaust made for the S2000?"
Then you could even work it into the search so when you search you choose the category it fits into and just have it search specifically for [--XX--] ... Or whatever you wanted to put into it.
Allow for maybe an "Other" so if your post has nothing to do with one of the categories then you can just file it under "Other".
No idea how difficult this would be to implement but it sounds fairly straightforward.
#9
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Originally Posted by LiQiCE,Jun 19 2005, 05:24 PM
Only problem I can see is enforcing the title thing. I guess like you said, mods could edit it in or whatever ...
#10
Originally Posted by Poindexter,Jun 19 2005, 05:58 PM
I'm not doing that crap I mod S2000 Talk
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