Search function

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

You know people are always criticizing members (myself included) who create new threads for topics that have been discussed over and over and I think I just found out why. The search function on this site is really, really bad.

I was just trying to find a thread I saw last week. I didn't pay too much attention to it at the time so I don't know all of what was said in the post but I have the general jist of the topic and I can't find that thing to save my life using the search feature.

I'm guessing other have had this issue since we have so many duplicate threads. Can someone take a look at that? Please.

[MCWHAMMER]

Agreed, though it's not just this forum. It's every forum that uses vBulletin. It's a constant problem. I think we'd be better off doing google searches of forum.blu-ray.com, you'd probably get better results that way.

See, people here get so ornery when you post a thread about something they've already seen before. Some of them obviously have a lot of time on their hands, because it doesn't matter what you post, they'll complain about it.

Anyway, I tried to find a thread I saw about "Sin City" one day. I searched for "Sin City", and of course it said that the word sin was either too common or too short. That's really helpful. So instead it searched for the word city. Apparently the word city is not common on this forum

Dumb. Needs fixing, and it needs to stop editing my searches when I am searching for movie titles. Otherwise, yeah, I'll post a thread you've already seen before, and you can be a baby about it all you want.

Thanks for bringing this to the moderators attention, SamInNorthCakalakey. Us Cakalakians have to band together in this world of horrible forum search buttons.

[T-Town Oil]

agreed...its way too tough to find anything with the current method of searching.

[Zaphod]

The easiest way to search is using the advanced serach option and then checking the box for search titles only. This yeilds the most (accurate) results, but I do agreee that the search feature does need to be updated...

[Deciazulado]

Also if you remember a particular word used on the thread about the subject, making it search for that on the text, showing reults as posts and limiting the forums searched to one forum gives me the fastest way to find what I'm looking for.

I can skim over the resulting list of posts and read their first few words till I recognize the post, or see that it's inside the thread I'm looking for.

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

Thanks for the responses fellas.

On the searching part, for instance I tried to find a post about the differences between Y, Cb, Cr and RGBPC (HDMI) and which is better to use. Saw it last week in here and couldn't find anything on those search terms.

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Also if you remember a particular word used on the thread about the subject, making it search for that on the text, showing reults as posts and limiting the forums searched to one forum gives me the fastest way to find what I'm looking for.

I can skim over the resulting list of posts and read their first few words till I recognize the post, or see that it's inside the thread I'm looking for.

[Magic]

I am also finding it extremely difficult to find an answer to my question in the newbie threads. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to post a stinking pic in my posts. I know it's a day 1 question folks, but can someone please help me out here? I'd appreciate it.

[T-Town Oil]

i think you just click the paper clip to attach. and then if i remember right it will allow you to browse through your files to pic one (i think)

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Magic

I am also finding it extremely difficult to find an answer to my question in the newbie threads. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to post a stinking pic in my posts. I know it's a day 1 question folks, but can someone please help me out here? I'd appreciate it.

You can also upload pics to the web (photobucket/imageshack etc) or on your personal website and post the pic by clicking and pasting the image's url.

Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

Thanks for the responses fellas.

On the searching part, for instance I tried to find a post about the differences between Y, Cb, Cr and RGBPC (HDMI) and which is better to use. Saw it last week in here and couldn't find anything on those search terms.

Well, searching for acronyms and short terms is always a problem

Can you remember anyone who posted, or any specific word that may been used by someone.

Probably on a blacker than black, PS3 Full Limited Super White thread?

Anyway most TVs are designed to use Yrb instead of RGB so normally you would use that on them, and RGB on a computer monitor..

Was it this thread?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=24928

[JasonR]

Search on this site = sucks.

That is why there is always new threads.

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

Yah mahn, that was it. Good job. Sorry for the *****ing but there has to be a update to the Linux package that runs the forum, no?

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Well, searching for acronyms and short terms is always a problem

Can you remember anyone who posted, or any specific word that may been used by someone.

Probably on a blacker than black, PS3 Full Limited Super White thread?

Anyway most TVs are designed to use Yrb instead of RGB so normally you would use that on them, and RGB on a computer monitor..

Was it this thread?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=24928

[DrinkMore]

vBulletin is not a linux app. It's database driven by sql and few other goodies. Updates won't fix the search. The search has been this way since it was made. It sucks but you have to know how to work it to get results.

Doing a search for a b c will not yield anything as those are single letter words. You need at least 3/4 characters to yield a search. Then again, at least two words to yield an even better search.

If you insist on using short words, throw in wild cards like this.. say you wanted to search for ps3. Too short. Throw in a * and do it again. So you would search for ps3*.

So on so forth.

[sj001]

Unfortunately, the search function of most forum packages has never really been all that great.

[mgonzo2u]

Don't blame the search function.

I use it all the time and it works just fine when used properly

[Hawknelson05]

it is difficult to use because it doesn't work like google which searches in relevancy. this just searches key words which can be a disadvantage at times

[mzab24]

I belong to another forum that uses vBulletin and that has always been a major gripe there too!

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

I don't know, to me it's like when you were a kid, working on a school project and you ask your parents how to spell phrenetics and they say "why don't you look it up?" and your response is "If I knew how to find to find it in the F'n dictionary I could figure out how to spell it now wouldn't I?"

Same thing here, people honestly try to find previous posts prior to adding their own but who wants to try 3-4 times to find something.

[Deciazulado]

That's when the mods come in and merge threads galore

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

You know people are always criticizing members (myself included) who create new threads for topics that have been discussed over and over and I think I just found out why. The search function on this site is really, really bad.

This is only one situation that you are talking about here. Yes, the search function has much to be desired for most members in this forum. But most are upset with those who post "When is Star Wars coming out?" and other repetitive new threads that continue to pop up. It's pretty easy to find out if there are already threads about Star Wars or LOTR by just typing in the title of the movies; however, I am a little more forgiving when people try to find out about acronyms or common words that are harder to look up.

But there is a situation that I am not so forgiving about. I am tired of people who come onto this forum and actually know there is a search function and are too lazy to use it. Trust me, I've had several "conversations" with different members who could care less about the search function and have told me that they didn't care if it had been posted 100 times before, they didn't want to have to look it up. It's really better that I don't express my emotions on that subject...