Search Frustrations - Blu-ray Forum

caliminius · 10-19-2008, 12:49 AM

Would it possible to have the Forum search process 3 and 4 letter words? I did a search on "Best Buy Weekly Ad" and the only word that was retained was "Weekly." That was hardly useful.

Maybe the fact that 3 and 4 letter words get dropped is at least partially responsible for all the duplicate/similar posts that people like to complain about.

I'm guessing there's a way to mark search text so that it matches an entire phrase so I could chunk my search into "Best Buy" and "Weekly Ad" but I don't know and the site doesn't seem to provide any help in the matter.

And on a totally different subject, could we get the Pre-Orders list on the main page to display the release date instead of the totally useless date it was added? Or maybe have a site preference to show the release date instead?

Deciazulado · 10-19-2008, 12:54 AM

If you click on New Blu-ray Pre-orders the listings show the date.

Aaron · 10-19-2008, 12:54 AM

Put an asterisk at the end of the search string if it's under three characters.

(bd* mgs* gta*)

jw · 10-19-2008, 12:59 AM

try a search with the words young people you get a blank page

https://forum.blu-ray.com/search.php?do=process

Aaron · 10-19-2008, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwbbud

try a search with the words young people you get a blank page

https://forum.blu-ray.com/search.php?do=process

jw · 10-19-2008, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron

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xtop · 10-19-2008, 01:35 AM

be cool if the powers that be could add a google search to the forum search. a lot of forums have this feature, save on bandwidth right? lol

Aaron · 10-19-2008, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtop

be cool if the powers that be could add a google search to the forum search. a lot of forums have this feature, save on bandwidth right? lol

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=YOURQUERYHERE&btnG=Search+This+Site&domains=fo rum.blu-ray.com&sitesearch=forum.blu-ray.com

xtop · 10-19-2008, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=YOURQUERYHERE&btnG=Search+This+Site&domains=fo rum.blu-ray.com&sitesearch=forum.blu-ray.com

i'll use avs as the example. you click on search, and you get a forum search box and a google search box. too lazy to remember how to actually search google

10-19-2008, 12:49 AM	#1
caliminius Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:The Negative Zone Blu-ray collection:84	Search Frustrations Would it possible to have the Forum search process 3 and 4 letter words? I did a search on "Best Buy Weekly Ad" and the only word that was retained was "Weekly." That was hardly useful. Maybe the fact that 3 and 4 letter words get dropped is at least partially responsible for all the duplicate/similar posts that people like to complain about. I'm guessing there's a way to mark search text so that it matches an entire phrase so I could chunk my search into "Best Buy" and "Weekly Ad" but I don't know and the site doesn't seem to provide any help in the matter. And on a totally different subject, could we get the Pre-Orders list on the main page to display the release date instead of the totally useless date it was added? Or maybe have a site preference to show the release date instead?

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10-19-2008, 12:54 AM	#2
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1161 Blu-ray collection:7056 DVD collection:4063	If you click on New Blu-ray Pre-orders the listings show the date.

10-19-2008, 12:54 AM	#3
Aaron Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Oklahoma City Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:33 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:4	Put an asterisk at the end of the search string if it's under three characters. (bd* mgs* gta*)

10-19-2008, 12:59 AM	#4
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	try a search with the words young people you get a blank page https://forum.blu-ray.com/search.php?do=process

10-19-2008, 01:35 AM	#7
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	be cool if the powers that be could add a google search to the forum search. a lot of forums have this feature, save on bandwidth right? lol

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