The erratic search function will be our #1 priority to get repaired once the website has migrated to the brand new servers this week. After the migration is completed, we will be updating to the latest release of VBulletin. Then our custom search program that has been under development for the last six months will be installed and tweaked. The search program has been in the experimental phase for a few weeks now, and further testing is required.

Here are some tips to help enhance the current search function on this version of VBulletin, as a temporary measure:

Originally posted by Brains:

Here's a couple tidbits that will help you target your search for the time being. Remember, we're still in a somewhat flux stage, and things will be changing as more code is added to the brand new search tool...

To search by user:
1. Get the user's ID number (hover over their name, their trader rating number, etc. The number you want will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of the browser somewhere. IE. My user number is 2707).
2. In the search box, type userid:<number>. ie. to search my posts, you would type userid:2707
3. If you want to search something specific in addition to just my username, you can enter it in the search box as well. For instance, to find every time I've said "turbo" type userid:2707 turbo

To search within a specific forum:
1. Get the forum id number. (Hover over the forum, and look for the number in the status bar as above)
2. In the search box, type forumid:<number>.
3. As above, you then specify the stuff you want to find in the posts. ie. forumid:45 fuel injectors

*** NOTE *** This is all temporary -- the search tool will integrate all this into the regular vBulletin search form, it just isn't ready at the moment. But, for those of you who are willing to do the work, you can be rewarded with good search results

*** FURTHER NOTE *** The field searching capability can be stacked how ever you feel will get the results you need. For example: forumid: 45 userid:46161 title:turbo wastegate will search in the Parts Classifieds forum, for posts by 05 GSXR 1XXX, with the word turbo in the title, and the word wastegate in the post. You can get as detailed as you need to The following fields are available:
--- title
--- body (default - if you don't specify which field, it is assumed to be the body)
--- userid
--- postid
--- forumid
--- threadid

 

Pretty cool, and it should narrow down the results to the basics and most relevant very quickly.

 

Glad to see this done. I always thought this should have been the first post of the other sticky, not the 10th or 11th.

If you want to get the word out a bit better, might think about duplicating this as a regular post to be bumped every now and again with the hope it will get read more. Sometimes it seems that the least read posts are the stickys! :suicide:

I think I'll put a link to this thread in my sig for others to see.

 

For Info: I tried this approach in "advanced search" to limit the time but it did not work. It did work entering it in original search box but I got every post I have ever entered (which still works for my purposes).

Steve

 

you guys run a tight ship around here and things are always done well. I cant wait for the upgrades.

 

this bootleg search doesnt even work for me, is this to be done in the advanced search page?

 

You should be able to do it from either - I usually use the simple search box, for convenience.. We're getting closer and closer to the final solution, we should be migrating any day now (save for any more unforseen delays)

 

the forum id search hasn't been working for me btw

 

I haven't had any luck with this method (no matches). Is there anything else I can try? I wouldn't complain but my fuel pump is acting weird and I need some info.

 

Is there any update on the ETA for the new server? LS1Tech has become molasses-slow over the past several months and as is being discussed, "Search" is INOP. That's the bad news. The good news is that the number of folks on line most of the time has increased quite a lot over the past couple of years.

Steve