Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Something wrong with the search feature?

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Something wrong with the search feature?

    I just tried searching for all posts ever made by me anywhere on these forums with the word 'code' in it. It returned 14 results, all made in the last 3-4 weeks. Seeing how I've been a SLIC coder for well over 2 years now, I somewhat doubt the accuracy of this search result When I use the 'search all posts by this user' feature in my profile I can go back all the way to the very first post I ever made here (Oh, the nostalgia! ), but I obviously can't narrow the selection down, which is a little awkward if you need one specific fact and you've made well over 1500 (often long) posts...

    Is there a problem with the search feature?


    Edit: while we're at the subject, why can't I go back very far in the regular forum structure? If I click the '>>' page button on CtP2 Creation, the oldest thread I get is only a few months old. Why can't I access the older stuff I can get to it through my profile, so it exists....
    Last edited by Locutus; January 31, 2002, 16:25.
    Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

  • #2
    I think your old posts are archived.
    Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

    Comment


    • #3
      Hmmm... I don't think we have any archives anymore... But even if that's true, why can't I search the archives then?
      Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

      Comment


      • #4
        Originally posted by Locutus
        Hmmm... I don't think we have any archives anymore... But even if that's true, why can't I search the archives then?
        There are offline arcives, that can't be searched. They were taken down to speed up the server back at Gamestats.
        Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

        Comment


        • #5
          But why *can* I access these files from my profile then...
          Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

          Comment


          • #6
            That's strange...
            Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

            Comment


            • #7
              I can only find 1403 of my posts from the profile.
              Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

              Comment


              • #8
                See this thread. Markos restored the CtP forum threads but not the Civ3 ones (realizing full well that CtP is the superior game ). Yet, even though the threads are restored, I can't seem to search for them (I think this *was* possible earlier (say, 2 weeks ago) but I'm not sure about that)
                Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

                Comment


                • #9
                  Originally posted by Locutus
                  See this thread. Markos restored the CtP forum threads but not the Civ3 ones (realizing full well that CtP is the superior game ). Yet, even though the threads are restored, I can't seem to search for them (I think this *was* possible earlier (say, 2 weeks ago) but I'm not sure about that)
                  Well, then he forgot to reindex them when he restored them.
                  Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Does that still allow you to view them through your profile? I hope it's that simple... Markos?
                    Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Locutus
                      Does that still allow you to view them through your profile? I hope it's that simple... Markos?
                      I guess that it is easier for the db to find posts by a known user ID then it is from by a known username string.
                      Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        I know what you did!

                        Yuo did select list results as threads, not as posts.

                        Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          I don't get it... could you rephrase? And that link you gave me, is that supposed to show all posts ever made by me with 'code' in it? Cause I still only get 20 results... (why 6 more than before beats me...)
                          Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            Hmm, I think I know what you mean with 'show results as posts' but that still doesn't allow me to search back further than 3-4 weeks...
                            Administrator of WePlayCiv -- Civ5 Info Centre | Forum | Gallery

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Locutus
                              I don't get it... could you rephrase? And that link you gave me, is that supposed to show all posts ever made by me with 'code' in it? Cause I still only get 20 results... (why 6 more than before beats me...)
                              Yes, that is it. I think it is a combination then. It can find your post, but don't know what words that are in them as they aren't indexed.
                              Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X