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Search non working ?

inakiinaki Posts: 262
edited 2006-01-20 20:40 in General Discussion
I have realized that the Search command issued on the forums does not work well. It misses some messages. For example, I have been searching for some message I placed·a month·ago which contained the word 'Europe' in it. This message does not appear in the listing! I have selected 'last year messages'. ·I have found similar missing messages on other searchs too.


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  • Jon KeinathJon Keinath Posts: 146
    edited 2006-01-15 19:02
    try using the seach located at search.parallax.com

    typing in 'Europe' and 'inaki' I found 18 hits.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-01-16 02:14
    inaki,

    ·· The very first message (blue sticky thread) in this forum reads:

    Improved Search Engine Available For Parallax Forums & Website

    =)

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    Parallax Tech Support
    csavage@parallax.com
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,401
    edited 2006-01-16 18:32
    For clarification, there are two different search engines on the Parallax home page.

    The one in the left sidebar is a SQL database search engine tool which mostly searches the product database and some downloads. It works, but it can't sort by relevance. If you use it to find BS2-IC you might find ten different kits with the BS2-IC, and scroll to the third page to find the BS2-IC module alone.

    The Google search tool works far better, and will be installed on our new web site. It searches everything (including these forums) and provides ranking. The IT Guy bought a really nice big blue box from Google (did you know they sell hardware?) which indexes our web server regularly. This Google "box" was pretty expensive, so it should work really well! You can access the Google hardware by clicking on the "Or Try Your Search with Google".

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax, Inc.
  • inakiinaki Posts: 262
    edited 2006-01-20 19:34
    I have tried search.parallax.com and I do not find the messages I am looking for.

    For example, my last search is about a message I placed about printing with an IR printer. Someone told me that Circuit Cellar published a solution in an issue that I don't remember. I have been looking for 'print', 'printing', 'printer' etc, but have not found my message.

    This is just an example, I have found similar problems with other messages as well.




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  • Jon WilliamsJon Williams Posts: 6,491
    edited 2006-01-20 19:58
    Is this the thread you're looking for: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=560993

    If yes, here's how I found it:

    1. Go to http://search.parallax.com
    2. Click on Advanced Search
    3. In the "with all of the words" field put: print ir
    4. In the "with the exact phrase" field put: circuit cellar
    5. Set Domains to Only and put this in the domain field: forums.parallax.com

    Now click Google Search.

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    Jon Williams
    Applications Engineer, Parallax
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  • inakiinaki Posts: 262
    edited 2006-01-20 20:40
    Thanks Jon, it worked!
    I don't know why my search did not work. confused.gif

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