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please fix search - 1/6/2011 2:47:48 PM

bwheatley

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it's been boned for me since before christmas. If you can fix it or give me access so i can fix it that would be wonderful. It's extremely hard to navigate the forums without a search function.

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RE: please fix search - 1/6/2011 4:39:06 PM

Terminus

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The search function has been useless for years. It's the size of the place.

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RE: please fix search - 1/6/2011 6:07:14 PM

L�tzow

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Actually, such a funktion is not necessary. Using Google with: "your search string" site:http://matrixgames.com/forums/ works as well.

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RE: please fix search - 1/6/2011 6:46:22 PM

JudgeDredd

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the fact that such a function is not present on a website in 2011 is, to say the least, ridiculous. I don't know what language is being used to program Matrix forums....but it needs updating if something as simple as a search function isn't working.

Granted - it's a low priority - but only if you don't want to/need to use it...a website in 2011 hosting a forum should have a decent search facility

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RE: please fix search - 1/6/2011 7:55:50 PM

JonBrave

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...and i thought it was just me, i don't think it's worked since 2006 when i joined... though what "it's the size of the place" has to do with it i don't know, it just never finds anything...

but, as lutzow shows with the google query, like it or not that's going to be the best way to do a search!

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RE: please fix search - 1/6/2011 11:32:49 PM

dethlin

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Please fix the search function. A forum that is not searchable for this long is joke.

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RE: please fix search - 1/6/2011 11:54:32 PM

Phatguy

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No ! Don't fix it....I makes this forum "special" .......

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RE: please fix search - 1/7/2011 12:35:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: apathetic lurker

No ! Don't fix it....I makes this forum "special" .......

That's the spirit. DITTO.

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RE: please fix search - 1/7/2011 7:29:49 PM

bwheatley

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weird for some people it's never worked for me it's always worked until before christmas.

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RE: please fix search - 1/7/2011 9:26:12 PM

L�tzow

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Even Matrix is going to fix this issue sometime (and get rid of the iis/asp crap), the database would be still slower than Google's search engine, as there are more than 1 million postings on this board. I really don't get why you guys deny to use Google with 'filetype:' instead. It's fast, reliable and serves same purpose.