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seven
Senior Member
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 Posted - 12 June 2002 : 18:16:51
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I searched for my username 'airilm' and it came up with some
matches that aren't related. I never posted to, that word isn't present. Try it out.
The date format should be configurable.
MM/DD/YY is what I use.
I would also make it so that you can search:
1. current messages only
2. current messages & archived messages
3. archived messages only.
I would strip out common words like Google does.
the words "or, and, the" wouldn't be searched.
..just some suggestions. Let me know if you add any of these
to the new search.
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HuwR
Forum Admin
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Posted - 12 June 2002 : 19:41:07
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I searched for my username 'airilm' and it came up with some
matches that aren't related. I never posted to, that word isn't present. Try it out.
try what out ? what options did you have set on the form so I can repeat it.
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The date format should be configurable.
MM/DD/YY is what I use.
Why? there is a popup calender to select the dates
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I would also make it so that you can search:
1. current messages only
2. current messages & archived messages
3. archived messages only.
It is not possible to search current & archives at the same time, they are in a completely different set of tables, linking them into the queery would be a nightmare unless a hash table was created to stor the results in as they were fetched from each table.
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I would strip out common words like Google does.
the words "or, and, the" wouldn't be searched.
I did think about it, but the search returns that quickly it doesn't really matter, and sometimes is useful to allow them
..just some suggestions. Let me know if you add any of these
to the new search.
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@tomic
Senior Member
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Posted - 12 June 2002 : 20:03:09
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The date format should be configurable.
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Why? there is a popup calender to select the dates
Heh, I had people say the same thing when I added a similar calendar. It's amazing how resistant people are to using these things even though it is super easy to use. I finally added a note above it - "Use the calendar!" I think everyone will get it eventually but in this case the date format is really odd because it's for a Crystal Report thingy.
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seven
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:13:15
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It's like English vs. Metric, drive on the right side or the left...
The calendar works great, but it's all in how it looks, and how the user experience on the site is. Most people I know would see 3/2/2002 as March 2, 2002 and not Feb 3, 2002.
Snitz, is going to soon be "internationalized", stuff like this should be part of it.
And as far as searching for my username, I didn't change any options, just typed my username 'airilm' in.
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The date format should be configurable.
MM/DD/YY is what I use.
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Why? there is a popup calender to select the dates
Heh, I had people say the same thing when I added a similar calendar. It's amazing how resistant people are to using these things even though it is super easy to use. I finally added a note above it - "Use the calendar!" I think everyone will get it eventually but in this case the date format is really odd because it's for a Crystal Report thingy.
@tomic
http://www.skepticfriends.org
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20593 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:22:17
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It's like English vs. Metric, drive on the right side or the left...
The calendar works great, but it's all in how it looks, and how the user experience on the site is. Most people I know would see 3/2/2002 as March 2, 2002 and not Feb 2, 2002.
Well most people I know would think it was 3rd Feb 2002 
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Snitz, is going to soon be "internationalized", stuff like this should be part of it.
?? It is not a user configurable option. so if it was on my site it would be DD/MM/YY you would not have the option to change it, even with internationalisation.
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And as far as searching for my username, I didn't change any options, just typed my username 'airilm' in.
I tried, it gave me 9 topics all of which you started.
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20593 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:23:42
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search updated, ALL columns are now sortable, just click the column header, clicking again will reverse the sort
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@tomic
Senior Member
USA
1790 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:32:08
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It's like English vs. Metric, drive on the right side or the left...
The calendar works great, but it's all in how it looks, and how the user experience on the site is. Most people I know would see 3/2/2002 as March 2, 2002 and not Feb 3, 2002.
Snitz, is going to soon be "internationalized", stuff like this should be part of it.
I think HuwR's calendar looks like any here in the USA. That's the cool thing about a calendar. Date format is not important because you select the date. I think it would be more helpful if somehow no one could even see the format and they only saw the calendar to avoid confusion.
@tomic
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:34:31
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I think it would be more helpful if somehow no one could even see the format and they only saw the calendar to avoid confusion.
you can do that using javascript and a hidden form field. |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20593 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:36:40
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you can do that using javascript and a hidden form field.
You could if it was a web page, but like I said it isn't, I will see if it is possible to hide it.
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:41:10
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sorry, should have mentioned that.  |
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seven
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:43:36
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I saw this on someone's PHP forum, maybe the same concept could apply... somehow. (look at the Date Format option at the very bottom of the form)
http://www.aemod.co.uk/forum/profile.php?mode=register&agreed=true
Oh and did you have anything to do with that Y2K thing?
"I don't want to format the dates differently for everyone..."
"I don't want to type out the whole year..."
Anyway, the new search tool is awesome. I always thought the search capability in Snitz always lacked a little (no offense). Search tools have become an art form of the years. Now you just need to integrate the highlite of searched words MOD into it as well as sorting by relevance.
As far as the date format, I can live with it. It will give me an excuse to get off my a** and write a MOD instead of just complaining when the people doing it for free don't do it exactly like I want.
Thanks Huwr
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Well most people I know would think it was 3rd Feb 2002
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Snitz, is going to soon be "internationalized", stuff like this should be part of it.
?? It is not a user configurable option. so if it was on my site it would be DD/MM/YY you would not have the option to change it, even with internationalisation.
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@tomic
Senior Member
USA
1790 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 21:58:38
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Anyway, the new search tool is awesome. I always thought the search capability in Snitz always lacked a little (no offense).
I second that. Improving the forum's search has been on my wish list for some time. Those timeouts are really annoying.
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20593 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 22:23:13
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?? It is not a user configurable option. so if it was on my site it would be DD/MM/YY you would not have the option to change it, even with internationalisation.
Yes, only the admin can change the format, unless we completely rewrite the date code.
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Nathan
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20593 Posts |
Posted - 12 June 2002 : 22:28:42
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Now you just need to integrate the highlite of searched words MOD
If you hadn't noticed, it is not part of the forum, and only returns very basic information to link you back to the forum topic
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into it as well as sorting by relevance.
??? And how would you decide what is more relevant ??? if you mean doing fulltext/soundex seaarching, this requires changing settings on the serverand completely rewriting the queeries to accomadate that, and enabling full text searching on the forum table would be a very bad idea.
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