20-04-2003 16:57									#1
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I often search for new versions of archived threads (also because pages 2, 3... of archived threads are not accessible), but the search often don't work:

an example: Civilization II > Civ2-Strategy > Distilled Civ Tips and Notes

Search by 'distilled' don't work. The thread had been found by thread starter: Inca911 (fortunately he had little posts).

	20-04-2003 23:19									#2
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Search doesn't seem to work with the archives. You need to look in there by hand.

	20-04-2003 23:59									#3
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Urban Ranger,
'Distilled Civ Tips and Notes' is a regular thread. There is only its predecessor in archives.

	21-04-2003 06:25									#4
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I was under the impression the search feature only went back 90 days. True or false?

	21-04-2003 10:02									#5
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IIRC. the search doesn't work properly before a particular date.

	28-04-2003 02:14									#6
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I have never failed a search on a not-archived forum, whatever the date. However, search doesn't work at all in archives. It's sometimes a beef

	28-04-2003 03:20									#7
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Spiffor,
try the example above...

I have read that the new Apolyton server should allow 'full index search', but it looks it is not true

	28-04-2003 08:23									#8
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Allow is the operative word. All active threads should be fully indexed. The existing inactive threads would have to be indexed. I suppose that can be run as a background operation.

What really bugs me is that it won't search for 3 letter keys. I'm thinking of how many times I've wanted to find particular "OCC" posts. It ought to be permitted for case sensitive and whole word options.

	29-04-2003 04:49									#9
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Remember back in the day when the Settler server would fall over every few minutes? The 3-letter searching contributed to the instability.

With regards to "full index searching", it does take time to fully index the entire forums. And Markos has other priorities at this time like getting all the software and data from our old server to our new server.

Unless Markos specifically says that he isn't going to do a full index after all, have patience.

	29-04-2003 05:08									#10
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I for one like the new capacity, as it enabled me to find one of my threads much more quickly then before.

Thanks Markos!

	29-04-2003 06:16									#11
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Yup, I've never been able to search the archives either.

	29-04-2003 18:54									#12
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Its a pain. The best we can do is post a request to forum members to help narrow the manual search.

	01-05-2003 12:29									#13
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Perhaps particular 3-letter keys can be specified by the admins for indexing?

	01-05-2003 14:57									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch Its a pain. The best we can do is post a request to forum members to help narrow the manual search.

This works with civ2, since we can remember most of the more important threads. It could be trickier with some of the busier forums though.