Growster Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 But why this refusal of short search strings? Era, MTL, WIL, and lots of other perfectly valid 3-letter search terms get a "no entry found" reply, even though they would seem perfectly legit. It isn't a big problem, but it makes me scratch my, er, head. Mike at Vauxhall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Had the same issue when searching for my old posts, does seem very text specific in it's search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'll report this to Admin, in the morning, fellas. Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keySolutions Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 I also came up blank with a TGB search today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 What does all these abbreviations stand for ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'm sure when Lee ran the site he had the search down to 3 if not even 2 letters..................Happy days..................Just sayin....................Happy days.................... grahamparker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growster Posted August 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 I should add TSA to that list of recurring searches, that the forum swallows. What is the score with TSA keys? - they look very standard, and yet, I have never sold or made a single one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYKeys Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Growster - isn't the whole idea that they're only available to the TSA?! Mr Bargy - nonsense. The search was useless under former ownership and it's just as useless now. I use Google site search. Remember when all the deep links got broken? That was a right pain and that happened aaages ago Growster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Mr Bargy is i think referring to the site BEFORE he swapped servers (approx 2-3 years ago, might even be longer) and the search WAS hugely different. NYKeys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitySafe Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Hi. We have been playing about with settings and have also contacted the forum developers to see if we can improve the search facility.The settings we have just changed seem to be bringing back a lot more results for the searches.If you could all please have a play about and make sure it is working more efficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYKeys Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just did a search on SKS which returned no results. However, I have a suspicion that if I do one now, it will return this post. Does the database need re-indexing after your tweaks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYKeys Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 if I do one now, it will return this post. Confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Loads better, just had a search for some of my old posts and it found them straight away. Vast improvement so far. kobblers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitySafe Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 It will seem that if you go to http://shoerepairer.info/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1 and then search in the top bar, it brings up the results - very strange. When I searched for SKS it brought up 131 results.Still waiting to hear back from the forum developers. kobblers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growster Posted June 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Are we back to not being able to search for 3-letter stuff? I believe the Google search is a good substitute, though: gmt site:http://shoerepairer.info/ will get everything about GMT keys, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYKeys Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 yeah, searching for SKS returns no hits at present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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