Posted by Yazan24
The search function on esato sucks, I never find what im looking for even if I type the title of the thread.
Someone agree?
Posted by 50Cent
well it is hard to find what u want sometimes. With a little bit of time and patience u'll get there in the end.
Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by Jim
Yeah I have to agree with that
Edit: not with KiMcHeEbOi coment
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Posted by Yaesu
I never have any problem with search and can usually find what i'm after maybe patience is a virtue
Posted by Yazan24
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Posted by Yaesu
From wap search it shows up as 4th result for me dont think thats to bad
Posted by Yazan24
wap seach is so much better, i usually do it from my mobile to find the post
Posted by Ayush
agree wid yazan. Fact is fact.
Posted by Yazan24
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Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by Sammy_boy
i have to say I agree with Yazan's rather unsublte opinion!
I've often tried searching for something, and even trying putting a '+' before the words i am searching for, and got either nothing or thousands of results.
One thing though Yazan - calling people idiots just because they don't agree with you ain't exactly polite....
I'll probably get called an idiot for saying that, but hey!
Posted by Yazan24
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Posted by Yazan24
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Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by Yazan24
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Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by Yazan24
No Im not a famous designer nor Bill Gates.
But I am a webdesigner, and Im not as ignorant as you.
Bill Gates is an Entrepaneur and not a Webdesigner not a Computer Genius, its a common mistake. By the much lower stupider division of society.
Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by Yazan24
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Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by Yazan24
Lets not drift away from the topic.
The search sucks,
BDW I WOULD.
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Posted by kimcheeboi
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Posted by gforce23
@masseur u better lock this thread.
Posted by kimcheeboi
dont lock the thread ill delete all my posts
Posted by Dj Boyi
@kim,you should learn to read as i dont see 4 posts in a row here;
Btw,the search still sucks,just not so much as it used to
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Posted by gforce23
@boyi dont join the fight mate. Let there be peace.
Posted by kimcheeboi
@masseur or @other mod
dont lock i deleted all me posts
Posted by Dj Boyi
You bin drinking again kim?
Posted by kimcheeboi
what?
check me and @se man's thread....
Posted by imanuk
The esato search works really well after you have read the infomation on how to use search terms at the bottom of this page:
http://www.esato.com/board/search.php
If you would prefer to use google to search esato then type your search term including:
site:www.esato.com
That searches only the esato domain. For further info on google searches refer to their help pages:
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html
Posted by gforce23
Nice explanation mate.
Posted by 50Cent
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i admit thats a pile of crap....search sucks!
Posted by imanuk
Cheers geforce, I try to keep my posts constuctive - unlike this one
Posted by masseur
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no, I always find what I am looking for when referring other members to threads etc.
Posted by Yazan24
Masseur Try searching for the title of the thread, say you lost the thread.
What results do u get?
Posted by Jowi
Sometimes
Posted by wapchimp
It's true. I searched for Esato's Search sucks.
It was on the second page in 11th place!
Posted by kimcheeboi
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search for five words: search function on esato sucks
and its #1.
you're searching for content, not the title, and its good at searching out CONTENT.
Posted by wapchimp
True again. It's top. I think the title should be picked up in a search though.
Posted by kimcheeboi
maybe an option "search for title"
edit:and look at the "flame war" of smilies
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Posted by laffen
I did not invent the search function. It's built into the mysql (database) server.
From the mysql manual:
Every correct word in the collection and in the query is weighted according to its significance in the collection or query. This way, a word that is present in many documents has a lower weight (and may even have a zero weight), because it has lower semantic value in this particular collection. Conversely, if the word is rare, it receives a higher weight. The weights of the words are then combined to compute the relevance of the row
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Search.html
Posted by GOwin
the latest version we have is much better than what we had last time. anyway, there are 3 ways of searching ESATO.
1) the esato Forum SEARCH function
2) the "Search Esato" function(which you can see on the left part of your screen everywhere in the site)
3) search using http://www.google.com with the "site:
I hope that helps.
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Posted by Krubach
@laffen. Can't you override that built-in search function of mysql, making your own queries with qualifiers like "+" and "-"? The only problem is if mysqI queries are case-sensitive (Oracle is...).
Posted by GOwin
@krubach
that's doable already.
notes in the esato forum search function:
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Posted by Oco
Im afraid I agree but I always thought It was part of improving our knolewdge ;)
Posted by Yazan24
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What if you dont know the content?
For example when I look for a technical inquiry and cant find the answer, I post and then everyone flames me.
Posted by kimcheeboi
ok i was inflamed at the axxxr thingy and how you were calling him a big baby. forget it dude who cares?
Posted by Yazan24
Oh no dude, im not talking abt this technical inquiry im saying in general.
Where can i find themes
Use the ***** SEARCH!!!
Well I did use the search but guess what. IT SUCKS.
Posted by kimcheeboi
PM me if you want themes. (Ill explain why in PM)