New Search, Beta

2009-11-06 00:20:24

#1

chuyskywalker: Admin; +2,439|7093|"Frisco"

Searching here is constantly complained about. Slow, sucky, bad results, etc.

Fix'd

BF2S forums are now running Sphinx -- a super kick ass, dedicated searching system. And it's blazing fast -- no more "please wait while we forward you to the results" screens. Just results, now.

- http://forums.bf2s.com/sphinx.php

Here's a fun search to get you started off on the things this can do better:

- http://forums.bf2s.com/sphinx.php?q=quo … rch=Submit
Find replies quoting chuyskywalker, newest first

Also, Sphinx supports some intensely advanced querying options which you can use to get very detailed results.

Finally, there is no pagination -- this is intended. Most people who don't find what they want on page 1, usually just change their search terms -- this is now setup to work in the flow very nicely by keeping the search form on the results page.

Please leave feedback on how it's working (or not). Thanks!

Please note: the index is NOT being updated right now. So newer posts (than about the time of this post) will NOT show up as they are not in the index yet. The index is now being updated every 10 minutes.

2009-11-06 00:28:51

#2

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6398|what

Great work chuy, thanks.

I'd often search for something I know I had posted only to have no results return.

I especially like the Extended query syntax to include searching with "AND" "NOT" "OR" etc.

Plus it looks simple too.

edit: oh cool the results are displayed right underneath it!

Last edited by AussieReaper (2009-11-06 00:29:51)

2009-11-06 00:32:24

#3

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6846|132 and Bush

Awesome news. I search a lot here. I look forward to improved results.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-11-06 00:34:34

#4

baggs: Member; +732|6449

is very good!

2009-11-06 00:54:47

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6846|132 and Bush

Ok, this IS awesome..

No longer will I have to search page after page!

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-11-06 00:58:15

#6

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7001|Scotland

Kmar... that feature is on the old search as well....

Cool work Chuy.

2009-11-06 01:00:18

#7

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6846|132 and Bush

Really? I never saw it after the hundreds of search I've done here .. I must have trained myself to ignore it.

Apparently I never made it that far down.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-11-06 01:03:38

#8

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7001|Scotland

Bahahahah. Ironic that mods know less about the search than normal members.

2009-11-06 01:03:59

#9

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6398|what

Kmarion wrote:
Ok, this IS awesome..
http://i37.tinypic.com/23wp2dj.jpg
No longer will I have to search page after page!

I lol'd

2009-11-06 01:12:02

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6846|132 and Bush

Zimmer wrote:
Bahahahah. Ironic that mods know less about the search than normal members.

Especially considering I probably spend twice as much time here than you . I like it as a radio button.
I think I even made a video once of how to search (being sarcastic).

90 percent of my searches are me searching something I posted earlier. .. for referencing in another topic. I'm my own favorite fan.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-11-06 01:26:52

#11

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6698|The Twilight Zone

Very neatly organized

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2009-11-06 08:50:42

#12

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6966|Ireland | Monaghan

Win!

Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 4GHz || 3x2 GB OCZ 1600Mhz DDR3 || 80GB Intel X25-M Gen 2 || KFA2 GTX 480 1536Mb ||| Samsung T220 || Xonar DX 7.1 || AV 40 || P6T Deluxe V2 || Win 7 HP 64 Bit || Lian Li P80

2009-11-07 02:06:36

#13

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6872|UK

Noice

2009-11-07 03:29:24

#14

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6419|Sydney | ♥

lol kmar.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2009-11-07 04:56:13

#15

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6691|Amsterdam‫

with the new search you can find out what some ppl really want to know

https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee37/menzo2003/fredbf2.png

2009-11-07 04:57:45

#16

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|5995|شمال

Nice

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2009-11-07 05:38:31

#17

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6866|London, England

Zimmer wrote:
Kmar... that feature is on the old search as well....

Cool work Chuy.

It never really worked though, nothing worked in Search. Well for me it didn't. None of the parameters would do as they were told. Even the actual words you asked for it to search for wouldn't work properly.

2009-11-07 06:20:37

#18

chuyskywalker: Admin; +2,439|7093|"Frisco"

Updated it so that it's scanning and updating the index every 10 minutes now. Nifters.

2009-11-07 06:45:57

#19

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6734|Gogledd Cymru

Thanks Jeff, sphinx seems to be !

2009-11-07 07:01:55

#20

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6691|Amsterdam‫

when is it going to replace the search button?

2009-11-07 08:10:42

#21

SplinterStrike: Roamer; +250|6656|Eskimo land. AKA Canada.

menzo wrote:
when is it going to replace the search button?

This.

I just tried a search for "Black Dragon" and it gave me jack shit, then I realized it was the old search XD

New one is

2009-11-08 14:55:42

#22

chuyskywalker: Admin; +2,439|7093|"Frisco"

menzo wrote:
when is it going to replace the search button?

Sometime this week when I get a change to work on it. The old "search.php" has to stick around still since it does stuff like "new posts" etc.

Man, that whole "quote=chuyskywalker" thing is so fucking killer. I need to make an RSS variant of the search results

2009-11-08 15:03:50

#23

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6872|UK

chuyskywalker wrote:
Man, that whole "quote=chuyskywalker" thing is so fucking killer. I need to make an RSS variant of the search results

Hey now that's pretty fucking handy. It's basically like seeing who has replied to your posts.

Search term: quote=liquidat0r
Order by: Newest first
Show as: Posts

2009-11-11 14:17:37

#24

chuyskywalker: Admin; +2,439|7093|"Frisco"

menzo wrote:
when is it going to replace the search button?

Right now. All done. Old search.php is still around, but it's needed for silly things like "New Posts" etc.

2009-11-12 13:18:16

#25

SplinterStrike: Roamer; +250|6656|Eskimo land. AKA Canada.

Sweet news, thanks Chuy

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