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12-03-2009, 02:52 PM

knight_yyz

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What happened to the search function

Has anyone else noticed that a search will not yield anything newer than 2003? I have tried searching for threads I know I have posts in and I can't find them. And any generic search will not yield anything after 2003.

No wonder all the newbs are bumping 6 year old threads.

12-03-2009, 02:55 PM

xuimod

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I noticed that to but thought maybe it was just my individual search.

Hope it gets fixed soon, that's a pretty big problem.

12-03-2009, 03:00 PM

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if you want to find your posts click your name in the upper right corrner. go to stats then select recent posts by ***username**

then you should be good.

Jake

12-03-2009, 05:41 PM

knight_yyz

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I only tried to find an older post of mine to test out the search function and it failed miserably.

12-13-2009, 12:41 PM

showstoppa01

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Thats what i was saying. I was clicking the sreach button and it gave me an Interner Explorer error message.

12-13-2009, 12:43 PM

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Search hasn't worked at all these last few days. Nothing. Nada.

Now that I'm a supporting member, it's kind of irksome. But I figure it will get fixed eventually.

12-13-2009, 01:01 PM

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This is a pain in my Azz!!!! Im going to NICO club............................... j/k

12-13-2009, 01:16 PM

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Search yields an HTTP 500.

I personally have just always used google to search.

For example, searching the 5th gen section:
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Code:

site:maxima.org
inurl:5th-generation-maxima-2000-2003
searchterm1 searchterm2 searchtermN

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and if you want to only search titles (not the text):

Code:

site:maxima.org
inurl:5th-generation-maxima-2000-2003
intitle:searchterm1 
intitle:searchterm2 
intitle:searchtermN

or a single phrase:

Code:

site:maxima.org
inurl:5th-generation-maxima-2000-2003
intitle:"this exact phrase"

12-13-2009, 01:41 PM

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my searchh isnt working at all wats going on

12-13-2009, 02:07 PM

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Boredom on a Sunday afternoon:

1. Create a bookmark/favorite
2. Name it maxima.org 5th gen search or whatever
3. Copy/paste this in the url:

Code:

javascript:{function msrch(){var t=prompt("What search terms?");if(!t){return;};var p;while(t!=p){p=t;t=t.replace(/\s\s/g," ");};t=t.replace(/^\s/,"").replace(/\s$/,"");if(!t.length){return;};var ttl=confirm("OK for full text, Cancel for title-only:");var m1="site:maxima.org";var m2="inurl:5th-generation-maxima-2000-2003";if(!ttl){if(t[0]!='"'){t="intitle:" + t.replace(/ /g," intitle:")}else{t="intitle:"+t};};var m=m1+" "+m2+" "+t;location.href="http://google.com/search?q="+escape(m)};msrch()};

Load a valid URL, then click on that favorite/bookmark to search & if you ultimately end up at google, it worked.

If it works, cool; otherwise, whatever!