Forum behavior

[Jeanne Quinn]

Is it possible to reduce the minimum length of a forum search string?

This has been reduced to a minimum of two characters. As the database builds a search index based on the minimum word length, the index (and conversely the database) is considerably larger the smaller the number, so let's try this and see if it's better.

-Jeanne

[Dave Labrecque]

This has been reduced to a minimum of two characters. As the database builds a search index based on the minimum word length, the index (and conversely the database) is considerably larger the smaller the number, so let's try this and see if it's better.

-Jeanne

Hey, thanks, Jeanne!

[Jay Q]

Thanks, Jeanne! That'll definitely make the search functionality more useful. Will there be any way to search on exact phrases? That's what I find to be the most frustrating thing.

Jay

[Jeanne Quinn]

Will there be any way to search on exact phrases?

Hi Jay,

I changed the search type to a fulltext search. You may now search for exact phrases by using quotes around your search phrase.

Thanks,
-Jeanne

[bcorkery]

On the other side of the coin, I come back to the forum and find that the messages/threads I've already read are marked as unread. With my memory being what it is, it takes me a while before I realize I've read theses before. Always good reading but not a real time saver.

[Ian Alexander]

Thank you Jeanne!

[bcorkery]

For example, I know I read this thread earlier and even posted. After my last session, I came back to check the forum and the whole thread was marked unread. Is there something I should be saving or something I'm missing?

Thanks,
Bill

[Ian Alexander]

Bill, there is a minimum "time away" before you are considered to have started a new session on the forum. I think it's about 3 hours. To get around this, click Quick Links, then Mark Forums Read. Then you can return ten minutes later and see what you expect.

I actually like the minimum time away. It keeps me from wasting the ENTIRE day here.

[bcorkery]

Ian,

It's easy to spend a lot of time here, I wouldn't call it wasted though ... I call it information gathering ... eh, research ... um statistical explorations.

OK now I'm wasting time!

Thanks,
Bill

[Bob L]

Use the Quick Links Mark Forums Read option everytime you leve... it works perfectly for me, even if I come back on ten mins later.

Bob L