How to search...

[deekay]

Hi. The "Search" function is not working for me. It just returns "0 results for your search"

I can be in a topic and type the same topic's title into "Search" and it still returns 0 results....

[iacas]

Examples would help.

First, it helps if you choose "all content". Then, particularly for multiple words, to make sure the search didn't put a "+" between them or something.

https://thesandtrap.com/search/?q=ballybunion works.

https://thesandtrap.com/search/?&q=how to search&sortby=relevancy worked.

Then there are the buttons and options below:

Note that the search index only includes words four letters long or longer.

https://thesandtrap.com/search/?&q=Titleist prov1x&sortby=newest gives different results than https://thesandtrap.com/search/?&q=Titleist pro v1x&sortby=newest (which really only searches for "titleist").

[deekay]

Ahhh, thanks, I guess I fell foul of the "less than 4 letters" stipulation.

I was trying to search for "fat shots" as I fatted a few last time I played. Any suggestions for better search phrases to help me find info/drills?

[iacas]

For stuff like that… I often just use Google:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+shots+site:thesandtrap.com

If you add "site:thesandtrap.com" it limits the search to here.

 

[deekay]

Thanks for the prompt help. Much appreciated.

[gregsandiego]

On 12/29/2017 at 11:20 AM, iacas said:

For stuff like that… I often just use Google:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+shots+site:thesandtrap.com

If you add "site:thesandtrap.com" it limits the search to here.

 

Yes that works. Could you build this into the site as some kind of custom Google search window ?

 

[iacas]

3 hours ago, gregsandiego said:

Yes that works. Could you build this into the site as some kind of custom Google search window ?

Maybe?

I just have a keyboard shortcut. I type "gs" and it expands to "site:thesandtrap.com" with a return at the end to submit the search.

The most annoying thing, honestly, about the site's search is that it loves to add the + sign between words. And the "fat shots" works on Google because the site throws out the word "fat" as it's only three letters long.

[Golfer gal]

ah, I think I get it. I played around with searching Six Footer Challenge and No Sixes Challenge, and first they both came up with those dang plus signs. And when I searched for gps watch, it made no sense to me... I absolutely KNEW there would be tons of opinions on this site.

[iacas]

1 minute ago, Golfer gal said:

ah, I think I get it. I played around with searching Six Footer Challenge and No Sixes Challenge, and first they both came up with those dang plus signs. And when I searched for gps watch, it made no sense to me... I absolutely KNEW there would be tons of opinions on this site.

The plus signs are a recent thing. I actually think that's a bug and a not-expected behavior. "sixes+challenge" doesn't get any results, but "sixes challenge" gets several, of course.

It may be a plugin I have installed. I'm going to investigate that.

[iacas]

9 minutes ago, iacas said:

It may be a plugin I have installed. I'm going to investigate that.

Yes, it appears to be a "Kitchen Sink" plugin I have activated right now. Search matters so I'll disable it temporarily, though I may re-activate it if the developer believes they've made some changes.

[iacas]

The developer of the plugin that seems to be causing problems is working on this.

The + signs shouldn't be a part of the search, which will greatly help the search stuff return better results.

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Edit a little bit later: give it a try right now, @deekay, @gregsandiego, and @Golfer gal. Search should work better. Just make sure you don't search "This Topic." Search either "All Content" or "Topics" or something else relevant.

[iacas]

Also, version 4.3 will enhance and improve search:

https://invisioncommunity.com/news/product-updates/invision-community-43-r1055/