Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 4, 2013 I spent ages and ages looking around for a search button.. yes i'm an idiot. Perhaps this would be better suited in white or red? It would make it stand out more for the blind among us *hangs head* but also add a bit of contrast to the top bar? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anjenha 44 Report post Posted June 4, 2013 Not just that but the function itself isn't great... took me a very long time to find what I was searching for the other night, and no it wasn't the search button, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 5, 2013 I thought i'd do a test for a keyword which i knew should appear in the search menu. Fiat Coupe. I know this as it should be in my project log - both in the title and in the main context as well. http://www.alfadriver.com/forum/index.php/topic/4196-alfa-147-fiat-coupe-20v-turbo-conversion-310bhp/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anjenha 44 Report post Posted June 5, 2013 precisely my point. it's parp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan 46 Report post Posted June 5, 2013 Methinks the search algorithm needs to be re-written to be more like Google, and less like Bing. Alfabhoy, where are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 5, 2013 http://invisionmodding.com/topic/50088-google-site-search/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 Doesnt look like staff fancy fixing this any time soon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJ_GQV 115 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 Its not something the mod's can sort out but i will PM the man who can Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 Sorry didn't mean for it to sound snotty!! Thats why i said staff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJ_GQV 115 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 Right, where's my ban hammer No worries, it didn't sound snotty i just thought id reply so you knew it wasn't getting ignored Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 haha.. doooo it! i'd actually start working! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 18, 2013 I thought i'd do a test for a keyword which i knew should appear in the search menu. Fiat Coupe. I just tried a search for Fiat Coupe and the search function brought back all instances of the terms "Fiat" and "Coupe", to search for the exact term "Fiat Coupe" one would need to enter either of the following search terms (this is how Google search works by the way - it's called boolean search): "Fiat Coupe" (note the quote marks) or Fiat +Coupe (note the plus [+] sign) Hope this helps, Waseem ps.. iIf members are desperate for a google based site search facility we can of course add it, I'd rather not though as our site software will be more secure if we add fewer third party extensions to the core forum software. pps. It is possible to make the search bar ALWAYS visible but I have it set to hide when not needed so as not to clutter the page. Again if members would prefer that it was always visible let me know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJ_GQV 115 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 i always use the search bar to find the tune of the day thread, never normaly finds it straight away and i end up looking through a list of threads before i find it just tried it now putting the " " either side of it and BINGO!.... Waz, you're a genius, it works perfectly. 1 thread, straight to what i need and no looking for it now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 Hi Alfabhoy, But i've never needed to do that in any other site and i use a few! Could we just make the magnifying glass white and then it'll make it easier for users to see the search function? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 24, 2013 Hi Alfabhoy, But i've never needed to do that in any other site and i use a few! Could we just make the magnifying glass white and then it'll make it easier for users to see the search function? My guess is that the other sites you are referring to have their search function set up to search for ALL words, ours is set up to search for ANY words. That's not too bad an idea re the magnifying glass icon, I'll have a look at that and make it the same colour as the menu bar text Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 24, 2013 Could we just make the magnifying glass white and then it'll make it easier for users to see the search function? As per your request sir Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan 46 Report post Posted June 24, 2013 That's service, that is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfa_owner 6 Report post Posted June 24, 2013 Ooooo la la... doesn't that look better? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites