09-21-2008, 11:34 AM
I still can't use basic search to search for "JJ". Strange because it seems to work for other poster's nicks.
Help.
JJ
Help.
JJ
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09-21-2008, 12:22 PM
There are at least 4 pages of comments about this new format.
Was there an option to just use the old format with the new program? It would have saved all of us a bunch of time posting here. Change for the sake of change is not always good.
09-21-2008, 01:21 PM
JJ wrote: Search "Author" + "exact phrase" http://forums.macresource.com/search.php..._threads=0
09-21-2008, 01:23 PM
modelamac wrote: No there was not. I'm pretty certain that admin Jim isn't doing this for fun.
09-21-2008, 02:50 PM
lafinfil wrote: Getting rid of you.
09-21-2008, 03:34 PM
There was a classic template with Phorum 5.2. However, the old modified template in use by MR would not have worked. Looks like they chose to modify the newer modern template with 5.2 (named Emerald) instead of modifying the older style classic template. I can't say I blame them. There is a reason I made the Emerald template. Its HTML structure is much better and easier to customize and work with.
If you want to get an idea how the base Phorum template looks, you can visit our demo forum at http://www.phorum.org/demo/. For example, apparently, Safari is in fact ignoring the font size for the textarea where you post new topics and replies. I define it as "font-size:medium;" which IE and Firefox both as the standard size for the page, 13px. But, Safari is not rendering it that size. It is coming out as 11px in Safari. Safari in general is a bear to work with for form elements. Apple attempts to make HTML forms appear like native Apple dialogs. But, with 80% of the internet not using Safari, designers don't design for that.
09-21-2008, 03:38 PM
JJ wrote: This means they are using the new, more advanced search functions. That is good as they are much faster. Unfortunately it means they don't have their MySQL server configured to index words less than 4 characters. So, you will not be able to search for any terms 3 characters or less. This is a configuration issue on the server and can be fixed however. All my servers are set to 2 characters or more for indexing.
09-21-2008, 03:48 PM
brianlmoon wrote: This means they are using the new, more advanced search functions. That is good as they are much faster. Unfortunately it means they don't have their MySQL server configured to index words less than 4 characters. So, you will not be able to search for any terms 3 characters or less. This is a configuration issue on the server and can be fixed however. All my servers are set to 2 characters or more for indexing. Thanks for that info, that would explain why searching for "ggd" doesn't return anything either, but searching for longer author names using the simple search does work. I do hope that the new forum can change the indexing to 2 characters to get back the functionality that we used to have.
09-21-2008, 08:02 PM
brianlmoon wrote: This means they are using the new, more advanced search functions. That is good as they are much faster. Unfortunately it means they don't have their MySQL server configured to index words less than 4 characters. So, you will not be able to search for any terms 3 characters or less. This is a configuration issue on the server and can be fixed however. All my servers are set to 2 characters or more for indexing. Thanks Brian. Hopefully that is an easy fix for mrp-admin. One other thing... http://forums.macresource.com/ lists 'Friendly' Political Ranting on top of Tips and Deals. JJ |
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