In 16+ years of running forums with thousands of members, no one has ever asked me a single thing about improving or changing the search options.
If you believe that you can improve the current phpBB search then the answer is simple - create a PR for your changes
Well, KevC, this is your lucky day.
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https://forum.librivox.org/search.php?keywords=%22apply+noise+reduction%22&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
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https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=2612501
I suspect....... they don't care.ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:55 pm Given your lengthy and vast experience with users, I would welcome your comments in my suggestions.
Thanks Kev.KevC wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:08 pmI suspect....... they don't care.ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:55 pm Given your lengthy and vast experience with users, I would welcome your comments in my suggestions.
They'll do a simple search, if they find what they want, great. If they don't, they'll just start a new topic and ask.
I think they are, and I agree that an improvement of the search function would have its merits.ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:47 pm ...
My comments and suggestions were genuine, and I believe well-founded and documented.
+apply +noise +reduction
gives an "acceptable" result because all three words have to be present).PhpBB does not have "phrase" searching, only "word" searching, at least with the Native search index.ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:55 pm My understanding of Search and Advanced Search using the phpBB search engine, is that a string of words enclosed in double quotes should be used to match that [exact] phrase within posts, or perhaps, within Topic Titles.
That part of the documentation was the same since 3.0 and although being 12+ years old it still misses to explain that when not using the native index phrases are expected and interpreted. Or more lazily: either the docs are bugged or this board installation is, since they don't adhere to the docs, as per my proving example links.Brf wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:40 pmThere is nothing in the documentation for search, https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... _advanced/ , that indicates you can use double quotes to enclose phrases.
I didn't rubbish your work or theories.ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:47 pm Your flip-off comment "They'll do a simple search, if they find what they want, great. If they don't, they'll just start a new topic and ask." leaves you blind to the fact that the data stored on the web site(s), the wisdom of ages (or at least, sixteen years) is effectively lost to sight. After all, if it can't be found, it is effectively not there.
Do you agree?