Search Don't Work
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I tried this in the search box on the home page and got SQL Statement Generator by Chris Hambleton as the first result, the same as Google. Could you describe the steps you took, and what results you did get. Matthew Dennis Senior Developer The Code Project
[ADDED] Message is wrong, the facts have evolved, all is well now; please move on. [/ADDED] There is another victim of the multiple searchboxes approach. you have one search facility that works very well, yet you confuse people by also offering lesser tools. I recommend you remove all but the search box in the CP title band. That would include the "search articles" on the home page, the tiny search box on all the forums, etc. If you insist on leaving other search facilities, please make them just call the new, very good, great search page, possibly with options preset to something fitting the widget/button that was clicked on the calling page. But please stop executing a different, old, and less-than-good search engine as you do have a good one. More consistency, less code to maintain, happier users. :)
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3modified on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:13 PM
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[ADDED] Message is wrong, the facts have evolved, all is well now; please move on. [/ADDED] There is another victim of the multiple searchboxes approach. you have one search facility that works very well, yet you confuse people by also offering lesser tools. I recommend you remove all but the search box in the CP title band. That would include the "search articles" on the home page, the tiny search box on all the forums, etc. If you insist on leaving other search facilities, please make them just call the new, very good, great search page, possibly with options preset to something fitting the widget/button that was clicked on the calling page. But please stop executing a different, old, and less-than-good search engine as you do have a good one. More consistency, less code to maintain, happier users. :)
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3modified on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:13 PM
Luc Pattyn wrote:
There is another victim of the multiple searchboxes approach.
Nope. :)
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
There is another victim of the multiple searchboxes approach.
Nope. :)
Indeed, they have redirected the secundary search tools to the primary one now. Which is good. If they now would remember some of the settings, mainly "sort by date created desc", that would be good. :thumbsup: ADDED Makes me now wonder why Matthew asked "Could you describe the steps you took..." /ADDED
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3modified on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 1:02 PM
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[ADDED] Message is wrong, the facts have evolved, all is well now; please move on. [/ADDED] There is another victim of the multiple searchboxes approach. you have one search facility that works very well, yet you confuse people by also offering lesser tools. I recommend you remove all but the search box in the CP title band. That would include the "search articles" on the home page, the tiny search box on all the forums, etc. If you insist on leaving other search facilities, please make them just call the new, very good, great search page, possibly with options preset to something fitting the widget/button that was clicked on the calling page. But please stop executing a different, old, and less-than-good search engine as you do have a good one. More consistency, less code to maintain, happier users. :)
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3modified on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:13 PM
They all call the new search page, at least they are supposed to. If I've missed one, let me know. Matthew
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Indeed, they have redirected the secundary search tools to the primary one now. Which is good. If they now would remember some of the settings, mainly "sort by date created desc", that would be good. :thumbsup: ADDED Makes me now wonder why Matthew asked "Could you describe the steps you took..." /ADDED
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3modified on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 1:02 PM
You can use the Saved Queries to capture the current search and all its setting. You can save up to 10 searches. For example, I have a query to list all of Chris's forum message post, sorted by date created, descending. This lets me keep track of what he is promising everybody. So, just do the query you want, enter a name for the query, and click the save button. This will add the query to you saved query list. Just click on it to re-execute. Matthew
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You can use the Saved Queries to capture the current search and all its setting. You can save up to 10 searches. For example, I have a query to list all of Chris's forum message post, sorted by date created, descending. This lets me keep track of what he is promising everybody. So, just do the query you want, enter a name for the query, and click the save button. This will add the query to you saved query list. Just click on it to re-execute. Matthew
"Promised" is too strong a word. I prefer "brow beaten into offering".
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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"Promised" is too strong a word. I prefer "brow beaten into offering".
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Shouldn't you be coding right now? *whoopa!*
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They all call the new search page, at least they are supposed to. If I've missed one, let me know. Matthew
Yes, I think you're right, AspDotNetDev already told me so. I actually stopped using all widgets/buttons/editboxes relating to search on various CP pages, I created my own browser favorites button that brings up the search page with order=createddesc as that is what I need 90% of the time. (I wish the search page would just remember that setting!). :thumbsup:
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3 -
You can use the Saved Queries to capture the current search and all its setting. You can save up to 10 searches. For example, I have a query to list all of Chris's forum message post, sorted by date created, descending. This lets me keep track of what he is promising everybody. So, just do the query you want, enter a name for the query, and click the save button. This will add the query to you saved query list. Just click on it to re-execute. Matthew
I understand that, I did experiment with it a bit when it surfaced, but then there were some problems at that time (I'm pretty sure they got fixed), and it still requires extra clicks to get there. Having the saved queries horizontally, as a line of buttons above the textbox would be better IMO. But I would settle for a user selectable default query, which you would use in whatever way the search page gets called (unless URL parameters tell otherwise of course). :)
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CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3 -
Shouldn't you be coding right now? *whoopa!*
Well, I am firmly into a bottle of Jim Barry Lodge Hill Shiraz...
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Well, I am firmly into a bottle of Jim Barry Lodge Hill Shiraz...
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I look forward to reporting the bugs you are writing. :)
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I look forward to reporting the bugs you are writing. :)
Features. Undocumented features, if you must.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP