esquire Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The members app lets you do most of that, doesn't it? http://community.invisionpower.com/members/#filters Ahhh... thanks for pointing this out to me. I'm a recent vb convert and IMHO, there is a real interface problem. I guess my real question is why have a lousy advanced members search from the search menu and then have a filtered one only available from a button which is only available if you think to navigate to a page in the members section? Who would think it's not available directly from within the search functionality? Regarding IP.C - that's more fun. I see something called "Pages" as opposed to "Articles". No user would think to search for a site article under "pages" which sounds more like someone's personal website page or profile, e.g. myspace page. But that isn't even the right section. Searching in Pages will not show your articles. You need to go to advanced search, then choose the "Pages" selection to show the advanced options at the bottom.... and then go to the bottom of search and change "Pages" to "Articles". That works. So you're searching "Pages" but not really because it's "Pages.... Articles" now although Articles is not really a subset of Pages. This is about as illogical a search methodology as I can imagine on its surface. And from what I can see, there isn't a way to search articles by category - which should be a given. The only way to search IP.C articles by category is to actually navigate to a page within that category and then you get "Category:blahblah" in the search bar. I don't know why there isn't the same list generated as is generated within the forums area. And in addition, I also get a new dropdown search menu that now also lists "Articles" in addition to just Pages which doesn't appear in any standard search menu from anywhere on the site. This is really not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'm going to see what I can do to change the search dropdown. Other than the basic functionality, it really needs a bit of an overhaul to improve the obvious, simple and efficient manner that search should display. IPB is really a tremendous piece of software but this is an area that really needs some work done on the front end UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyhoe Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 To add to that, Personally, I think the default search option should be "ALL" As most users searching for content, are unlikely to know which area of my community software to search! After all, you search for things because you cannot find it. So when I search for "Cars", Anywhere that mentions Cars should return, whether this is in a blog, and article, or a topic. I understand this may be a more intensive task for the server, but if you are going to give the search an overhaul for 4.0 then now would be the time to structure this in from the beginning to make it more efficient. When the results return, a simple extra column stating which area of the community the result is from would be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStamp Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I've jsut come looking for answer as well, as my members are not happy with the search, they are doing a search using the keyword thats in the title of the thread but the threads nowhere to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_Gordon Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Same thing here search is pretty much obsolete for my users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthDog Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 If anyone from staff catch this now, please make a blog post in development blog, for search functionality in upcoming version 4.0... Actually this is the only thing that keeps me from going to IPB for my new community.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWells Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Same thing here search is pretty much obsolete for my users. Cosigning this. Would love an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthDog Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I havent personally tested 4.0.1Does anyone has any updates regarding searching improvements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakRhyno Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I havent personally tested 4.0.1Does anyone has any updates regarding searching improvements?Yes, they are still working on it and it is NOT done. Check the Feature Plan and they are working on it. Best to keep an eye on the list. It has not been offically release yet (soft release). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthDog Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Yes, they are still working on it and it is NOT done. Check the Feature Plan and they are working on it. Best to keep an eye on the list. It has not been offically release yet (soft release).4.0.1 is not IPS4 official ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthDog Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Also in the feature plan i dont see any reference to what i originally wanted..To be able to search in the private forums...We will see i suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakRhyno Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 4.0.1 is not IPS4 official ?Not officially yet. Also in the feature plan i dont see any reference to what i originally wanted..To be able to search in the private forums...We will see i supposeIf you have a licence you can search there. A active licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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