Is there a search option?

[SometimesBi]

Fairly new here, so might have missed something. 

I went to The Deli to see what I could find for local providers (Seattle area). I see there are 1440 PAGES of topics. 😲 And, at least on my phone, I cannot see a search button. Please tell me I just missed it... 🤔

[MikeBiDude]

Check upper right corner of your display. 

[SometimesBi]

Thanks. I swear that magnifying glass wasn't there when I looked a couple hours ago... but my phone/browser has been finicky before (earlier I couldn't navigate backwards a page), so maybe coming to it via the home page was what I needed to clear things up.

[spider]

Same for me. Not there on iphone,

[MikeBiDude]

50 minutes ago, spider said:

Same for me. Not there on iphone,

IPhone, it’s the magnifying glass top of screen.

 

[spider]

1 hour ago, spider said:

Same for me. Not there on iphone,

Doh. 

[RadioRob]

The best place to hide something from is right in front of my node.  If it was buried deep somewhere, I would have no problem finding it.  

[+ José Soplanucas]

For those who browse from their phones, remember that if you use your device horizontally instead of vertically you will see more tools on screen.

[samhexum]

Sometimes the search function just doesn't work.  Yesterday I searched for Mysterious Skin and it told me there were no results.  Then I searched for skin and it told me that there were no results for that word on this site.

Today there are multiple results for Mysterious Skin.

[RadioRob]

Context is VERY important.  If you start a search within a topic, the default behavior is to search that topic.

That's what happens when you try to search while inside of this thread.  

Now...  if you happened to be elsewhere, such as the homepage...

Or if you happened to be within a specific forum such as the Spa or Deli...

 

[RadioRob]

This also applies to mobile...  BUT...  I do see a theme bug where you can't see the "This Forum" or "Everywhere" by default.  You have to click in that space to the right for it to show.  I'm going to see if I can improve that experience on mobile devices.  

[RadioRob]

How problematic is having the system be smart enough to know where you are and limit the results to that area?  So far, I've not seen anyone complain about it.  But if it turns out to be a major issue, I can figure out a way to just make the system search "everywhere" by default.  

[samhexum]

53 minutes ago, RadioRob said:

Context is VERY important.  If you start a search within a topic, the default behavior is to search that topic.

I'm pretty sure I searched everywhere yesterday.  And it's happened to me once or twice before.

[RadioRob]

If it happens again, let me know.  But given the search index has not changed at **ALL**, I'm almost willing to bet it's a context issue.  If it happens again, do that same exact search from the home page OR from the full search page https://www.companyofmen.org/search.  

On a side note...  I have fixed the issue with mobile devices not showing search context correctly.  

 

[ManTouch]

Is there a way to display search results by thread?  I thought that used to be an option but I don't see it anymore.  Thanks.

[RadioRob]

31 minutes ago, Midwest_Man said:

Is there a way to display search results by thread?  I thought that used to be an option but I don't see it anymore.  Thanks.

I’m not sure what you mean. If you have a thread open and you just use the search function inside it… you’ll only search that thread. 

So for example if you search for “Seattle” within this thread it would only find the one in this first post instead of the hundreds across the site. 

[ManTouch]

Sorry it wasn't clear.  I mean the results I get when I search.  It allows me to sort them by Date or Relevancy but the results still have multiple entries for the same threads.  For example if I search Vallarta the results have numerous results for the threads titled "Puerto Vallarta in January" and "Puerto Vallarta vs. Costa Rica".  Is there a way to limit that so it only shows the name of the relevant thread once?