Thread or category search

jkforde

Thread or category search? The fact that users can only search the whole of boards is plain daft, when they typically only want to search the category or thread. Come on, listen to your users needs.

josip

THis has to be the single biggest outstanding item to date. I've often read that one of the most valuable parts of boards is its discussion history. But if that's not searchable, then to all intents and purposes it's as good as useless. And it means that all the pain of the drawn out migration was wasted, since the user accounts and fora/thread titles without posts could have been done during someone's lunch break.

How hard is it to add the current context as a filter to the search? eg. If I currently have opened the thread on Skoda Fabia and I search for "Brakes" in the header search, then it only searches the thread I'm in. If I've clicked on the Motors forum, then it searches all threads in that forum. Are there any developers left who can implement this?

Boards.ie: Mike

Hi there,

The search function on site is facilitated by Vanilla. We have raised this issue multiple times in our on going conversations with them as recently as last week. They say it is something that is in development on their side.

We will continue to push the issue and encourage them to come up with a resolution for a functional search facility.

Hotblack Desiato

Easily enough done on desktop

On the results page click Discussions below the search box, then you'll get additional options on the right hand side. In the Category box start typing the forum/category you want to search in, pick the one that matches. You can add more than one. Then click on Filter.

joebloggs123

Any update on this? I like that this site has an irish theme to all content but if I cannot search specific sections easily as I browse on my phone then I'm better off on reddit

jkforde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120549800#Comment_120549800

nearly one year on and no progress I take it? 😂

can ye just abandon this Vanilla and move to a more functional platform?