We're working on bringing the Search function back

Darragh · 12-10-2009 6:09pm #1

Hi there,

Just a quick update on the return of our search feature - we're currently working on bringing it back. Part of the issue has been the recent, regrettable, outages of service you have experienced.

Our tech team are working on resolving these problems. This should make browsing Boards.ie that bit better for you.

We're extremely sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you in browsing - it's a pain for us as well - but we're hoping to get it back for you as quickly as possible. In the meantime we'd appreciate your patience and understanding while we recover the missing hamsters work on getting it back for you.

Thanks

Darragh

motipp · 12-10-2009 7:56pm

Darragh wrote: »

Hi there,

Just a quick update on the return of our search feature - we're currently working on bringing it back. Part of the issue has been the recent, regrettable, outages of service you have experienced.

Our tech team are working on resolving these problems. This should make browsing Boards.ie that bit better for you.

We're extremely sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you in browsing - it's a pain for us as well - but we're hoping to get it back for you as quickly as possible. In the meantime we'd appreciate your patience and understanding while we recover the missing hamsters work on getting it back for you.

Thanks

Darragh

Thanks Darragh. I only joined yesterday and couldn't believe there was no search function...look forward to getting it sorted!

CutzEr · 12-10-2009 9:31pm

Yeah.. well.... good..

the_syco · 13-10-2009 1:09am

Darragh wrote: »

while we recover the missing hamsters work on getting it back for you.

Found one slacking on the job

Stark · 13-10-2009 3:57pm

What about bringing sexy back?

Midnight_EG · 13-10-2009 8:52pm

I'm sure everybody would like to know, what caused it? (If I may ask?)

Thanks

forbairt · 14-10-2009 1:10pm

Excellent ... I've been searching for that for a while now

Cmar-Ireland · 14-10-2009 7:01pm

Any chance of making a 2 or 3 character word searchable when the search function is back up?

Keep up the good work!

bernardo mac · 16-10-2009 9:26am

Thanks again folks.I thought I was becoming more incompetent at the computer.Was cracking up! Good work and Regards;)

Nobrow · 17-10-2009 9:11am

Have you ever used the search feature? It's thoroughly useless. Don't kill yourself with it.

ironictoaster · 20-10-2009 7:24pm

I use it heavily to find threads I have posted on. I know I can subscribe to threads, but I find this way faster...

Valmont · 20-10-2009 7:25pm

Nobrow wrote: »

Have you ever used the search feature? It's thoroughly useless. Don't kill yourself with it.

WHAT?! I am like a lost soul without it. I post across all types of fora and will often jump into a random conversation that catches my interest. The result is that the next day I need to search all the previous posts I have made in the last day or so in order to follow up on each thread the responses my post may have garnered.

Any word on a date for when it will fixed?

artanevilla · 21-10-2009 1:14am

Nobrow wrote: »

Have you ever used the search feature? It's thoroughly useless. Don't kill yourself with it.

I use it to see the drunken posts I've made the night before.

mike65 · 21-10-2009 9:43am

The search feature is more than about archives, its also about the New Posts facility.

Cmar-Ireland, that would be great for all those three letter acronyms but it won't happen due to the vast increase in hamsters required for such short terms.

zAbbo · 21-10-2009 10:49am

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

Any chance of making a 2 or 3 character word searchable when the search function is back up?

Keep up the good work!

That would probably kill the servers, imagine searching for a 2 char string?

You can search more effectively by using boolean operators, mainly * to pad out the char limit

Nobrow wrote: »

Have you ever used the search feature? It's thoroughly useless. Don't kill yourself with it.

It's incredibly useful for moderators, and for those who want to pickup discussions where they last posted (my recent posts) as well as just about searching for anything in general.

Max Power1 · 21-10-2009 11:15am

Nobrow wrote: »

Have you ever used the search feature? It's thoroughly useless. Don't kill yourself with it.

I respectfully disagree with what you said, but will defend to death your right to say it search for it

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 21-10-2009 5:03pm

ah, it's handy to make quick judgments on people by glancing through all their posts. or maybe that's just me

lucky-colm · 21-10-2009 6:24pm

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I'm sure everybody would like to know, what caused it? (If I may ask?)

i notice this hasn't been annswered yet

Thanks

Nobrow wrote: »

Have you ever used the search feature? It's thoroughly useless. Don't kill yourself with it.

lol totally agree:D

it was that "new post" button i used to use

cgarrad · 21-10-2009 7:15pm

Why is this taking so long?

Search is a really basic function... sort it out.

People use this site for reference and its just not acceptable to not have a functioning search facility.

When you build a community you then have a responsibility to manage it correctly.

Namlub · 21-10-2009 7:35pm

The 'Search this thread' icon on this page is mocking me :mad:

ucd.1985 · 21-10-2009 9:54pm

Take yr time already.

WeeBushy · 21-10-2009 11:05pm

Is there a rough timeframe of how long it'll take to come back? I have so many thanked posts that I want to look at

Cheers for all the work btw

Epic Tissue · 21-10-2009 11:11pm

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=site:boards.ie+search+function

Basq · 21-10-2009 11:18pm

site:boards.ie "<insert search term here>" will do just fine for me!

wil · 22-10-2009 12:06am

Sorry, I should have known.

Never ever ever type "boards" in to the boards search.

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I'm sure everybody would like to know, what caused it? (If I may ask?)

Thanks

finipops · 22-10-2009 12:19am

Well i only joined about an hour ago and i may be getting the hangs of things i was also wondering why there was no searching but now i know.

Cheers for that.

Exon · 22-10-2009 6:56am

It comes in handy when your looking for important old posts!

Darragh · 22-10-2009 9:58am

Thank you all for your posts and replies. We are still working on the issue and hoping to resolve it as soon as possible.

The site is hugely busy and part of the issue is that. It's our tech team's top priority and as soon as I have a date on when it will be back and stable, I'll let you know.

We're currently investing in more infrastructure to try make sure it doesn't happen in the same way again, but as with any website that is getting over 1.5 million unique visitors a month, there are loads of variables here.

We appreciate your patience and beg your forgiveness - it's as much a pain for us as it is you - but we are working on it.

Thanks

Darragh

We're working on bringing the Search function back

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