• There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

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bmccaffrey

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everything else is being worked on. Maybe we can work on this to make more user friendly.
Search for something and it's all over the place:gaah::gaah:

Worst search I've used
 
Well....

Haven't been here that long but found early on that google does a better job of finding posts here. May be just not knowing how to use the search feature here...:dontknow:
 
Registerd Users - Can Use Boolean Search - Yes

The Boolean search operators are and, or and not. You can use these operators to create a very broad or very narrow search. And combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms.

You can also wrap quotes: "search"

Search by title only - I added those chk boxes in a drop down from the main pages search box weeks ago.

Search like this: spyder+tools

Search Spyder or Spyder

Etc.....
 
Registerd Users - Can Use Boolean Search - Yes
I didn't realize you had implemented that. Should help quite a bit in doing searches.

bmccaffrey, One thing I do often is use Google, particularly when I really want to search on a two or three letter word which the forum search won't do. Just put the search terms in the Google box followed by site:spyderlovers.com.
 
That option has always been on for users.

3 letter searching is also allowed.

I'd swear I tried 3 letter searches in years past and got an error. Maybe it was just 2 letter and having not tried it for a long time it gradually morphed in my head from a 2 letter to 3 letter limitation! :banghead:

As far as the Boolean option I suppose you're going to tell me if I'd read instructions I would have known!!! :lecturef_smilie: Are there instructions about how to use the seach feature? I just looked and don't see any!
 
I enabled 3 letter search when i changed the search engine program over to sphinx, as its 100x faster, also set the return limit to 500 results from i think it was 300, as sphinx can handle a lot more than SQL searching with FULTEXT indexing, should be posted in my Upgrades thread.

I can tell you that if you want?

Read the instructions Idaho, you would have known how to use the boolean search!!! :lecturef_smilie:

boolean searching isnt even listed in Vbulletin FAQ page.

I can allow 2 word searching with sphinx, but its going to return really bad results unless youre very specific in your search terms.
 
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