Refine the Search feature

karamel • 15 December 2013 at 6:45 AM

If you're not interested in reading the big jumble down there, here's a summary: I'd like the search feature to be more specific. 😋

Often when I search for things, I get pages and pages of results. (Just searching "forum search" will bring up 628 pages of posts...) As a result, it'd be nice to refine the Search feature and make it more useful. It can also prevent duplicate topics. c:

I'd like to have a search feature that's similar to Google's Advanced Search or some other forum search. Some of the features I'd like implemented are:
- *wildcards*
- "exact phrases"
- -remove unwanted words
- filtering by @username
- searching in either posts or topics
- sorting results (by date, relevance, etc.)
- searching posts older or newer than a specific date

Another forum's search feature (Invision):
Advanced Search: http://i.imgur.com/daXE1n2.png
Simple Mode: http://i.imgur.com/Qa0snQm.png

Do any of you have any other suggestions or ways to improve this? If so, post them here. It'd be great if you could vote on the poll and post your opinions. Thank you! 😸

#kara
#suggestion
#search

spiritkoi • 15 December 2013 at 10:11 AM

@karamel I think this would be a great idea!

fakeworld • 15 December 2013 at 12:18 PM

@karamel
This would be a very useful tool, It's just a big hassle of taking the time to look through tons of pages to see if something already exist, or just to simply find something you're looking for. I support this suggestion to the fullest, I am seriously looking forward to seeing this implemented 😊

karamel • 15 December 2013 at 2:14 PM

Thanks for your support! c:

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Votes on the poll do help, too. 😊

Deleted • 15 December 2013 at 2:15 PM

@karamel I think this is a wonderful idea! 😊 I voted in the poll as well. 😊

Deleted • 15 December 2013 at 2:22 PM

@karamel
Yeah, that'll be helpful. Especially the date part so old topics won't get bumped all the time.