Search Keyword in description (Creature and Item trade center)

windchill • 26 December 2014 at 4:28 PM

Maybe there should be a search for keyword in description function in the trade centers.
For example:

Searching for Free trade lots, you could just type in "free" and it will display all the trade lots open that have the word "free" in it's description.

Or lots that are looking for ec, type in "ec" and it'll show up all the trade lots that are open with "ec" in the description.

And so on and so on, other examples that maybe would be used a lot would be CC, Freeze, seeking, wishlist, giveaway, etc.

Access to this would most make sense like this

Shops > Creature Trade Center > Search

Shops > Item Trade Center > Search

I don't know if it would be that useful, but i'm pretty sure it will be to those who trade.

What do you think of this idea? I just came up with this out of boredom by the way. 😋

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fakeworld • 26 December 2014 at 4:34 PM

@windchill
I think this'll be a great addition to both trade centers,
It'll make things a lot easier!

newlife • 26 December 2014 at 7:36 PM

@windchill

Good idea, but curious, what if the message says "No EC" and you search up "EC" and you get that?

They must be a way to filter the No out

whereiscupcake • 28 December 2014 at 8:18 AM

For less specific searches you could have a drop down box to choose what you want such as in the creature TC:
[ ]Seeking EC
[ ]Seeking Creatures
And if you want both/don't mind you can tick both boxes. Then you can write in the description if you know what creatures you want specifically.

And in the items TC:
[ ]Seeking Any Items
[ ]Seeking Travels
[ ]Seeking Food
[ ]Seeking Books
...etc. with toys, bean sack items, bakey foods. Similarly here, not ticking food would exclude searches for trades that want those items.

On the search page there would be similar check boxes for both TCs with similar criteria. You can then look through all of the ones that match your search to see which you can afford through the more specific descriptions.

After that you could search through the descriptions on a computer using CTRL+F but on a phone that isn't possible so I guess on the same tick box page there could be a seperate option to search descriptions like you said, like if you wanted to find someone who wants a specific amount of EC tick 'Seeking EC' and type a number in the search box for the description? Or for travels tick 'Seeking Travels' and type the name of the travel? Or for free lots leave all unticked and just search 'free'.

Sorry if this is confusing or utterly ridiculous XD Long post is long.

fakeworld • 28 December 2014 at 11:07 AM

@whereiscupcake
Interesting, I can't wait to see what direction this suggestion takes. So it'll be similar to the keyword search we currently have for the forums?