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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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 Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: The search function on this site truly sucks |
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Dunno whether this has been raised before or if I'm doing something wrong, but the search function on this site sure does suck.
Try it yourself - think of a thread from, say, a month or two ago and do a search for it.
Alternatively, think of a theme - rice, chocolate, Mexican food, Daegu, domestic violence, Korean classes, clubs/bars, anything - and do a search on it.
I know of another msg board that uses this server and searches on that are always perfect. This one throws any old random crap at you with the things you're looking for on page 4 (if at all).
Unless it's just me (in which case I apologize), people who bark "use the search function" or "couldn't you have done a search on this?" at newbies should think on I feel. When was the last time you searched for something and how fruitful was it? |
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Imbroglio
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Behind the wheel of a large automobile
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:43 am Post subject: |
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phpBB : Critical Error, baby!! woooo-hoooo YEEEHAAAAW!!
Well, I had to follow up that smart ass comment with my own search experiment on the word "SUCKS" and this is what I came up with...
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:09 am Post subject: |
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It used to work fine.
But I agree that it doesn't work very well now.
I don't know what happened. |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| It never worked that well.. it's always been a piece of crap.. |
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semphoon
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Where Nowon is
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Yes, the search function is a big o' shoite....
as is phpBB : Critical Error |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree. It's never worked since I've read the K-boards and that's like a year now. Maybe the reason there are bandwidth isssues is that newbies have to ask questions, start thread after thread on transcripts, visas, contracts because the search function is defective? |
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splok
Joined: 30 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:03 am Post subject: |
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The problem isn't with this site specifically. It's just that phpbb just has really, really smacky search code.
Go to google and put this in along with whatever you're searching for:
site:http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/
That will make google limit your results to only things from the address that you list. It's not perfrect, but its far better than the native phpbb search imo. |
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pet lover
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Location: not in Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| I think that the best way is to just post a question or start up a topic. If it's been done to death already, someone is sure to chime in and give you a list of appropriate threads. Everyone knows that the search thing is crap. If people know offhand the perfect thread for you, they are likely to just post the link for you. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Don't forget to check the FAQ pages first, if you are new here and have some questions ... it'll avoid ticking off the old-timers who have already answered the same questions 57 times.
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JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| pet lover wrote: |
| I think that the best way is to just post a question or start up a topic. If it's been done to death already, someone is sure to chime in and give you a list of appropriate threads. Everyone knows that the search thing is crap. If people know offhand the perfect thread for you, they are likely to just post the link for you. |
A bigger problem seems that all the stickies and FAQ's are WAY outdated. Many of the FAQ's are from 2003, and most addresses and info on banking, shopping, cell phones and computers are simply no longer true.
South Korea is fast evolving, and there are very few relevant FAQ stickies regarding banking, credit cards, cell phones, laptops, internet service, restaurants, etc. that are applicable in 2006. Heck, I've been here for a year, and the cell phone information alone has changed drastically in the last 6 months alone.
It's like there was ALOT of effort put into this site about 3 years ago, but has been left fallow since then--hence the 100000000 threads regarding topics like credit cards, phones, banking, etc. When someone looks through the stickies, sees year 2003 thread stickies...well, of course the site will get cluttered with even more 3-post threads about X topic. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:49 am Post subject: |
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people actually axtually use that thing it hasnt worked from the start!
what do the mods do here again? becuase they dont fix nothing around here! they are like a bunch of husbands  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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... it'll avoid ticking off the old-timers who have already answered the same questions 57 times.
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Am I the only one who thinks this attitude is peculiar? I for one have learned to skip answering posts I don't want to to answer. Heck's bells, there are even posts I don't read if I know by the title I'm not interested.
I cringe when someone says, Ahhh...go do a Search. We've already covered that one. I always feel like asking what barn they grew up in. |
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