Author Topic: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box  (Read 3549 times)

KnacK

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[FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« on: February 16, 2009, 06:04:34 PM »
As the standard forum search really doesn't lend itself to being user friendly some times, I suggest coding in a Google Web site search box that only searches the dp forums:

http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ CLick on FREE as in b33r

I've looked at SMF's web site and they don't have a mod to include this in with the code.

lilb990

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2009, 06:23:14 PM »
That would be a good feature :) +1 as soon as the vote comes out!

Zorchenhimer

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2009, 11:29:39 PM »

jitspoe

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2009, 04:45:21 PM »
I'm not going to support google after the crap they pulled with the adwords.  Is the built in search that bad?  I use it like 10 times a day...

KnacK

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 05:02:01 PM »
Its faster.

And I now prefer to use it other than the built-in forum search.

site:dplogin.com/forum <enter search criteria here> works like a charm.

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 05:17:25 PM »
I know on another forum website it didn't work to well.
People preferred the built in search because they couldn't find what they were looking for.

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2009, 07:35:32 AM »

jitspoe

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2009, 08:44:42 AM »
The problem with some external search is that if you search for something like "autococker", it's going to show every thread, since it's below everybody's name.  Likewise, if you search for a person's name, it will show all of the threads they posted in - every page of every thread they posted in, actually - not just the posts that contained their name.

Anyway, here's the vote for it: http://dplogin.com/dplogin/featurevote/feature.php?id=10200

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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Google Website Search Box
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2009, 08:55:45 AM »
Is the built in search that bad?
It is much better as an external, but sometimes it needs around 5 minutes for a search result...