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New TSR search: have your say

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Original post by shooks
Thanks for all the feedback so far - it's really useful to get an insight into how you all use the search feature.

So here's a follow-on question. Presuming we keep the existing search function in place, how would you like to see it improved?


Turn the "show results as threads" as well as posts option back on.
Original post by PQ
Turn the "show results as threads" as well as posts option back on.
Definitely :smile:
Original post by shooks
Thanks for all the feedback so far - it's really useful to get an insight into how you all use the search feature.

So here's a follow-on question. Presuming we keep the existing search function in place, how would you like to see it improved?

Make it faster and work more

Original post by Slowbro93
I think GEG's idea of having the member search and the current search bar combined would be a good idea :smile:

Yep my idea is a good one!

Original post by PQ
Turn the "show results as threads" as well as posts option back on.

That would be nice!
Original post by shooks
Thanks for all the feedback so far - it's really useful to get an insight into how you all use the search feature.

So here's a follow-on question. Presuming we keep the existing search function in place, how would you like to see it improved?


- make it accessible from mobile, make it mobile friendly
- quicker results
- fix "search titles only"
- remove quotes from search results
- option to return results as threads rather than posts (as PQ said)
- improve relevancy algorithm (demote results based on their age)
- wildcard support
introduce a "recent search" list to see what is trending on TSR ?
Haven't read the whole thread so sorry if already mentioned.

be able to search for phrases using speech marks, like you can in google
Original post by shooks
Do you ever use the little search box at the top-right of the page? We're looking at ways to make this on-site search much better and more useful - and one of the things we're considering is replacing it with Google Custom Search.

You can get an idea of how that would look on this test search page. Next time you need to search TSR, please try using this search page and then add a post here to let us know what you think. If lots of people like it, we'll look into properly integrating it into the site.

What we're using here is a simple embed of Google that is targeted specifically at TSR. That means you can use all the usual Google functionality (such as search modifiers) and it also means that the results that are returned are exactly the same as you would get from Google. We do block some of our pages from Google - including member profiles and any content that is only for subscribers (such as learning tools). So you wouldn't be able to find those using this search.

Try the TSR search beta test



thisistheend, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

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Maybe fix that first?
Original post by thisistheend
thisistheend, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

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Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?

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If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.



Maybe fix that first?


Where are you seeing that - that might not be a problem, simply you trying to access a thread in a forum you don't have access to (e.g. the bin).
Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
Where are you seeing that - that might not be a problem, simply you trying to access a thread in a forum you don't have access to (e.g. the bin).

when I click on Try the TSR Beta Test

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/content.php?r=8873-search-tsr
Original post by thisistheend


That's because the beta test is over I guess.
Original post by thisistheend


Maybe fix that first?


Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
Where are you seeing that - that might not be a problem, simply you trying to access a thread in a forum you don't have access to (e.g. the bin).


Original post by greeneyedgirl
That's because the beta test is over I guess.


More gremlins, annoyingly. Fixed now, for anyone who'd still like to take a look.

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