If I search for Quad in titles only I get very few results. If I just use the general search I get many more results a lot of which have Quad in the title
Stuart
Stuart
Hi,
I got 10 pages of results with the search bar at the top of the page, using only titles.
I also get 10 pages with the toggle off. Is there a specific thread you're looking for?
I got 10 pages of results with the search bar at the top of the page, using only titles.
I also get 10 pages with the toggle off. Is there a specific thread you're looking for?
I would have thought that Quad in titles would be a subset of Quad in all posts and therefor smaller. I am interested in Quad products like the ESL63 and 405 amplifier, I use the search Quad in titles to find these, previously this worked well
The title search only searches the actual thread titles. It will not search both titles and posts for your terms once the title toggle is selected. With it not selected you will get both posts and threads. Thus it will almost always be a smaller number.
On the older forum, it was BBS software (the type you can still see on a few forums, where each post in a thread also carried the title of the thread itself. Maybe this is what you saw?
On the older forum, it was BBS software (the type you can still see on a few forums, where each post in a thread also carried the title of the thread itself. Maybe this is what you saw?
If the new database has lost the linkage between post and thread title, that is a major loss of information.
Yes there is definitely something wrong with ''SEARCH''
Yesterday I tried, unsuccessfully to find a post from a current running thread, by a member who has made over 100 posts on the subject. I put in the exact title by copy & paste. members name, confirmed by DIY & search came up with ONE post. Not the one I wanted.
With a shorter title I managed to get more posts on the subject i wanted & many others, but still not the one I need to refer too!! very frustrating.
Cheers
Yesterday I tried, unsuccessfully to find a post from a current running thread, by a member who has made over 100 posts on the subject. I put in the exact title by copy & paste. members name, confirmed by DIY & search came up with ONE post. Not the one I wanted.
With a shorter title I managed to get more posts on the subject i wanted & many others, but still not the one I need to refer too!! very frustrating.
Cheers
Well I found the Post No from the group contributing to the subject.
Armed with this I redid the search & NO it was not shown in the 6 pages of threads found. Many, many had nothing to do with the title subject.
However when I knew what the capacitor was, (due to the fact that members had advised me of the thread No) The search found the post.!! Of course the problem was is that I did not know what capacitor had been used, only that it was not the recommended one. So basically new search is CRAP.
Cheers
Armed with this I redid the search & NO it was not shown in the 6 pages of threads found. Many, many had nothing to do with the title subject.
However when I knew what the capacitor was, (due to the fact that members had advised me of the thread No) The search found the post.!! Of course the problem was is that I did not know what capacitor had been used, only that it was not the recommended one. So basically new search is CRAP.
Cheers
The new search uses ElasticSearch and has been very well received. It hasn't been tuned to audio terms yet (synonyms) but that's on the cards as it seems it will take some custom development.
If there is a specific search you are finding isn't working well, please post the exact search terms and options you're using, and an example of the threads or posts you'd expect to see but aren't.
If there is a specific search you are finding isn't working well, please post the exact search terms and options you're using, and an example of the threads or posts you'd expect to see but aren't.
Here is are a couple
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/replacement-parts-for-quad-909.303090/
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/quad-405-clone.196210/
they contain Quad in the title but the search Quad in titles does not return anything this year, 2022
There may be more but as the search does not work I shall have to wait until they appear while browsing
Stuart
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/replacement-parts-for-quad-909.303090/
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/quad-405-clone.196210/
they contain Quad in the title but the search Quad in titles does not return anything this year, 2022
There may be more but as the search does not work I shall have to wait until they appear while browsing
Stuart
What's your exact search term and options. I see 2022 results in the results (note, it's sorted by relevancy not date, but date is part of the relevancy heuristic).
Here is an other one
Search for ESL63 in titles
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...on-dustcover-frame.375972/page-3#post-6920058
is not found
I get 2 pages of results but none from 2022
Search for ESL63 in titles
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...on-dustcover-frame.375972/page-3#post-6920058
is not found
I get 2 pages of results but none from 2022
Ok, I got it.
I believe that is because you are searching for threads with "ESL63" in the title, and there are no threads started in 2022 with ESL63 in the title of the thread.
So it's doing exactly what you ask.
If you want to find all posts with ESL63 in them, sorted by date, you can do this:
Or perhaps you are wanting to search for any posts regardless of what's in them, sorted by date, from threads that have "ESL63" in the title but not from any other threads? That's very specific.
At the end of the day what matters is that the forum can quickly get you the posts or threads you are looking for. Let me know exactly what you're looking for and I'm happy to dig deeper.
I'll ask a 3rd time though - what exact terms and options are you using? You haven't answered this. I need to know so I can reproduce your results. Search bar? Choosing "everywhere"? Or "Threads"? Advanced search? Which tab? I'd love to help...
I believe that is because you are searching for threads with "ESL63" in the title, and there are no threads started in 2022 with ESL63 in the title of the thread.
So it's doing exactly what you ask.
If you want to find all posts with ESL63 in them, sorted by date, you can do this:
Or perhaps you are wanting to search for any posts regardless of what's in them, sorted by date, from threads that have "ESL63" in the title but not from any other threads? That's very specific.
At the end of the day what matters is that the forum can quickly get you the posts or threads you are looking for. Let me know exactly what you're looking for and I'm happy to dig deeper.
I'll ask a 3rd time though - what exact terms and options are you using? You haven't answered this. I need to know so I can reproduce your results. Search bar? Choosing "everywhere"? Or "Threads"? Advanced search? Which tab? I'd love to help...
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From the home page I use the search box, I entered ESL63 and selected the search titles box then search, This returns 2 pages of results none from this year though and not the example below,
Quad ESL63 Restoration - dustcover frame
Which was started on 2021-08-19 3:11 pm
I searched "ESL63" The dustcover thread was result number 9. This thread was the first two results. 🙂
When searching for "ESL63" in titles only the dustcover thread is the second result.
When searching for "ESL63" in titles only the dustcover thread is the second result.
If I use the advance search I can find the results I want but previously I could just use the search box but I can live with it
Stuart
Stuart
The advanced search "Everywhere" was the same as "Threads" with 799 posts found.
The toolbar version gave 200 posts and it looked like different ones. I don't know for sure but I can think of simple explanations for both of those anomalies.. ie the "View Older" button hasn't been installed and the sort order is not by date.
The toolbar version gave 200 posts and it looked like different ones. I don't know for sure but I can think of simple explanations for both of those anomalies.. ie the "View Older" button hasn't been installed and the sort order is not by date.
I am still having problems with the search function, I use advanced search for Quad sorted by date but I dont find https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...-simple-discussion.365143/page-3#post-6992553
posted yesterday
posted yesterday
Another universal option that works very well for this and any other forum....
Using your favorite search engine (DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Google, Bing....), type your search terms followed by "site:diyaudio.com" without the quotes. It'll return hits just from that site.
Using your favorite search engine (DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Google, Bing....), type your search terms followed by "site:diyaudio.com" without the quotes. It'll return hits just from that site.
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