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Ticket Information - ID: #276


ID:Category:SeverityReproducibilityDate SubmittedUpdated By:
0000276Bug Reportingnormalalways10/19/09 08:38AMlozertuser
Reportersalarta
Assigned to:geltas
Resolution:Resolved
View StatusPublic
Version:0.2.0
Target Version:0.2.0
Summary:Search box for forums does not work
Description:Searches performed through the search box on the forum do not yield results.
Additional Info:I've attempted several types of searches. I did searches of usernames, searches of words in titles, and searches of words in individual posts.
Thref replied at 2009-10-19 22:28:28
Truth be told, The Forum on Gelbooru isn't a True Forum; It's more of a support board then anything else. That said, please understand that although your pleas may appear valid, they are not necessarily taken into consideration.

Why? Because above All else, Gelbooru is an Image board and therefore priorities are set mainly on Image relating Issues.

Then Why does it say Forum and not Support Board you ask?
Two Reasons I can think of:
1.) It's based on Danbooru Code, and taking out/editing that part of the code would take time and may not be entirely desirable for the long run.
2.) Admins want that feature 'available' to its Users as a sort of "Salad Bar", if you will; It's there for Users that want it, but don't expect that there will be anything good(Compared to what Most Users are used to in a normal or advanced Forum Environment) out of it for the most part. That is to say, when you come to the forum, WYSIWYG and don't expect the Admins to add features to it or take recommendations into consideration.

Will Bugs be fixed?

Most likely, Any bug on the Site will have proper attention given to it. That's about the only consideration they will accept in terms of the Forum.

Will this search bug be fixed?
Maybe not. Why?
Cause there are only like 5 pages of threads; IF there were much more threads then Yeah, it would be taken into consideration. Also, it has been reported before If I'm not mistaken with No action taken on the matter.

That's Bogus?
I Know, but that's the way things are around here. Besides, the ToS States that this site IS presented, AS IS with No guarantee of improvement.

Misleading?
Yeah, but you learn. . .
My advice is, get used to it, or try an alternate mean of communication here. PM's, comments, and Ircs are probably better geared to communicate here. Again, The Variables for Gelbooru are: Forum = Support Board.
Not that Users Can't post Topics in the Forum, but the Forums functionality is very limited to the point where most Users don't even bother with it. I have tried many facets to get the changes Gelbooru needs to have a Functional, and perhaps more active, Forum but most of my attempts at it were rejected with a reoccurring theme that, Gelbooru Just isn't a Forum kinda site.

Is there anything that can be done to change this?
Probably not, since the mindset is pretty embedded.
IF one can manage to get a hundred users or more to post in the forums(with relevant diverse and productive content)/Make it Much more active in a given and ongoing time frame, then maybe it can get somewhere. As it stands, that is not the case currently, as there are about maybe 15 users that Ever Do use the Forum These days, and even then not very frequently.



That about Answer your question?

salarta replied at 2009-10-20 06:29:21
Thanks I guess, Thref. I don't know why it had to be so long, but I'm not diehard desperate to have search functionality on the forum. If it can't be done, or there are more important things to attend to, then okay. I asked because I was trying to use it to re-find the post about how to delete Notes because of the one jackass who's been using it to ruin image posts.

Thref replied at 2009-10-20 07:56:35
OR, you could just PM lozertuser and find out through Him. I remember being able to do it, Just hadn't had the need to do it again. If Memory serves, you go to Add Note, Then Select the offending Notices and from there there should be a button that says delete note. Strange, but yeah.

Oh, And the reason for the long Notice was Due to Boredom and anguish, mostly boredom.

Gonna Go edit some BB Tags now. . .

salarta replied at 2009-10-20 08:17:45
Ah, writing long things happens to me sometimes too. I don't really need to ask about how to do it, because I clicked a few pages back and found the thread I had originally asked that question on. But it would've been easier if searching worked. It's no big deal though. Good luck on the BB tags!

lozertuser replied at 2009-10-23 03:05:51
The search works, but was broken at one time because of a bug. This bug must have resurfaced during a change in our schema for the searcher. Geltas has been too busy with school work in regards to A.I. to do anything on the site.