"Search Titles Only" option in search...

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by Devilfish, Jul 10, 2009.

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    Hi admin,

    One modification that I use on my forums is the 'Search Titles Only' mod.

    This adds a checkbox to the search dropdown menu and allows you to search in the titles only, not the whole thread/post.

    http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=158903

    I'm sure the members would love this mod and it would improve the usability of the forum.

    I hope you consider it. :)

    Regards,
    Devilfish
     
    Devilfish, Jul 10, 2009 IP
  2. deluxdon

    deluxdon Catch Me If You Can...!!!™ Staff

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    #2
    Thanks for your input.

    We look into that and do needul if needed.

    DON.
     
    deluxdon, Jul 10, 2009 IP
  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #3
    Already done (didn't use the plug-in though... don't need it).
     
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  4. Devilfish

    Devilfish Active Member

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    Fantastic, thanks Shawn.

    One thing though, it's not included in the dropdown menu on forumdisplay pages, I think the plugin adds the option to both navbar and forumdisplay searches.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #5
    Truthfully, I didn't look at the plug-in... I suspect they use a plug-in for unserializing search preferences from the normal search.php to decide if you want to check or un-check the box based on your settings.

    Not sure I want to force the extra load of an unserialize() call for every page view of the forum. Individually it doesn't add a lot of overhead, but when you start adding lots of those little things, they add up on a very high traffic forum. So for now it's checked by default (regardless of your personal search settings). Might change in the future... we'll see.
     
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    Devilfish Active Member

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    Thanks for taking the time to add it Shawn, appreciate it! :)

    There's so many threads on DP that it's hard to narrow down your search results, this helps greatly.
     
    Devilfish, Jul 10, 2009 IP
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    campolar Peon

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    Great, good to see some modifications around here ;)
     
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