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Description:
This hack removes words that are shorter than your "minimum word length" specified, which in turn removes that annoying "The search term you specified (*) is under the minimum word length (*)...." message. Refer to the screenshot for more of a clue.

Request:
Everywhere ;)

Installation:
All the installation information is in the package.

Changes:
2 Plugins

Change Log:
22/07/2007 - Version 1.2
- Fixed Letter Instances Issue

16/07/2007 - Version 1.1
- Fixed Empty Words Issue
- Fixed Capitalised Words Issue

8/07/2007 - Version 1.0
- Initial Release

/me Reserves

Looks nice, thanks for releasing :)

Thanks :)

By any chance did this have anything to do with the thread I made in feedback section :p

Edit, yes it is, just seen the post :)


Thanks again ;)

Just tested this out and its a nice feature that can really enchance the user experience. To be honest this should be standard in vbulletin.

Great idea. Thanks for sharing. :)

man this is an excellent hack... :)

vbulletin should review this part.

Enabled .. Yes / No :D

Nice addition .. clicked install.

Thanks for sharing

Install click

Ymy

Good work :)

installed thanks.
this hack must be on new vb releases.

Awesome works great thank you

This is a great hack. Thanks for taking the time to do it. (Y)

Thank you

Only see one setting, on or off, am I missing something here?

^ That's the only setting, you dont need anything else ...

Anyways ... Installed and working perfectly ... I love this and I agree with everyone else, this should be standard in vB ... :up:

Very nice share = Thanx ;)

Jacquii.

Nice work Dismounted. Hopefully this will be standard in the next vb update, because I cant stand the way the search is currently.

No, it's just my standard ReadMe. :p

excellent, and really should be part of VB by default. Nominated for MOTM as it really does change the user experience.

Installed... :)

Thanks....

How can I validate that this is working differently than the native search?

I've tried several phrases with the mod on and off, but I get the exact same results? :confused:

Regards,
Badger

If you're not getting the following message when entering words in the search that are shorter than the "minimum word length" specified in your AdminCP, then this Hack is working ...

Thanks for the response... :)

I do not get that message, but if I search our entire forums for the word "the" (as an example), I get the following message:

Please specify some words or valid user names to search on. There were no matches for those that you specified.

I thought that this mod was supposed to bypass and extend the search capability past the short length limiation, or have I misunderstood what it does? The word "the" must occur somewhere in our thousands of posts?

BTW, this occurs with this mod turned ON...

Regards,
Badger

Edit: if I turn the mod OFF and serach for "the", I get the following on a new screen:

The search term you specified (the) is under the minimum word length (4) and therefore will not be found. Please make this term longer.

If this term contains a wildcard, please make this term more specific.

It's working correctly for you then.

Thanks Paul, that's what I thought, but then why in 6,293 posts, does the word "the" (no quotes) not appear according to the first message with the mod turned ON?

Regards,
Badger

Edit: plus .. when I search with mod ON for "45 days" (no quotes), I get:

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short
and were not included in your search: 45

Sorry for being so thick ... :o

I think you're misunderstanding what this hack does. This hack removes words that are shorter than your "minimum word length" specified, which in turn removes that annoying "The search term you specified (*) is under the minimum word length (*)...." message.

If you want to include those short words, you could just lower you minimum word length.

Ahhhh..... :)

Thanks... now I get it.... :up:

Give me a coffee break and you'll have to retrain me.... :o

Regards,
Badger

nice installed

hmmm - You should put that explanation in the 1st post :P
I actually thought the hack is an inclusive one which would accept the shorter words LOL
Same difference I suppose :) ==== Thanx for the share just the same ;)

Jacquii.

My impression of this hack was the same as POETJA-1975. The explaination in the first page was not so clear that i thought that it will allow me to search shorter words.

Done.

Good hack!

I agree with others that this should be standard in vbulletin.

I found a small bug. When searching for all threads by a member, the line:

appears in the search results. This line isn't relevent to the search so shouldn't be displayed?

Thanks

I'll look into it.

Hack Updated!

16/7/2007 - Version 1.1
- Fixed Empty Words Issue
- Fixed Capitalised Words Issue

Thanks for the update.... :up:

Just a note....

It still shows ver 1.0 after install and overwrite, instead of v1.1?

Regards,
Badger

Thanks Dismounted!

Small issue, updated zip.

Awesome, upgraded!

After updating to 1.1 I've lost the message "were not included...". i.e., "its all that" drops the words its and all, but doesn't say why.

Actually, maybe 1.0 was doing this too. If there are no results, the message doesn't appear. It appears normally if there are results.