'ad' is too short a word
 

vborg search dosn't permit the word ad (and presumable ads) These are words people may search for wanting mods for ad managers/systems. Its a quick fix i think... can someone do it?

Then again, if you put ad* it works ;)

No, it isnt, and no, we cant. :)

As redline put, you can make the search a wildcard search, by typing ads* or ad* as the asterix (* <- that thing there) makes it into a wildcard search and also helps make it pass the character limit :)

Yes, it is easy to fix.

You can override the search limitation with individual words in a vB forum. For example, if the limitation is 3 letters but you want folks to be able to search for "ad" you just place the word "ad" in the inclusion list.

Can't be easier or quicker now can it? :D

In that case please surprise us with your solution.

You can't override the server-level configuration for MySQL Fulltext Searching...

OK, be surprised. :D

The original poster said:

All the admins have to do is put the word "ad" in the "Words to be Included Despite Character Limit" section of the vB options.

(screenshot of vB AdminCP attached)

It is not difficult to change the server level configuration, for example see:

11.8. Full-Text Search Functions

--------------- Added [DATE]1248094897[/DATE] at [TIME]1248094897[/TIME] ---------------

Actually, this is a better example reference:

11.8.6. Fine-Tuning MySQL Full-Text Search

Pretty easy, don't you agree?

--------------- Added [DATE]1248095090[/DATE] at [TIME]1248095090[/TIME] ---------------

I would venture to say that the entire change to the MySQL conf takes 15 seconds and the vB options config takes 15 seconds.

There will be a little more time for MySQL to rebuild the index after restart :-)

The vB Options don't work if you are using MySQL Full text search, these options only work if you are using the vB internal search