[HELP] Vbulletin 4.2.1 can't search keywords .com or "-"
 

Dear Vbulletin family,
My forum is at version 4.2.1 and I need to use Search Forum within subforums to do searching.
The problem is when entering keywords including .com .net or - then no result was returned while it should be.
Please support me if this is an error with vbulletin itself or something wrong with my forum.
Thanks alot :)

Set search type here:
Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Search Type

Change Character length:
Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Message Searching Options -> Search Index Minimum Word Length and Search Index Maximum Word Length

Rebuild Search Index:
Admincp->Maintenance->General Update Tools->Rebuild Search Index

The common words that are not indexed can be found here:
.../includes/searchwords.php

If you are running Fulltext search, the MySQL fulltext search has a 4 character minimum word length by default. This can only be changed on the server level. There are also a number of 'stopwords' that are considered common and not indexed.
Instructions for changing the default 4 character minimum in MySQL's full text search indexing:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...57&postcount=7

Here's the list of MySQL stopwords that will not be indexed:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...stopwords.html

I hope this helps :)

Hello tbworld,
It is nice to see your quick reply.

Set search type here:
Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Search Type - There is only one option DB Search

Change Character length:
Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Message Searching Options -> Search Index Minimum Word Length and Search Index Maximum Word Length
Minimum Word Length set to 4 - Maximum Word Length set to 20
I want to search keywords like "google.com" or "yahoo.com" then in Words to be Included Despite Character Limit, what I should enter here? Because when I enter "google" or "yahoo" it returns results but with ".com or .net" then no result.

Can you please advise me more on this matter?
Thanks so much :)

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Message Searching Options -> Words to be Included Despite Character Limit

Add the following to the textbox:

Goggle.com, never heard of that one..:p

Slow down Mr tbworld...:D

Hi tbworld,
I tried to type in something like "vb vbb php sql .com .net .org .biz .in .ru - com net org biz in ru" and rebuild search index but problems still exist.
The forum is currently hosted in a shared hosting server with Godaddy.

Please somebody helps to search for keywords in format xxx.com .net .org ... Thanks so much :)

On my 4.2.2 test site, doing a search on "vbulletin.com" (which is in a few posts), turns up several results. Are you getting errors in your error_logs (if you don't know where they are, ask your host) when you do a search? Have you asked your host if they have something set on their server to not allow these types of searches?

Hi Lynne,
Thank for your time to take a look at my thread.
I just got reply from godaddy that they don't enable economy hosting type to access error_logs. What else should I do to ask them futher?
Thanks so much :)

You should ask them if they are blocking your ability to search for those terms.