I need a more reliable search

[waddy]

ok, first, I'll tell you the problem, then hopefully, someone can coe up with a solution.

our board has an incredible thread, with priceless information.

the thread has over about 1000 posts!!...( my favorite tweaks

so, if a user searches for something they need, if the search brings up the thread I'm speaking of, it is impossible for them to find the post, as the search engine just brings up the url of the thread, and nit the show post.

I need to be ble to have the search engine bring up the show post, ie; showthread.php?postid=xxxx#.
best case, the result would title the thread, but url the actual post...can do? or no can do?

for instance;

suppose I wanted the to search for "pro/desktop". on my site, xp-erience

if you use the search, you'll get "great free programs"

this is worthless, for then, you have to go through a gazillion posts to find what you're looking for.

now, if you did the same search, and the engine found
http://www.xp-erience.org/forum/sho...9613#post89613,

it would need to show the thread name, but it would need to url the actual post...that would be perfect,

[Logician]

What about editing the search template and making "Show results as posts" option enabled by default?

Edit template "searchintro", find:

PHP Code:

<input type="radio" value="1" name="showposts"> Show results as  posts&nbsp;<br>
        <input type="radio" value="" name="showposts" checked> Show results as threads&nbsp; 


Replace it as:

PHP Code:

<input type="radio" value="1" name="showposts" checked> Show results as  posts&nbsp;<br>
        <input type="radio" value="" name="showposts"> Show results as threads&nbsp; 


BTW. If you are interested in Download Thread hack, I would be very interested to learn if the hack works ok with such a long thread..

[waddy]

Thats perfect, guess I should have noticecd that before, will tidy up teh template to mathc waht I need and that will be perfect.. thanks alot