** The BCA search function**

[Diztrbd1]

Seems lately there has been alot of multiple threads regarding the same subjects. And as much as people love to be helpful here, do we really need to have 25 threads on Ich or white spots on the glass, or certain plant problems, ect....?? I would like to introduce the BCA search function which is always in the same spot no matter what page you are looking at. It is located in the right side of the tool bar, below the banner:

this is not a google search, it is a search option solely for this site.
I think it would be nice if people were to do a search on whatever before posting a new thread, when chances are you will find there might already be a thread (or 5 or 6) about whatever topics/questions ect... IMO it would be better to add on to previously posted threads and keep the info as close as possible, as opposed to 25 different threads on the same subject that get the same answers/opinions. Not too mention you will probably find your answers without having to wait for people to reply on yours. Just a helpful suggestion I hope people find useful.

Also it appears to be one of the Site Rules :
Rule 4: Before making a new post, please use the search function to make sure a similar post was not already made. We reserve the right to lock threads that already exist.



I should add.... properly spelled , it's ICH (short for Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) not ICK

[Ursus sapien]

excellent reminder! I agree, it's an underused utility.

[Diztrbd1]

agreed storm ....I was wondering why there are so many threads on Ich & I noticed when I do a search for Ich or Ick I come up with "no results"....anybody else have this happen?

[gklaw]

Thank John. I think we should also help by finding the previous thread for them. Adding new threads will clutter the forum and render the search not usable. It's like getting 15,000,000 hit on a google search.

[mikebike]

Hi John,
I get the no results also

[effox]

I've contacted Shawn regarding this. He'll be looking into this as soon as he can. I believe it's because "ick\ich" are only 3 characters long, which would typically produce irreverent search results in many cases. As long as we have a time limit for search initialization I'm hoping we can amend this, if that were in fact the case.

Cheers,
Chris

[mikebike]

Yes it appears to be not enough characters
"Ich white spots" brings up 5 post since the format changes

[Diztrbd1]

thanks guys..... I believe your probably right Chris ,wasn't sure if it was just my computer or something else to something else to add to Shawn's never ending list. Thanks for the notification

[Nicklfire]

I forget if I fixed the 3 character issue before. I vaugly remember dealing with it two yeaRs ago so I will need to look over it again

[Nicklfire]

For my reference when I get time and not one handing my boy lol
How to enable 3-letter-words in Vbulletin w/ MySQL fulltext search