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Why can't the search no longer return EVERY result?

Discussion in 'About phun.org' started by foeplay, Sep 4, 2012.

  1. foeplay

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    The old forum showed every single link, and this new version seems to have a limit on results. The ns4w form also upgraded to the new vbulletin and it's the same crap there now too.

    For example under search single content type, say I run a Search Titles Only for selena gomez, i only get results from 2012 because the stupid search only returns 100 max.

    This really sucks when you want to make a creep collection for a celeb you like because of this limitation.

    I know the google search will return everything and more, but the results are ginormous and always a mess so its hard to know if you even are getting every single one.


    Is there a search setting that I am missing? Thanks
     
    foeplay, Sep 4, 2012
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  2. J3scribe

    J3scribe we are devo BANNED ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ten Years of Phun

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    Try this ~

    Settings>General Settings>Thread Display Options>Default Thread Age Cut Off:>Show all threads
     
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  3. foeplay

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    Thanks J3scribe, that sounded like it was going to work but alas, even with chosing that I can still only get 100 results max back. Hence, a search for selena gomez yields 2012 results since she's popular. :(

    Please try that search so you can see for yourself. make sure to select "search titles only". It should return hundreds of results. Thanks again for looking into this.

    Edit: this setting actually worked perfectly on the ns4w forum, the selena gomez search returned nearly 500 posts so it's really weird that it wouldn't work here.
     
    foeplay, Sep 4, 2012
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    You're stuck with the 100 page search limit, but you should be able to get 12 months further back by selecting "advanced search", then opting for "Find posts > A year ago > and Older", which excludes the latest 12 months.

    Further refinements of your search string, and searching thread titles only can help too!
     
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    blah, so guess I am limited to 200 total threads by adding the year ago and older search. Guess I'm shit outta luck then. Oh well, at least I can still go to the ns4w forum as they still show all threads ever posted for my search. thanks for the help!
     
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