Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Aug 14 2013 03:03 PM
Someone, I wish I could remember his name, suggested to me over the convention weekend that the search results be sorted by date. I too have wanted this feature, so after a bit of work, this is now in place. So if you search for say, spaghetti, in forum topics, you'll get the most recent forum threads first in the list.
Can anyone name this gentlemen? He runs with the Southern surf crew (Penetrators, Mystery Men?) and has a radio show. I met him a few years ago in Atlanta at Trader Vics with Jamie and Stix.
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Noel
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Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Aug 14 2013 03:18 PM
As someone who uses the search feature every day, I'm very happy with the results. It's going to make finding recent conversations a whole lot easier. Thanks, Brian!
Does the search now sort results by date, word order and proximity?
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vintagesurfdude
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Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 12:45 AM
Thanks! 
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morphball
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Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 08:21 AM
That's a nice bit of code- I usually just search with Google's "site:" attribute (I felt it also took some strain from your host), but that's a real improvement for searching this forum. I'll definitely be using it!
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clepak
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Liege (Belgium)
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 02:32 PM
Good job Brian !
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 02:43 PM
Brian wrote:
Can anyone name this gentlemen? He runs with the Southern surf crew (Penetrators, Mystery Men?) and has a radio show. I met him a few years ago in Atlanta at Trader Vics with Jamie and Stix.
Was it James, the guy that wore the Penetrators t-shirt over the weekend? I don't know his last name.
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MadScientist
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Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 02:47 PM
Might be James Honeycutt (TikiHutDude on here)?
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WoodyJ
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Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 02:55 PM
Brian, could it be Bill Raser? He is a local "super fan" who attends all the local shows and MC's the "Longboards & Longhorns" weekly surf show on WREK FM 91.1.
If so I can PM you his e-mail address.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 06:03 PM
I think it was Bill!
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WoodyJ
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Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Aug 15 2013 06:49 PM
Brian, PM sent with Bill's e-mail address.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Sep 01 2013 08:40 AM
Hi Brian. I've just noticed something while searching. The number of posts for each thread are all the same number.
Edit. sorry my mistake. But what are those numbers in brackets?
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 01 2013 09:50 AM
That is the "score" of the result. That has confused a lot of folks and I thought about removing it, but now that we are listing results by date it is handy.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:07 PM
I've upgraded the search engine software, and after a bit of struggle, in order to work around something, I changed the search form. You can now more easily search for an exact phrase and even exclude terms from your search. I hope you find it useful.
http://surfguitar101.com/search/
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:20 PM
surf music, original song, -tiki, -sax
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:22 PM
Also, search engine must be broken. "Jake is cool" returns 0 results.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:22 PM
Excellent. Just for a test, I did a search for "reverb pedal" and was able to exclude every post that included "FRV". It worked perfectly. Not a single result included it. Thanks a lot!
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Brian
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Posts: 19270
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:31 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
Also, search engine must be broken. "Jake is cool" returns 0 results.
It will return results shortly, once this post gets indexed! But who needs a computer to tell you Jake is cool?
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:38 PM
Ha, I realized that after I posed that "jake is cool" will now be a result. Lies...
Yeah, who needs a computer for that!
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19270
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 04 2014 03:41 PM
Please note the 2nd box: search for an exact word or phrase. If you are searching for a band or song title, it is best to use that box.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
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Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Feb 26 2014 09:52 AM
Brian, I have an idea. Would it be possible to filter searches by Member Name? For example, you don't include your name anywhere in your posts; lots of us don't. While I can look up all your posts, I can't search within them. Even if everyone named "Brian" added "Brian" somewhere in their posts, I'd retrieve every post that mentioned "Brian", not just posts by you. If you added Member Name to the search page, I could filter searches by just one person, which is very often all I'm looking for. Thanks!
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