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Does anyone know why search is not working?

sababonsababon
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It does not matter what is my search term i always get this msg: No results for...
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  • gwuix2gwuix2
    Posts: 2
    i got this problem too
  • sababonsababon
    Posts: 20
    Anyone?
  • sirlancelotsirlancelot
    Posts: 408
    Are you talking about on your own forum or this website (vanillaforums.org)?
  • sababonsababon
    Posts: 20
    i'm taking about my forum
  • ToddTodd
    Posts: 1,586
    A few things might be the problem:
    • If you don't have many posts then search results won't show up.
    • If you are searching for something that is <= 3 characters it won't show up.</li>
    • Try putting a + in front of your search term.

    Vanilla co-founder

  • stavthewonderchickenstavthewonderchicken
    Posts: 99
    Same issue here on 2.0 -- searches actually do nothing on my localhost testbed. The URL ends up at /vanillainstalldir/index.php?Search=searchterm (or =%2searchterm when prefixing with a '+'), but all Discussions are shown.
  • gwuix2gwuix2
    Posts: 2
    it did work for me with "+searchterm"
    "If you don't have many posts then search results won't show up." i got exactly 3, then maybe thats the problem for me
    thx
  • sababonsababon
    Posts: 20
    It works with the +. I have 2 posts maybe it is the problem. Thank you Todd for your help.
  • ToddTodd
    Posts: 1,586
    @stavthewonderchicken In your case there is a bug that has been fixed for 2.0.1 due out end of week.

    Vanilla co-founder

  • stavthewonderchickenstavthewonderchicken
    Posts: 99
    @Todd sounds good, thanks.
  • dave_stewartdave_stewart
    Posts: 41
    I've just had this as well, on a new install with 3 test posts.

    I get results if I type + first, but that's not going to be intuitive for my users.

    Why doesn't it just find the posts as one would expect?
  • ToddTodd
    Posts: 1,586
    @dave_stewart. Search uses mysql fulltext searches by default. They don't usually show results unless you have a lot of data.

    It's just one of the problems with MySQL.

    Vanilla co-founder

  • fohofoho
    Posts: 18

    I have the same bug too.

    Cause my site language is Chinese. [URL: www.maiplus.com]

    If you type Chinese and click search button,the result is none.

    I think this is a bug:“Search” function can not support Multi-Language!
  • stevejinstevejin
    Posts: 1
    I have the same bug too.
    my forum is http://support.wpued.com
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