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sofiehandbergPostJun 22 2010, 12:53 PM

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I just installed Mingle Forum here http://cdctest.gotlandica.se/blog/index.php/news-events and everything works fine except for the search function. I tried seaching for posts I know exist but I still don´t get any search results. Any ideas?
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cartpaujPostJun 22 2010, 03:53 PM

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The search works but you need to populate a few more posts first. The search function uses MATCH AGAINST which usually is a more accurate way of doing searches, however it needs a little more data to pull from in order to return some proper results. Plus if you only have 3 topics in your forum, the search function is basically worthless anyways lol :D

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cartpaujPostJun 22 2010, 05:19 PM

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Also I just searched for svar and it returned two results even with your limited post count.

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onmountainPostJun 24 2010, 09:07 PM

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Hi,
I also noticed the search on my new forum is not returning - only have a couple of test posts though.

http://www.littlelunchroom.com/support/forum/?mingleforumaction=search

Made an orange skin (just changed one CSS entry) to match my site.
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cartpaujPostJun 24 2010, 09:44 PM

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Ya you'll need a few more posts before searches will really start working and becoming effective. Your site looks really good although I did notice the forum welcom are looks like it's not stretching the full width for some reason.

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macbookyPostOct 23 2010, 05:46 AM

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I noticed that search doesn't include the topic title? Am I correct there? It would be very valuable in my case ....
cartpaujPostOct 23 2010, 12:40 PM

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yeah i'm planning on tackling the search function next. It is in need of a good redo :D

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macbookyPostOct 23 2010, 01:23 PM

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Ok, thanks for the reply ... I shall wait in patience ;)

jdaiPostNov 11 2010, 04:17 PM

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I have a lot of posts on my forum and the search isn't working: http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/

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jdaiPostNov 11 2010, 04:23 PM

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Question, I remember way back when I first installed mingle forum, I had a problem with new posts being empty. Turned out to be something along the lines of a table not being created. The thread is here: http://cartpauj.com/forum/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=398.0

I had to take the FULLTEXT command out...could that be the reason why I my search is completely broken? If so, is there a work around? I'm running MYSQL 5.1 on a Windows 2003 server.
cartpaujPostNov 11 2010, 08:51 PM

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yes, without the fulltext the search will not work. You can go into phpMyAdmin and set them both to fulltext by clicking the button on the far right like this image shows:
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jdaiPostNov 12 2010, 08:17 AM

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Quote from cartpauj on Nov 11, 08:51 PM
yes, without the fulltext the search will not work. You can go into phpMyAdmin and set them both to fulltext by clicking the button on the far right like this image shows:
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Unfortunately I don't have phpMyAdmin...
cartpaujPostNov 12 2010, 09:37 AM

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Try installing the Portable phpMyAdmin plugin on your site, it's worked well for me in the past.

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jdaiPostNov 15 2010, 09:54 AM

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I installed Portable phpMyAdmin and see what you're talking about, but I can't click on the fulltext button. It seems to be disabled...
jdaiPostNov 15 2010, 10:20 AM

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Ok, I fixed the problem. I found it weird when the error I was getting back was that the table didn't support FULLTEXT, so I did some research. You have to alter your table enging to MYISAM first. Here is the SQL to do so:

alter table `wp_forum_posts` engine = MYISAM;
alter table `wp_forum_posts` add fulltext(text);
alter table `wp_forum_posts` add fulltext(subject);
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