DS Forums

 
 

'Search' problems in DS Forum


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 15-02-2016, 20:29
Dilly 1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Twitterverse
Posts: 39,530

Is it just me who can't fathom out how to work the 'search' buttons on this forum?

I'm pretty sure I used to be able to search for certain topics in threads/thread titles before but now they seem to have changed and don't seem to work very well.

I was actually looking for 'Greytops' old news thread which used to be used for all the SCD related news articles. There seems to be a new thread bring made up for every SCD headline where perhaps we could have a general thread PINNED to the first page that all general articles can go into.

If someone could explain to me how to use the DS 'search' options it would be greatly appreciated.
Dilly 1 is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 15-02-2016, 20:45
Doghouse Riley
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North-West England
Posts: 25,847
In my experience the search facility doesn't work. Perhaps someone can explain how it works for them.


Your best bet is to type Digital Spy into Google, followed by the title of the thread. It'll find it straight away. It's what I do.

There you go. I've done it for you.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1342744
Doghouse Riley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2016, 20:57
Sarah_Jones5
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,344
Sorry but my bulk thread got lost and I did not know that there even was a search facility never mind know how to use it. I also had to create threads to continue other old threads that had got lost.
Sarah_Jones5 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2016, 21:05
Dilly 1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Twitterverse
Posts: 39,530
In my experience the search facility doesn't work. Perhaps someone can explain how it works for them.


Your best bet is to type Digital Spy into Google, followed by the title of the thread. It'll find it straight away. It's what I do.

There you go. I've done it for you.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1342744
Thanks. I remember the search used to work so maybe the mods could look at a way to make it easier to find old threads/topics.

Sorry but my bulk thread got lost and I did not know that there even was a search facility never mind know how to use it. I also had to create threads to continue other old threads that had got lost.
Sarah maybe you could ask the mods to PIN a news thread to the top of the board so that it's easy for you and everyone else to find.

Keeping up with the SCD news is great so thanks for your efforts but perhaps keeping them all in one thread would make it easier all round.
Dilly 1 is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 29-02-2016, 19:15
MrEdgarFinchley
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 441
First time I've tried it for ages. It's working at the moment!
MrEdgarFinchley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-02-2016, 21:24
dippydancing
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 3,214
I wrote to DS about this a while back and they said something about it being because of.... ah, I really can't remember now, but in other words- they know, they're working on it and it's not your fault. Although I see from someone else's post that it was working for them. That said- I've had moments when it's worked for me and then it's gone back to not working the following day.
dippydancing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-2016, 16:00
kaycee
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 8,439
It's not only the 'search' facility that doesn't seem to work.

It used to be if you clicked on your own name you could find your own most recent posts, but now it just seems to show posts dating back months ago. Very annoying if you want to look back on a thread to see if there were any comments on any particular post.
kaycee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2016, 15:07
Cadiva
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: In sunny (hah!) Yorkshire
Posts: 13,940
Is it just me who can't fathom out how to work the 'search' buttons on this forum?

I'm pretty sure I used to be able to search for certain topics in threads/thread titles before but now they seem to have changed and don't seem to work very well.

I was actually looking for 'Greytops' old news thread which used to be used for all the SCD related news articles. There seems to be a new thread bring made up for every SCD headline where perhaps we could have a general thread PINNED to the first page that all general articles can go into.

If someone could explain to me how to use the DS 'search' options it would be greatly appreciated.
It's broken, has been for a while since they haven't, from memory, kept up with software updates for the version of the forums they use.
It stopped working properly about three years ago. The easiest way is to do a Google search on what you want to find but add on Digital Spy as well.
Cadiva is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 07:45.