Forums Search needs help

[matg]

Was trying to find a post on importing mcidas-x enhancements into -V and searched for "mcidas-x enhancement" and the forums told me:

"No posts were found because the word mcidas-x is not contained in any post."

Which we know is not true. (See: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=168)

The search settings are:
Search subforums: Yes
Search within: Post subjects and message text
Sort results by: Descending
Display results as: Topics
Limit results to previous: All Results
Return first: 300 characters of posts

[beckys]

Hi Mat,

I know that the search is not the greatest. We're pretty much limited to what phpBB offers. The problem with ''mcidas-x'' is that it ignores the dash.

- Becky

[matg]

Hi Becky!

I never thought about it being confused by the hyphen! Lots of people complain about it on their forums. It looks like a newer version of phpBB *might* have a search that works better:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2167421
I'm not positive though... not sure what version we're on here, but the copyright at the bottom of the screen has a most recent date of 2007. There have been enough complaints that hopefully they've fixed it or will soon! I don't know what would be involved for an upgrade to a newer version of course! (Maybe not worth much trouble, but worth it if it's easy?)

Thanks,
Mat