I'm tired of the Scubaboard search

[Divor]

What use is the search function of the forum if it can't handle three letter acronyms?

I mean GUE, TDI, DIN, DIR, HOG, BAR, PSI, etc. are all legitimate (parts of) searches.

So what I usually end up doing is going through Google and limit via the 'site:' command.

I was tired of doing that and quickly created a custom search engine at Google that does that.

It can be found at www.davor.be and it's offered as a service to the community.

Please note that the google ads on the results page have nothing to do with me and don't benefit me, they are just hosted on Google, so they only benefit our dark, geeky overlords.

Anyway, you can use this page, but I would rather see Scubaboard implement a similar search engine instead of its current one.

You can also use the code on your own site, it looks like this:

<form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box">
  <div>
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="006857614684913628899:k30mxz_dsqc" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />
    <input type="text" name="q" size="31" />
    <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
  </div>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script>

Just paste it somewhere in your html and it should work fine.

Cheers

 

[diversteve]

Thanks but have you tried this one:

Google Custom Search

 

[smellzlikefish]

TLA's make the government go round.

 

[DandyDon]

Just add an asterisk before and after each 3 letter term...

*GUE*

*TDI*

*DIN*

*DIR*

*HOG*

*BAR*​

Did you notice the Support forum...?

 

[mike_s]

yeah the search engine sucks... but blame Vbulletion, not SB.


you can put site:scubaboard.com [search terms] in any Google Window and search also if you don't want to remember the above link.

google.com/search?l&q=site%3Ascubaboard.com+


http://www.google.com/search?l&q=site:scubaboard.com+

To find this specific thread....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:scubaboard.com+"I'm+tired+of+the+Scubaboard+search"

 

[Cave Diver]

you can put site:scubaboard.com [search terms] in any Google Window and search also if you don't want to remember the above link.

google.com/search?l&q=site%3Ascubaboard.com+


site:scubaboard.com - Google Search

So what I usually end up doing is going through Google and limit via the 'site:' command.

I was tired of doing that and quickly created a custom search engine at Google that does that.

 

[Reef Tank]

Thanks but have you tried this one:

Google Custom Search

Very nice. Thanks

 

[GrumpyOldGuy]

That is slick, thanks

 

[emoreira]

I'm happy to realize that I was not the only diver that hates the SB search engine.

 

[jstamets]

It's not just SB, there are a bunch of them. As a developer, I have had to remove some of these "enhancements" that someone didn't think through in various projects. I mean, only words like 'A', 'And' and 'The' are short, right?