New Searching Feature

[John W.]

I have found a partial solution to the problems expressed around searching for words with less than four letters. There is an option that let me allow the searching for certain words that are under 4 letters. It even goes to the extent of indexing those words so when they are searched for they will be found quickly and correctly.

I have already entered a string of words that I could think of on the fly. If you have any to add to this list reply to this message and I will start building the list to suit our needs here at the Technical Discussion Board.

oil big top FI fi cap TI ti BB 435 427 327 390 400 283

[Rob M.]

Re: New Searching Feature

You might want to add the engine options as well: LT1 L36 L88... etc. etc.

[Art A.]

Re: New Searching Feature

And of course.............AIM, DWO, BWO, TWO, NPC, BOM, etc..

Or would it be possible to copy and insert (attach, or whatever) the GM Abbreviation, Acronyms listing I sent you a few years ago?

Art

[John W.]

Re: New Searching Feature

Art,

The entire GM Acronyms list would take a bit of doing to include. It is a good place for me to look for items that should be included though. Thanks for jogging my brain. Here is what I have so far.

oil big top FI cap TI BB 435 427 327 390 400 283 A/C ABS AC AFB AIM AIR ALT BBC BC/CC C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 CDI CFI COM CPO CVJ EEC EFI EGR EIN HEI HP hp LT1 L75 L79 L78 L36 L88 L71 L46 LS5 LS4 L81 NOM NOS OEM PCV PG P/N PTN RPO SBC SHP SWC T-3 TBI TCS TCS THM TRW TCS VAC VIN Z06 ZR1 ZR-1 ZR2

What did I miss.

[Marc R.]

Re: New Searching Feature

GM for General Motors. I tried to send just GM and it said my message was too short.

[John W.]

Re: New Searching Feature

Marc,

Just added that one and these that Art Armstrong sent to me.

SB, WO, BWO,TWO, VIN, SI, M20,M21,M22,T10, PNL, SMC, TDB.

[Rob M.]

Re: New Searching Feature

John and I have switched the search function from fulltext to binary. This means you can now seach with the AND keyword to search for combinations of keywords...

E.g.: big AND block

greetings,
Rob.

[Timothy B.]

Re: New Searching Feature

Hey, apparently with the addition of binary searching now suddenly this forum searches more like the Corvette Forum and Corvette Action Center!!! One easy shortcut is to put a "+" sign in front of words you WANT to be in the results, and a "-" sign in front of words you do NOT want. For example "+tach -bounce" in the advanced search field (without the quotes) will yield all threads with "tach" in them WITHOUT the word "bounce" in them. You can string several of them together. You can also use an * to cover longer words, such as tach* to include tachometer in the result.

[Ian G.]

Re: New Searching Feature

dip (as in dip stick)
api (for oil search)

[Joe R.]

Re: New Searching Feature

Art,

The entire GM Acronyms list would take a bit of doing to include. It is a good place for me to look for items that should be included though. Thanks for jogging my brain. Here is what I have so far.

oil big top FI cap TI BB 435 427 327 390 400 283 A/C ABS AC AFB AIM AIR ALT BBC BC/CC C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 CDI CFI COM CPO CVJ EEC EFI EGR EIN HEI HP hp LT1 L75 L79 L78 L36 L88 L71 L46 LS5 LS4 L81 NOM NOS OEM PCV PG P/N PTN RPO SBC SHP SWC T-3 TBI TCS TCS THM TRW TCS VAC VIN Z06 ZR1 ZR-1 ZR2

What did I miss.

John,

Did I miss the boat to add more three letter words? How about 425 and L72?

Thanks,
Joe

[John W.]

Re: New Searching Feature

Joe,

425 and L72 added to the list.

[Joe R.]

Re: New Searching Feature

John,

Thank you!

Joe

[Mark D.]

Re: New Searching Feature

Let me try to redeem myself...HD for heavy duty and F41.