https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:05:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-395812 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:25:02 +0000 Katja 395812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seconding this request - given that this is a discussion forum, returning results by date would make the most sense. Clearly other Google CSE customers are looking for this functionality as well: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=google+search+discussions+sort+by+date&#038;ie=utf-8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;aq=t&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;safe=active#sclient=psy&#038;hl=en&#038;safe=active&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=FVL&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&#038;source=hp&#038;q=google+custom+search+discussions+sort+by+date&#038;pbx=1&#038;oq=google+custom+search+discussions+sort+by+date&#038;aq=f&#038;aqi=&#038;aql=1&#038;gs_sm=e&#038;gs_upl=2648l4179l0l4757l11l8l1l0l0l5l218l1213l0.5.2l7l0&#038;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&#038;fp=7f4dbfa3cab1b5db&#038;biw=1147&#038;bih=743" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q.....38;bih=743</a></p> <p>A possible workaround would be finding some way to embed the post date in the search results so that the user can eyeball the results and pick recent ones if that's important to her. In fact, the current "posted 5 months ago", "posted 2 years ago" type dating of individual forum posts is in and of itself extremely ambiguous - it would help to have actual dates. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-292974 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:48:44 +0000 Greg 292974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The search on YLF is provided by Google, so the order is based on their relevance algorithm. I will look into it, but as far as I know there is very little one can do to customize the results.</p> <p>We might have to switch to another solution if the Google results don't work well enough.</p> <p>Thanks for letting me know. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-292972 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:43:30 +0000 Scarlet 292972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, that has happened to me too. I can't figure out the logic behind the order of the search results. Maybe if it were an option to order the results by how recent they are for example? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-292964 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:32:53 +0000 Steph 292964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, I'm just bumping this up for you. Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-290184 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:49:22 +0000 Lisa 290184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm curious on this too, often I search for a thread and can't find it very easily for some reason. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-290105 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:01:18 +0000 Louise 290105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bumping for Greg x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-greg-a-forum-search-suggestion#post-290001 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:29:18 +0000 Steph 290001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, I have thought of this several times and figured I should bring it up. Is there a way to make the search function on the site slightly more robust? I find that sometimes I think of a recent thread and can remember the subject, but not the author, so I use the search function. But the results come back in what seems to be a random order (or by relevance, which most of the times seems random to me, although I know there is a system in place). It would be fantastic if we could sort the results so the most recent would be listed first, or if we could put in some kind of a date range. No idea if that would be easy to implement on your end, of course! </p>