Why does this Forum not have a search function, or i JUST KN

Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:23 pm by g_BonE

yep, this really sux.

i know i read about it somewhere here but: i just added my own system with two bases and everything just works fine EXCEPT: the two bases have no souls aboard, how can i populate them ?!? like i said i think i ran across a post the other day that described on how to add ppl. but io dont know and have been searching about an hour now. ADD A SEARCH to the forum, PLEASE !!!!!

Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:56 pm by RubberEagle

the forum had a search, but the traffic currently is too high for it, as far as i understand.
I would generate too much cost for Bargib, who's running the site entirely from his own pocket..

Wed Mar 19, 2003 1:17 pm by g_BonE

well... the traffic is there anyways, because everyone is using the "show threads from last 60 days" or something to find the valuable information, which causes the same amount of traffic as if there would be a search

Wed Mar 19, 2003 1:23 pm by rkcohs

That doesn't make sense.. With a search, someone does a database query, and boom, there's the content they were looking for. Database query does = higher server load, but not that much.

Without a search, you have people A) browsing ALL of the posts (increases BW usage), B ) making duplicate threads (increases BW usage, increases database size considerably), and C) perhaps turning away regulars tired of reposting the same answers, and new guys unable to find their answers.

Now last I checked, Bandwidth costs more than server load. And if load is an issue, not sure if this board is capable, but phpBB and vB are capable of throttling server load to keep it under a specified limit. That might run into financial concerns again with license costs, but I thought I would point it out.

I've never run a board that had this much traffic, so there may be a technical issue I'm overlooking.

Edited by - rkcohs on 21-03-2003 02:18:51

Thu Mar 20, 2003 7:21 pm by g_BonE

...thats my words

Thu Mar 20, 2003 7:45 pm by Sabin

Note: PhpBB is free.

Fri Mar 21, 2003 2:18 am by rkcohs

@g_bone - was typing my response when you posted yours

@Sabin - good note

Edited by - rkcohs on 21-03-2003 02:18:32

Fri Mar 21, 2003 3:47 pm by g_BonE

and theres more free boards around, which have asearch function implemented:

http://www.ikonboard.com/

or this list:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Compute ... /Software/

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