Why, for example, does the search not look for forum sections?

by poesia-verses Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 10:58

Why, for example, does the search not look for forum sections? sometimes a section is a subforum far from the main page. It’s inconvenient for users to find their subforums, and there are no sections in Google either. Please include sections in the forum search. finds topics well

by Jucarese Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 13:52

Search engines search by strings of words, you just have to put that string in the search and all the topics where there is that string of words will appear.

by **skouliki** Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 13:54

If this is a suggestion please post it in the correct section
https://help.forumotion.com/f30-suggestions-for-your-forums

by poesia-verses Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 15:15

@jucarese this about forum's seacrhes

by Niko Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 15:27

What you are asking is not an option on forumotion, and not even on phpbb, the software on which most of our forums run Embarassed

If you want to check the full list of subforums you have, you can check the "Jump to" selector at the end of topics, etc..
In the end, the way you organize your forum/subforum is up to each founder's desire Wink

Why, for example, does the search not look for forum sections? Scree256

by poesia-verses Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 17:27

It’s inconvenient for users to find their subforums

by **Ape** Tue 23 Jan 2024 - 19:27

Like Niko has said it is not made on this host to do what you are asking. Sorry.

by poesia-verses Sun 28 Jan 2024 - 18:05

You can do it separately, search for subforums and profiles, or you can include it in a general search. Of course, I minimized this drawback, a menu of pages, many have their own page-button. but many inexperienced forum users, who, for example, are seeing the forum for the first time, are accustomed to portals, they expect that the search searches for everything

by Niko Sun 28 Jan 2024 - 19:11

@poesia-verses subforums are "categories" in which you organize your topics - so this "organization" is up to you, and so it is to have the forum well organized so that everything can be easily found.

In most of the pages, there is a select element that allows you to see the whole structure of the subforums

Screenshot:

If a user wants to see what subforums are available, they can check it in this way. The same select is also present in the search page.

There is no need to have a search of this type, because any forum will ever have 1000 subforums to look through, and the index page specifically allows you to see the subforums available.

If you want, you can create a topic or an HTML page with the full list of the subforums you are offering - but I also personally don't see the necessity of such a page, which is something that not even the main forum software provides.

by poesia-verses Mon 29 Jan 2024 - 6:29

but many inexperienced forum users, who, for example, are seeing the forum for the first time, are accustomed to portals, they expect that the search searches for everything

by Niko Mon 29 Jan 2024 - 9:24

that is your job then, you need to make the forum clear enough to address the users and let them know you have certain sections Wink

by **Razor12345** Mon 12 Feb 2024 - 10:35

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