Originally Posted by
lin821
All the search features have been working for me. I really have no idea what could be the problem with yours.
Which search did you use? I had tried using
1. Search in the top panel (i.e. the one next to New Posts and Quick Links). I type in the text in the dropdown box and it works every time.
2. Search This Forum, located to the upper right hand corner, right next to Forum Tools. Type in the text in the dropdown box and I get the result.
Maybe you can spell out the steps and which dropdown boxes you use when running into problems, so the tech support can try to duplicate your issues?
Here's what doesn't work for me:
1.
Search in the top panel (i.e. the one next to
New Posts and
Quick Links). I type in the text in the dropdown box and I get the following error message.
Sorry, we were unable to fulfill your request
Cause: Your search terms confused me!
Please try revising your search terms and try again. If you believe your search terms should be returning results, please create a post in the user support forum, detailing exactly what you were searching for and an idea of what you feel it should be returning for results.
With your feedback, we can improve this search tool to be the best it can be!
2.
Search This Forum, located to the upper right hand corner, right next to
Forum Tools. Type in the text in the dropdown box and I get the same error message.
3. If I click through to the
Advanced Search at
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/search.php , type in the text in the
Search by Key Word or
Search by User Name fields, I also get the same error message.
In each case, I have used large (greater than 4 characters), uncommon words that I can see a result for on the first page of the respective forum, so its not the search terms I'm using thats the problem.
The search functions working fine for me right now are:
4.
New Posts
5. If I click through to a member's profile
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/member.php?u=xxxxx and then click on
Find all posts by xxxxx or
Find all threads started by xxxxx, that works as it should.
This is really frustrating since I'm usually the one telling people that the search function is there to be used. I can't figure out an explanation for it. Maybe its my IP? I have no way of getting onto another network and back onto my current one to check this out in the near future, unfortunately.