new posts?
 

I no longer have a 'new posts' option when I log in to My Flyer Talk. There's no search at all on my entry page. I don't see mention here that this is being changed.

In the meantime, a suggestion on how to best read new postings? I used to 'expand' each forum I was interested in. Clicking through to many and then scanning is cumbersome.

Sylvia, un-updated

Do you use the My Flyertalk feature? You can subscribe to the forums you're interested in and get a shortened list of just those. It also shows the threads you've posted to or subscribed to if any activity occurred since last login.

Thanks, GoingAway. That is what I've been doing. What also interests me, what I am missing, is the general community, what's being talked about. So I like to read 5 - 10 pages of "New Posts".

Is that feature gone for good?

Sylvia

The new posts link still appears on the bar at the top of page for me.

You could also use this < new posts > link as a workaround.

Thanks Kiwi Flyer - that link works.

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.16 and the 'new posts' option has been missing from the bar for maybe a week.

Sylvia

I've noticed intermittent problems on this site, using Firefox 3 also. Noted in Another FF3 / FT problem and Missing line in Tech Index on FF3 (okay in IE)., both of which still happen sometimes, but not consistently.

Not just Firefox
 

I'm having the same problem with Opera and IE - no search or new posts at MyFlyerTalk. Search available per forum. I'm using the link Kiwi Flyer provided for New Posts.

Sylvia

I seem to have it on some computers, not others. Glad to read this is a common problem, but still wondering why?

Is the index up-to-date?
 

Don't know how to verify it myself. I apparently missed the "wild party" this afternoon :p. Haven't been on FT until now.

As so many problems (slowness, PMs...etc ) going on earlier today, is the search/index problem fixed yet?

In the last six months, the index is always acting out during the last (or 1st) weekend of every month. Since September is approaching, it would be much better if IB can get the handle of the now patterned problem now. @:-)

Is this a new search bug?
 

I know that a new release of FT is up, and am wondering if this is a new bug due to it, or an existing 'search' bug.

When I search (both in the travel tech. forum and site-wide) on the word 'zboost' all I get returned is a results page with a link to this thread: http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...ghlight=zboost

But, on Nov 28 2007 I started a thread with 'zboost' in the title only:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=762032

It does not get returned. Shouldn't it be valid search result too??

It should. We will research this, thanks for pointing it out.

It's an existing problem. Unfortunately, threads that use a word in the title but not in the body of the thread are not returned in a search, unless you confine your search to the title. Then you will find your thread. It's the only thread returned.

Agreed, and the search engine definitely prioritises searching the message body rather the title even if the word does appear in both. The results produced clearly reflect this.

Yes, it's been an ongoing problem that the search would ignore the key words in the titles, which is the mods and most FTers depend on to locate the threads.

SanDiego1K has first reported this problem months ago (back in March, to be exact). I am so surprised to see this problem is just catching your attention.

Is it fair to assume the "bugs" we've been reporting in this thread haven't been looked into or worked on, even though you guys already (or claimed to) put together a compiled list of the search problems? :confused:

Thanks all. Seems to me that the basic search default should be a search term being found in thread or title.