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 | kd5 | | SciFi/Fantasy/Horror Geek |
| Registered: May 24, 2010 |  Posts: 374 |
| | Posted: | | | | Every time I try to search for something to make sure I'm not posting a question that's already been posted, the Search times out. I'm on a 3mb DSL connection so it's not my internet connectivity. So, if I post a question in the forums that's already been asked, it's because I couldn't search the forums for it first, it's not for a lack of trying. -kd5- | | | | Time is the fire in which we burn. (Soran) |
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | The search of this site never works for me. However, I use Google as a work-around and that goes very smooth.
Go to Google and type in your search parameter followed by site:www.invelos.com
For example, if I want to know if there is already an accepted birthyear for Tim Allen, I would type into the search field of Google:
BY Tim Allen site:www.invelos.com | | | Blu-ray collection
DVD collection
My Games
My Trophies |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 113 |
| | Posted: | | | | This also happens to me when I use "Any Date". | | | JAFO
Registered DVD Profiler user since 10/14/2002
"Welcome to the party pal." - John McClane, Die Hard
"Grab your ankles and kiss your ass goodbye JAFO. We're going down." - Frank Murphy, Blue Thunder |
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| Blair | | Resistance is Futile! |
| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Although there is the disadvantage of not being able to search for recent posts, I don't see why Ken doesn't just incorporate the Google search into this site like many other websites do.
It's not as "clean," but when people are having to search with Google anyway, at least this step would keep the searcher here. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Blair, that is an aweseome idea! Hopefully Ken sees this thread and gives your suggestion some thought. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 113 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a feeling the forum database just isn't indexed all that well... | | | JAFO
Registered DVD Profiler user since 10/14/2002
"Welcome to the party pal." - John McClane, Die Hard
"Grab your ankles and kiss your ass goodbye JAFO. We're going down." - Frank Murphy, Blue Thunder |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 922 |
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| Registered: June 3, 2007 | | Posts: 706 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well something needs to get fixed, or someone needs to change the timeouts.
maybe for a re index?
-R |
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| Registered: October 4, 2008 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 330 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kd5: Quote:
Every time I try to search for something to make sure I'm not posting a question that's already been posted, the Search times out. I'm on a 3mb DSL connection so it's not my internet connectivity. So, if I post a question in the forums that's already been asked, it's because I couldn't search the forums for it first, it's not for a lack of trying. -kd5- This happens to me too. Really annoying. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting SH84: Quote:
A simple workaround for all public forums (no Beta or invite only forums) is a custom Google search and I wrote a little Greasemonkey script to include it in the top menu.
Link: http://tfintzel.de/dvdprofiler/gm/forum_search.user.js thanks, I'm using this now. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 |  Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | If that could be done with Stylish, I wouldn't mind  | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 922 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've two little problems with Stylish: a) some kind of documentation would be nice, while I know some CSS, I don't know if there are custom styles etc. and b) I'm afraid the inserted Google Search needs some Javascript and I'm pretty sure I cannot use JS in Styles. | | | 
Deutsches DVD Profiler Forum: www.dvdprofiler-forum.de | | | | Last edited: by SH84 |
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