forum phpBB request - find in ONLY topic title

[trevor12]

before I ask in forum I am usinf searching but for most of my query many results received, I missed to search only in topics title ...

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, I miss that too, but it's not supported by the used forum version, sorry.

[Bluestar]

++ I was missing it too since the very first time I needed to use the search function on the board.

@ghisler(Author):
Would it be possible to add a mod like this one to the current phpbb2 version? (although I'm not sure about the currently used exact subversion, it may work)

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks, I will have a look at it.

[trevor12]

if tip from above (hack) would not be possible to use nor upgrade phpBB version up to any version with seraching in topics title only is not possible what about force to google bot has most possibilities crawling across your forums (index each content inside forums her- (some SEO or parameters necesary force to google bot run threw all threads ? i don´t know), but after that I would use something like that

anything site:ghisler.ch/board/viewforum.php?f=3

I think that halfAI abilities of google searching is better that internal search inside only message bodies function here ...

[white]

anything site:ghisler.ch/board/viewforum.php?f=3

AFAIK the site: statement only uses the url part, not the parameter part ("?f=3").

So if the urls could be rewritten for example like this:

Code: Select all

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewforum.php?f=3&start=50

becomes

Code: Select all

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewforum.php/3?start=50

Then google searching for "site:ghisler.ch/board/viewforum.php/3" would work.

[trevor12]

I am not expert for this topic but for example forums on xda-developers.com (powered by VBulletin) are perfectly indexed by google ...

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry that it took so long, but I have added the function now!

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)
When clicking on the search the following line is displayed:

Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Utime failed: Operation not permitted in /home/ghisler2/public_html/board/includes/template.php on line 160

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks, now it should work. I had to delete the cached template manually.

[ts4242]

now it should work.

Yes, it works.

I have tested the new option, the search result is very good, it is great enhancement to the forum's search.

[trevor12]

thanks, it is great enhancement of sharing know-how about tc ...

[KC_]

Always wanted to have this.

Thank you for this great addition