[7.5.8] Max Search Date Range Fix for Large Forums - 04/24/2014 1:04 AM
Requirements:
Valid UBB.Threads 7.5.8 install and license.
About:
If you have a large forum that has been online for longer than a single week, your forum quite possibly may be filled with all sorts of useful information. Make that information easier for your members to locate and with as few steps as necessary for them to locate it with.
This fix will automatically fill in the default "Maximum Search Date Range" (defined by Control Panel > Feature Settings > Search) to your forum's "Newer than" field inside search.tpl.
It will also set that "Maximum Search Date Range" as default for the user's search, instead of the near useless "1 week" default:
How-To:
Control Panel > Templates
Select "search.tpl" and click on "Edit Selected Template"
FIND:
REPLACE WITH:
Done.
Notes:
Configure your forum's "Maximum Search Date Range" at
Control Panel > Feature Settings > Search
DEFAULT SETTINGS:
Search Method to Use: MySQL Full-Text
Maximum Search Date Range: 1 Year
Minimum Searchable Word Length: 3
Maximum Results from Search: 200
SETTINGS I RECOMMEND FOR OLDER SITES THAT HAVE A LOT OF USEFUL OLDER CONTENT:
Search Method to Use: UBB.threads Internal
Maximum Search Date Range: 20 Years
Minimum Searchable Word Length: 3
Maximum Results from Search: 400
Since there is no "ALL" setting for "Maximum Search Date Range", setting it to something big, such as "20 Years" is a good equivalent to that.
As a side note/recommendation --
In your php.ini (for PHP5.2.1+) your memory limit should be set at least to 128M
; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume
memory_limit = 128M
Your server really should be running on at least PHP 5.2.1 - for major stability and security enhancements
for more information, visit http://php.net/releases/5_2_1.php
in PHP 5.2.0, the default was "16M"
prior to PHP 5.2.0, the default was "8M"
for more information, visit http://php.net/memory-limit
Valid UBB.Threads 7.5.8 install and license.
About:
If you have a large forum that has been online for longer than a single week, your forum quite possibly may be filled with all sorts of useful information. Make that information easier for your members to locate and with as few steps as necessary for them to locate it with.
This fix will automatically fill in the default "Maximum Search Date Range" (defined by Control Panel > Feature Settings > Search) to your forum's "Newer than" field inside search.tpl.
It will also set that "Maximum Search Date Range" as default for the user's search, instead of the near useless "1 week" default:
How-To:
Control Panel > Templates
Select "search.tpl" and click on "Edit Selected Template"
FIND:
Code
{$lang.NEWER} <input type="text" name="newerval" size="2" class="form-input" value="1" />
<select name="newertype" class="form-select">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="d">{$lang.DAY}</option>
<option value="w" selected="selected">{$lang.WEEK}</option>
<option value="m">{$lang.MONTH}</option>
<option value="y">{$lang.YEAR}</option>
REPLACE WITH:
Code
{$lang.NEWER} <input type="text" name="newerval" size="2" class="form-input" value="{$config.MAX_SEARCH_RANGE_VALUE}" />
<select name="newertype" class="form-select">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="d">{$lang.DAY}</option>
<option value="w">{$lang.WEEK}</option>
<option value="m">{$lang.MONTH}</option>
<option value="y" selected="selected">{$lang.YEAR}</option>
Done.
Notes:
Configure your forum's "Maximum Search Date Range" at
Control Panel > Feature Settings > Search
DEFAULT SETTINGS:
Search Method to Use: MySQL Full-Text
Maximum Search Date Range: 1 Year
Minimum Searchable Word Length: 3
Maximum Results from Search: 200
SETTINGS I RECOMMEND FOR OLDER SITES THAT HAVE A LOT OF USEFUL OLDER CONTENT:
Search Method to Use: UBB.threads Internal
Maximum Search Date Range: 20 Years
Minimum Searchable Word Length: 3
Maximum Results from Search: 400
Since there is no "ALL" setting for "Maximum Search Date Range", setting it to something big, such as "20 Years" is a good equivalent to that.
As a side note/recommendation --
In your php.ini (for PHP5.2.1+) your memory limit should be set at least to 128M
; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume
memory_limit = 128M
Your server really should be running on at least PHP 5.2.1 - for major stability and security enhancements
for more information, visit http://php.net/releases/5_2_1.php
in PHP 5.2.0, the default was "16M"
prior to PHP 5.2.0, the default was "8M"
for more information, visit http://php.net/memory-limit