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Extension Not Searchable?

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:53 pm
by Sartajc
My Extension Random Articles is not searchable! I tried to search for it and it just doesnt work except when i search the developer name or project homepage. how come the name and description arent searchable?

http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/

Re: Extension Not Searchable?

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:29 am
by ot2sen
Hi Sartajc,

Good question. Searching extensions dont always show what you expect as outcome.
Just did a little test searching for your extension 'Random Article'.

When searching for 'Random Articles' (without ''), no Search Results.
When searching for 'random' (without ''), your extension show up on page 3 on Search Results (Results 21 - 30 of 37).
When searching for 'articles' (without ''), your extension show up on page 4 on Search Results (Results 31 - 38 of 38).
When searching for 'random_articles' (without ''), your extension 'Random Article' show up as only Search Result  :)

When using advanced search and searching for 'random article' (without ''), your extension 'Random Article' show up as only Search Result  :)
And so on.

Basically its important how the search is done.

Re: Extension Not Searchable?

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:13 pm
by Sartajc
Oh ok that makes sense. thank you.

Re: Extension Not Searchable?

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:34 pm
by sparky_hd
Could the search engine be revised/replaced?  i searched for 'JC User Import' and it wasn't in the first 100 results.  Searched '"JC User Import"' with quotes and it looks like the search string broke because i couldn't find anything past the first page (it was as if the search reset).  The search that worked was 'jc_user_import', but what average web user would know to do a search like that?  It's not a standard search practice.