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Posted by: Thoruen
I could be wrong but I don't think the guys that maintain the website are the same ones making new Halo maps or other Bungie projects.Had you used the search feature, you could have seen that Achronos confirmed that the web team does indeed also write game code. Just kidding on the search feature part :-)
I agree with you completely. There have been a lot of these threads about the search feature, and I continue to say that whenever the web team has time, it would be nice as a side project if they could upgrade it. Ideally, it would be cool if they could implement the following:
More Advanced Boolean Terms: For example:
* "or" feature (example: "'trip mine' or 'tripmine'")
* Certain words within "n" terms of each other (example: "trip /3 mine")
* "But Not" (example: search for "'trip mine' and valhalla but not 'beta'")
Restrict Search to Certain Forums: Including searching within multiple forums (example: searching for a thread in either the Community or the Halo 3 Forum)
Search Group Forums: Not really necessary for most groups, but some groups contain dozens or hundreds of pages of threads -- far too many to search through by hand.
Restrict Search by Date: Search for threads created before a certain date, after a certain date, or between certain dates
Sort Responses by Date, Author, or Size of Thread: Currently, the responses are sorted by relevancy, which is inconvenient for many purposes
Restrict Search by Threads that are Unlocked: When searching for a discussion that you want to contribute to, it's not helpful to get a search response that contains threads from four or five months ago
There are others as well, but I think that these features would be pretty helpful to improve searching within the forums.
[Edited on 11.25.2007 2:57 AM PST]