Forum Search not working?

[Curmudgeon]

I am new to the Serendipity/blogging world and I have a couple of issues which I am sure could be cured by other forum posters. However, I've tried to search the forum every which way, and I can't get it to work. I've used advanced search options, etc. etc., nothing.

Help? Thanks!

[Don Chambers]

You need to be more specific. What exactly have you tried?

[Curmudgeon]

I have put a phrase such as "html nugget" into the search engine, both as single words, and a phrase, not using the advanced search, choosing a category, not choosing a category, using quotes, not using quotes, etc. etc. Nothing ever comes out of it. Never had it happen on any other forum, ever.

[Don Chambers]

hmmm... response I received was that those words are too common, which surprises me. I also searched for the word "fixed" and phpBB responded with the same message - too common. I tried "flagpole", which was not found. I tried "fluid", which produced around 2 dozen hits.

Not sure.... I know mySQL does require a degree of uniqueness, but I cannot imagine that html and/or nugget are so commonly used in all the forums here that it would be TOO common.

Garvin? Clues?

[Curmudgeon]

By the way, I'm having decent luck searching through Google, but NO luck searching through the s9y.ord web site.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

I have tried to adjust the settings of the board search by disabling common words. Let's see if it works, once the index is recreated.

Regards,
Garvin