Update: 23rd November The indexing of all 50,000 articles is now complete so you should be able to search back up to 2 years worth of articles.
Update: 14th November It seems that the new search is very popular with over 500 searches being performed each day since we added it to the site.
As a result we've ordered more index space for the search. Currently our index is only 2,500 articles (About 2 months worth). Today we'll be expanding this to 50,000 just over 2 years worth of articles. This should help people find more articles, especially for the older shows.
NOTE: It will take a couple of days to index all these new 47,500 articles so if you don't see the results you expect, just give it a few days. We'll update this post when the full 50,000 has been indexed.
Update: 9th November Based on the initial feedback and user testing, we've now made the Search box a little bigger, and more importantly moved it to the top menu so that it's always accessible no matter where you are on the site.
Original Article
Hey All,
As you know we've recently been running our annual SpoilerTV Reader Survey (It's still open if you've not yet completed it).
One of the recurring requests was for a better and faster search.
Well today we're trialling a new system.
In the sidebar on the right you will see a new search box. As soon as you start typing your search you should see almost instantly the results appear in a sidebox.
This will allow you to see the articles quickly that match your query and allow you to scroll down the list or refine your search.
This search currently indexes the last 2,500 articles (This is about 2 months worth of posts). If you want to go back further you'll need to use the existing search feature that indexes all the articles.
If this proves popular we'll look to index more than 2,500 articles.
If you have any comments, suggestions or find any bugs please let us know in the comments below.
We hope you find this useful.
wow that is super fast. very cool
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I was waiting for that one and I didn't even know it!
ReplyDeleteHey, Spoilertv cool new feature it's super fast, now that's how you do it Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! It works really well. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback Brenda.
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad you like it :)
ReplyDeleteAnother feather added to your cap,you guys rock!
ReplyDeletehe he thanks ;)
ReplyDeleteExcellent, thanks. I just wanted to suggest to put it before the ad panel or make it more glaring, its current place is hardly noticeable. If it wasn't for this article, I doubt I would ever notice it :P
ReplyDeleteI don't even have to tell you how much I love this! So much easier to find my favorite things, Thanks for all the things you're doing to make it fun for us STV stalkers.
ReplyDeleteThanks @Toni
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback @maloose . We'll definitely look to see if we can improve it's placement in the future.
ReplyDeleteGreat! This is one of the features I've been long waiting for, since it was always hard to search for specific content!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Andy!
Thanks, hopefully if people like it and use it a lot we can look to increase the number of articles is stored in the index. The way it works is that the more articles you have in the index, the more we have to pay per month.
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