Is Search turned off?

BlackFiend · Jan 28, 2005

No search icon at all!

WARNING>>>ANGRY POST

I'm a new subscriber...but just for the search capability. Bought it today!

Yet...Nada. Nothing. I don't see a link anywhere for searching.

I must confess...I'm getting really pissed off about it too. I hate spending money on the net, and when I do...I expect crap to work. Seriously.

I don't even know who to contact to get my money back if this crap doesn't work...

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Give me info or expect to be met with impotent wrath.

Barendd Nobeard · Jan 28, 2005

Did you read this thread, BlackFiend? You're not the only one with the problem. The admins are looking into it.

Relax. I'm confident they'll get it fixed soon. In the meantime, here's some Prozac. Enjoy.

Piratecat · Jan 28, 2005

Blackfiend, the search option is on the top right of every thread. Are you getting the white screen? It's also possible that (depending on how you purchased it) your searching hasn't been turned on yet.

Let me know, and we'll sort it out -- but we're clearly having some issues that aren't resolved. Hopefully, your problem isn't one of those. I'm a little surprised by the vitriol, though; activating new rights isn't necessarily automatic, and wanting to cancel your order because your purchase hasn't been processed yet seems a little extreme to me.

EDIT - I just checked, and your order hasn't been processed yet; you can't search because it hasn't been turned on. If you like, email me your receipt at kevin AT kulp DOT org and I'll expedite it for you.

Meanwhile, for everyone else having problems, we'll try to figure out why. I have no idea, but Michael is the tech genius.

Barendd Nobeard · Jan 28, 2005

Piratecat said:
Meanwhile, for everyone else having problems, we'll try to figure out why. I have no idea, but Michael is the tech genius.

PC - I checked just now from my home computer and I still can't search. I've tried on two different browers (IE and Firefox) on two different operating systems (Win 2000 Professional and Win XP Professional). None of those four combinations works.

So, are there any threads discussing the spell "Blood of the Martyr" and it's vague "Cure Wounds" reference?

eabha · Jan 28, 2005

Barendd Nobeard said:
So, are there any threads discussing the spell "Blood of the Martyr" and it's vague "Cure Wounds" reference?

Wow, I was totally going to help you out because I hadn't had one problem with the search function...but when I searched for "Blood of the Martyr" I got the white screen!

I did several other searches, all successful. But each time I tried that one, it failed utterly. Don't know what that means...

Darkness · Jan 28, 2005

eabha said:
each time I tried that one, it failed utterly. Don't know what that means...

Strange.

*tries it too*

Hm. Same here.

Piratecat · Jan 29, 2005

Try "martyr." What happens? If it's related to the length or content of the search string, that'd explain why sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

coyote6 · Jan 29, 2005

FWIW, "martyr" == search results. "blood of martyr" == white screen

"best d20 publishers" == search results.

"blood of random" == white screen

FWIW, the white screen's HTML is

Code:

<html><body></body></html>

The URL is http://www.enworld.org/search.php

"blood" == white screen.

I conclude that ENWorld search is squeamish, and doesn't like the site of blood.

FWIW, "blooded", "bloody hell", and "cold blooded" gave white screens, while "bloodsweattears" & "bloody" returned results. Weird.

Barendd Nobeard · Jan 29, 2005

Yep, "martyr" and "martyr cure wounds" both work as searches for me. But if I add in the word "blood" then it doesn't work.

Piratecat · Jan 29, 2005

Hey, we diagnosed a problem! I'll need Michael to address it once he gets the reviews running, but I feel a lot better knowing what the issue was. Thanks for the detective work, guys.

Is Search turned off?

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