Trouble using the search function

16 years ago

Hi all,

I have tried to do a search but get the message Whoops message not found or something like that. Is anyone else experiencing this. I never had this problem before.

gesjenn

Comments (8)

snasxs
16 years ago
Yes, I guess my messages are deleted.
jank
16 years ago
This has been going on for at least a week for me, if not more. Has anyone been able to pull up anything with a search in the last week?
Jan
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pcan-z9
16 years ago
Nope - it doesn't work. I was trying to use the search last night and it pulls up posts, but when you open the post you get the "whoops" thing. I don't know if they are **still** working on it, or if they have given up. Also the archives are only going back to March 07. When a new post is made, the oldest post is deleted (falls off the end and is gone forever). Maybe they will get the search fixed sooner or later...:0(
Pat....
scott361
16 years ago
You know...
I haven't really complained about this, because things do take some time.
But, this is getting to be ridiculous!
Reminds me of when evil AOL took over Netscape. I used it for years, but overnight they destroyed it.
It's never been the same!:~(

Don't they want to keep members and get new ones?
Not exactly the most efficient process that I've ever seen!
I notice that ALL the advertisments all seem to work just fine!
Apparently, they do have priorities.
Where do we fall in that category?
jamcm
16 years ago
I've noticed too, especially since some of the posts I wanted to look at date back from November 2007! Not all of them are unavailable, just some of them. I'm waiting until the red "We're having problems because of our updates" message is gone to complain.

So true, Scott! Didn't think of it that way...

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sweetcicely
16 years ago
The red notice is gone, folks. If it is still possible to reach the iVillage people (play music), Complain away.

The archives of the Orchid Forum are an invaluable resource to us all. Having at least the past three years for reference would be wonderful, but failing that, it seems to me that asking for the past full year to be available would not be unreasonable.

A working link to the Orchid Gallery is also overdue. It is ridiculous that we should have to use a work-around to get to it.

If there is no response from iVillage, perhaps an appeal to the sponsors would be in order.

Sweetcicely
pcan-z9
16 years ago
I don't think the archives are being saved as to dates. It looks like a matter of numbers (space). 67 pages, 30 posts on each, 2010 archive total. When a new post is made, # 2010 drops away - gone. I don't know if it was always done this way, or if I just noticed it, but do to the pace of the forum we're only saved back to the middle of March 07 as of now. I've actually started a little notebook on the orchids on my "want (must have) list", and I try to read from the back forward a little each day to take a few notes. I won't be able to search/research it later..;0(
It looks like once this info is gone, it's just - gone.
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highjack
16 years ago
Pat they have always run the back posts this way. When a forum is active, the old posts drop off quicker. I guess we could talk less :>)

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