I played around for over a month with the new search forum option. I have to say, this is really interesting and i can see much potential. Unfortunately i had to stop using search forums because for me its missing a few important things i needed.
I like to give my feedback.
I love the easy way the setup works.
I love that, by default, you don't have to worry about google indexing a search forum.
I also love all the criteria's you can set. So many, its just great.
I also think the performance is great. It loads fast.
If you made your own custom fields you can even use them as criteria. That is just great.
Now 3 points i think could be addressed and is the reason why in the end, after long testing, i will not use search forums.
1 small point is noticed that can be a issue for people that dont know this.
I hope this helps a bit. I know many of you will have your own opinion about all the points but at least i shared my toughs.
I like to end by saying that i recently came to Xenforo. The reason i did is because i love how out of the box the developers (can) think. Search forums is a example of this. Also i like how helpful this community is. Thank you all!
I like to give my feedback.
I love the easy way the setup works.
I love that, by default, you don't have to worry about google indexing a search forum.
I also love all the criteria's you can set. So many, its just great.
I also think the performance is great. It loads fast.
If you made your own custom fields you can even use them as criteria. That is just great.
Now 3 points i think could be addressed and is the reason why in the end, after long testing, i will not use search forums.
- If we somehow can get the cap of 1k threads removed and have this way higher that would be great. Yes i know it has to do with performance but as it stands now, 1k is way to less.
- If we could get a AND/OR option for the criterias that would help a lot. In many case i like to show more then 1 prefix/tag in 1 search forum. As its made now we cant do that. We can only show threads that have the prefixes/tags combined. I think on many forums this will not be how they like to use it.
- If we could see sort options in the filter on the front page that would also help a lot.
1 small point is noticed that can be a issue for people that dont know this.
- In the Thread criteria on the Tags line its missing the note that you need to separate tags with a coma. I know, its a small point but hey, testing is testing.
I hope this helps a bit. I know many of you will have your own opinion about all the points but at least i shared my toughs.
I like to end by saying that i recently came to Xenforo. The reason i did is because i love how out of the box the developers (can) think. Search forums is a example of this. Also i like how helpful this community is. Thank you all!
