XF 1.5 Search Minimum Word Length = 2

[AliS]

Hello,

I have set 'ft min word len' in MySQL configuration to '2' and restarted the Sql server. Then, I changed the value of 'Search Minimum Word Length' in AdminCP to '2'. However, still if entered a word of two letters, even of three, in the search tab, no results will appear. If i entered a four letters word (default) it will show some results.

Why did not it work with two or three letters?

Thank you,

 

[James]

Have you rebuilt your search indexes?

 

[Mike]

If you change this value in MySQL, you need to rebuild all of the full text indexes on the server. Some discussion here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14646738/set-new-value-for-ft-min-word-len-fulltext-in-mysql

 

[AliS]

Xenforo is the best!
Thank you so much. I am so happy with xenforo after I migrated from vBulletin.

 

[AndyB]

If you have a forum with over 500,000 posts I recommend you purchase and install the Enhanced Search add-on offered by XenForo.

 

[AliS]

If you have a forum with over 500,000 posts I recommend you purchase and install the Enhanced Search add-on offered by XenForo.

You are right. I have a forum with over 1,400,000 posts.
I find that the the basic search system is quite fast. My forum is running on a VPS.
What is the impact of the Enhanced Search add-on? Will it improve the UX significantly?

 

[AndyB]

What is the impact of the Enhanced Search add-on?

Far better search results and much much faster.