Need advice please Re: vB 4.0 searching.

[-Patrick]

Hi,

With the latest version of vBulletin (Version 4.0.0) it is not possible search for words with less then 4 characters. This is a problem for me and my forum.

I currently have shared hosting so editing the "ft_min_word_len" in my phpMyAdmin is not possible. I asked my hosts would they change it but the said;

We cannot change the configuration setting requested as it is configured for optimal shared performance.

Do I have any other options other than moving to a dedicated server?

BR's

-Patrick

 

[mneylon]

Where in the VB4 documentation is this covered?

In VB3 there are two search options, 1 is internal ie. managed by the software, while the other uses MySQL's own settings.

 

[-Patrick]

See my thread on the vBulletin.com forum - vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?328334-Search-is-not-works-for-words-with-less-than-4-characters

They have since dropped the search system vB3 used.

-Patrick

 

[mneylon]

The other option would be to use Google search:

Replace search with Google Custom Search - vBulletin.org Forum

You can either use the monetised version OR the non-monetised one (instructions there are for the monetised / adsense one)