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Add MountainQueers to Search
Add MountainQueers as affinity group to green search bar, similar to how we have "Singles", "Families", etc. If possible make this an easier area to update for the future as we look to expand our affinity groups.
3 votesCompleted Nov 2022. We update the field's title, help text, and list of choices on the edit form.
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Searchable committee minutes
We hold meetings, take minutes, and archive them. The ability to search past minutes will be very useful. In fact, I think that searching for when the committee discussed some topic - and what was decided - will be the most common way that I reference our meeting minutes.
1 voteThe text files in all PDF files on our website are indexed and we can add a search portlet to any area of our website. If you have a committee or folder or anywhere else on our website within where this would be beneficial, please send an email to info@mountaineers.org.
Here are two examples of the search portlet in use:
Blog: https://www.mountaineers.org/blog
The Mountaineer Annuals: https://www.mountaineers.org/about/history/the-mountaineer-annuals
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Integrate Fuzzy Logic to Text Search GH2837
As a site visitor give when I submit a search with text search terms, give me search results that are "fuzzy" so that I get a better and more comprehensive list of items that meet my search criteria.
By "fuzzy" we're thinking of things like singular vs. plural (e.g. leader vs. leaders) and first names (e.g. Ben vs. Benjamin).
4 votesSite search has been improved as part of Tech Update 4.5. The blog with the details of this update can be found here: https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/tech-update-4-5-bulk-roster-updates-practice-sessions-site-search-and-more
Please note, search will always be a work in progress but we hope that the updates made in 4.5 assist with searches for now as we continue to work to improve our search capabilities.
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Integrate Spelling/Typo Correction/Suggestion into Text Search GH2953/3738
Add a feature or features that better handles misspellings and typos in text search strings. Two possibilities are: (1) a way to show potential spelling errors or typos like the red squiggly lines under such words, and/or (2) a feature like Google's "Showing results for {your corrected search string}. Search with {your original search string} instead."
3 votesSite search has been improved as part of Tech Update 4.5. The blog with the details of this update can be found here: https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/tech-update-4-5-bulk-roster-updates-practice-sessions-site-search-and-more
Please note, search will always be a work in progress but we hope that the updates made in 4.5 assist with searches for now as we continue to work to improve our search capabilities.
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Improve Text Search Results GH2835/2836/2913(590)
Refine the the text search results for all of the faceted searches including site search. Using threes words (W1, W2, W3) as an example, by rank ordering results in this order:
1. Phrase – W1 and W2 and W3 in that order
2. Contains all three words in any order
3. Contains W1 and W2
4. Contains W1 and W3
5. Contains W2 and W3
6. Contains W1 only
7. Contains W2 only
8. Contains W3 onlyInclude some fuzziness in search (e.g. Ben give results for Ben and Benjamin).
Consider weighting content types (e.g. Books above events).
5 votesWe missed indexing text from the Page content type, so we added that. The removed the Image content type so images will not dwarf other types of content. We determined that that the search ranking was working as desired and described here.
We’ll tackle integrating fuzziness and spelling/typos into another suggestion/project or two.
If you find that a search result you expect is not as high in the search results as you think it should be, please send an email to info @mountaineers.org with:
(1) URL from the search
(2) URL from the item that you think should be ranked higher in the search
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Add skiing categories to activity and course faceted search GH2753
Its hard to find cross country ski courses in our find activity and course searches. Can we add cross country and backcountry ski filters
5 votesAug 2018
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Put Instructor Opportunities in with Find Activities SD360
For those of us not required to volunteer for a class, we were more apt to sign up as instructors or for classes when the listings were mixed with activities. We search by date, not necessarily opportunity type.
2 votesWe significantly improved our site-wide search so you may find everything in one search: activities, instructor opportunities, etc. You’ll find the search box in the upper left part of the header on every page in our website. View http://feedback.mountaineers.org/forums/273688-general-feedback/suggestions/7053736-improve-site-wide-search-sd360 fro more information about this improvement.
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Make it possible to have org wide policies and info pages show higher in search results
Right now its impossible to search for the carpooling page in the general search because people use the word carpooling in everything. It'd be great to be able to mark certain pages and blogs that have important organization wide information to the top of the search.
2 votesThe issue here was that the “Page” content type was not indexed for searches. So this is fixed.
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Make Rolling Enrollment Courses Easier to Find in Find Courses Faceted Search GH2826
Courses like basic snowshoeing which have multiple sessions are falling to the bottom and are harder to find.
4 votesJun 2018
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Search closed activities
I would like a way to search recently completed trips, so I can contact trip leaders for current route beta. This could be as simple as a checkbox on the activity search page for "Search only past/closed activities".
1 voteSam,
Thanks for the suggestion. You can use the “Starting…” section to find past activities. The “Start” and “End” dates mean "I want activities that occur between “Start Date” and “End Date.” This works for Find Activities (https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/activities) and site search (https://www.mountaineers.org/search).
Also note that our Routes & Places (https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/routes-places) have trip reports associated with them. This may be a good source of information from trips from more than just our leaders.
And of course you can search our Trip Reports (https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/trip-reports).
Thanks!
Jeff
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Make tag type-ahead search case insensitive GH2325
Make the type-ahead tag search case insensitive. For example, if you type "Everett" or "everett", the "Everett Branch" tag should be in the results list.
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Set up a Search for Badges to Make Them Easier to Find GH1881
Set up a faceted search in the Badges area, https://www.mountaineers.org/membership/badges, so that badges are searchable and easier to find.
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Improve the Summary (aka Search Results) View for Files GH1902
Add the Summary field for files that are added to the website in the Summary (aka search results) view (see attached image).
4 votesThis is done. Folders containing file like our comment letters now look much better. Here’s an example: https://www.mountaineers.org/conserve/conservation-position-letters/2016-comment-letters/?_authenticator=8369364da4c80f9b53c6dff605fe2843433d9df2Jul/Aug 2016
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Add filters to site search GH1877
The main problem with the search is that it returns so many pages of results that excessive paging is required for the search to be very useful. The sort, date, and item type filters do help, but more mechanisms are needed to narrow down the result set: Branch and Activity Type filters, for example.
5 votesWe added Branch and Activity Type field to the Badge, Event and Blog Post items so these items can used as filters in the site search.
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Improve search for internal hyperlinks GH1662
When hyperlinking within the site to an internal page or folder, the search engine appears to pull up anything that has your subject within the content, not just the title, making the search very slow. Also on the scroll bar, only the up arrow works. The down arrow does not work, so you need to drag the bar down, which is impossible to do slowly, so you have to drag the bar to below where you want to go, then use the up arrow to slowly get to where you're trying to go in the list.
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Optimize Search for Results and Speed SD429
With our large database, we need to balance a robust and complete search result set with search speed. We have fine tuned this as best we can with our current tools and setup. Still some searches are a bit slow and results sets incomplete. To improve this, we need to reconfigure our search application which requires significant technical development.
3 votesThe speed of the type-ahead search fields on edit forms (e.g. adding to roster) is much faster while providing a more complete results set.
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Reset faceted searches when date boxes are emptied GH1435
If both Start Date and End Date boxes in the "Starting..." section of the faceted searches (Find Activities, Find Course and Find Instructor Opportunities) are emptied, reset/resubmit the search.
It can be removed by clicking the date filter at the top of the search, but we also want the date filter to be removed if the date boxes are emptied.
1 voteThis is fixed.
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Make it possible to search activities by asst leader and co-leaders GH1527
Make it possible to search activities by co-leader or assistant leader, right now you can only search by primary leader.
1 voteYou may now search activities and courses by leaders name for leaders who are co-leaders, assistant leaders or mentored leaders.
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Improve site wide search SD360
Always show text box with search button in the header of the website, the magnify glass doesn't look like a search button the way other websites do. - suggestion from Focus Groups
In site search show summary view of course, activity and events. Bring search filters over to the left hand side which would allow you to search for activities, events and courses all in the same place. It is important that start date of the activity range is part of this site wide search. Make it so that leaders and admins can search for things like activity templates or…
6 votesWe added a box next to the magnify glass to make it more evident that you can search mountaineers.org
The search now allows you to easily filter by content type more easily like file or course or activity or member (Contact).
The search is by relevance but there are now search features that allow you to additionally filter by created date or start date or A-Z etc.
We encourage you to go ahead and try it out and let us know if it appears there is a filter missing or another way you’d like search results displayed.
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Add course template name to activity searches for field trips GH1142
Add the course template name (essentially the course name with the year) to the activity search results so people can find the right field trip that they want to instruct at.
1 vote
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