Re: Let's play bash the search engine

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> Matthew O'Connor wrote:
>> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> But seriously, I'm definitly interested in ways it can be improved - and
>>> that's true of the whole web team, I'm sure. It was just my way of
>>> saying "it will take a while", but I'll file it away as a good thing to
>>> do when there is a moment of spare time.
>>
>> I like the way the php.net homepage has a search box on the homepage
>> with a dropdown next to it to specify what to search.
>
> Yeah, that would be very appropriate, allowing you to search specific
> version of the docs. Heck, if it allowed searching of specific mail
> lists, that would rock.

It should be pretty easy once documents has apropriate metadata.
Also, displaying current section in search box would be informative,
so when you're in current documentation, pull-down menu should display
<8.2 Documentation>.

Regards,
Oleg
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