A question about the forum

[Aduvash]

I wasn't sure whether to post this in General discussion or Off-topic (because off-topic says "Everything other then towns") so I posted it here where it would probably get more views since not as many people go to off-topic.

How come whenever I search for something or go to the second page of "View your posts" most of the it time it says

Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. Please try again in a few minutes.

It really bugs me.

[caprontos]

yeah.. just wait a bit.. it will work after a bit - it is annoying sometimes.. and idk why exactly..

[tom k.]

Yeah, it's to do with the flood control settings for searching. I'll get Xavi to fix it

[Aduvash]

Yeah, it's to do with the flood control settings for searching. I'll get Xavi to fix it

If he can fix it I'll be very happy.

[supermalparit]

Actually the wait time is set to 30 seconds. This avoids nasty bots to do nasty things.

[tom k.]

It's a bit long when you're looking through pages of results, and it isn't on the first page

[Aduvash]

Maybe you should just add CAPTCHA, I know it takes me longer then 30 seconds to type those in... It is kind of silly to have the search bar search for stuff instantly and have you wait 30 seconds between searches anyway.

[supermalparit]

I know is a bit weird, but actually is the best solution

Maybe you can use the google "site:" feature.

You know, if you search something like this:

Code: Select all

site:www.townsgame.com/forums hungry

Google will use his index data to find all the posts that contains that word

[Aduvash]

Google will use his index data to find all the posts that contains that word

Google has a gender!

But on a more serious note, I can't really use Google to view my posts. Oh well, I can just open it and go look at something else for a bit, you don't need to worry that much.

[supermalparit]

Hmmmm, "it's index" is better, right? In spanish a "search engine" is a male