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Search:
- Is always available
- Has constantly visible context
- Lists possibly relevant threads as you type
- Has preset filters for results
- Has enhanced advanced search result display
Search is always available
A static header always appears while the user scrolls up or down the page. This header contains the site name, groups icon, search bar, and personal icons.
Search context is always visible
Search is context-sensitive in that it recognizes the context it's being used in (such as a specific group or application) and returns results based on it. For example, people search assumes your context is the entire community.
Additionally, the results can be filtered by other parameters (application, groups, content or everywhere).
Search forum threads before creating new one
When typing a search in the context of a forum, Telligent Community Server returns possible threads that might answer your question, or might provide the needed information.
Preset filters for results
When a user types a term into the search field, Community Server displays the search results along with filter buttons. These include the current context (such as the group name), Content, Groups, and People buttons. Clicking any of these buttons will narrow down the results to only that aspect. For example, the following screen capture shows a search for "test0001." Clicking the People filter will return the username test0002. Clicking Content will return content the user has authored.
Enhanced advanced search result display
When a user types a search term into the search field and presses Enter, the results are displayed with the Advanced Search options. Using the previous search example, entering the search term "test0002" and pressing Enter at the site level will return the result with the following drop-down parameters:
- Relevancy - Most relevant, Most recent, Alphabetical, and Highest Rating.
- Content type - Blogs, Comments, Users, Wikis, Forums, Challenges, Files, Groups, Ideas, and Statuses.
- Location - Anywhere or group names.
- Author - Usernames.
- Recency - Any time, In the past week, In the past month, In the past year.
Wildcard search for users and groups
Community Server supports performing wildcard searches using question (?) or asterisk (&) for people and groups.
Searching for multiple terms
- If you want to search for multiple instances of a #hashtag, @mention, or textual references, you can simply type them into the search field.
- Typing a #hashtag term or @mention term (for example, #bryce @janeadams) into the search field will yield all results that contain those two terms. You can't get a list of all tags by typing # into the search field. Instead, use the Tag Cloud widget.
- Just typing two textual words into the search field will yield results containing those text references or #hashtag references (for example, typing #bryce canyon).