Sneak peek at our new site-wide search
Philip is chief technology officer of LWL, where he is responsible for the technical development and operation of the Web site, media network, and social network. In his blog, Phil discusses Web sites, social networking, and other tech topics. He will also respond to select tech-related questions posted in his blog’s Comments section.We’re working on our next round of features. One thing we’ve done is dramatically improved both the speed and relevancy of our search. When we release this version of search. You’ll be searching all public parts of the social network as well as the directory and launchpad listings. The new search is powered by Google and I recommend the Site Search. It’s a better faster search than your own database in most cases for small sites.
We implemented it on our 3 templates in about 2 hours with all the style sheet changes.
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We’re using the quick and dirty version. Google has an API for more advanced customization. We’ll probably look deeper at those options next year.
I recently joined “The Election” group on LWL but can’t figure out how to post comments. How is it supposed to work?