SEARCH Fails to Return Query on Content that Exists & Private Forum is not Private.

    I've had trouble finding some things through search. Thought it was me.


    I praised the recent work of "viabcroce" for his tips and tricks manual. Even got a reply that I'd do just as good using "search" which I was perplexed by, since I'd found immediate answers in his document that I could NOT find on the forum. (that is, it didn't come up in the first so many threads returned from the query)



    But now I have proof that SEARCH is not returning some itesm, so HA!


    I searched for "EP1-KP", result: nothing
    Then I searched for "EP1", result: nothing


    Yet here is a thread:
    http://kemper-amps.com/forum/i…page=Thread&threadID=7149


    Thus, the Kemper forum can't even search for it's OWN pedal!


    I then searched google for the Kemper pedal:
    https://www.google.com/search?…&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8



    Google can find what the Kemper forum search can't.


    I even took text from the "private" forum thread subject and put it into google.
    Google gave me the link to the same thread. This was in another web browser I was not signed into, I could still view it.


    So while I have to sign into the Kemper website to see the private forum, I can just see it by searching google.


    So the "private" forum is not private at all.

    Edited once, last by db9091 ().

    Everyone can see the private forum. Only registered and logged in users can post in private forum.


    The search function needs obviously a minimal search string length of 4 characters. Characters like "-" are ignored.


    They use a veeeeery old forum script from Woltlab. I think it is massive customized and it would be a pain in the ass to upgrade the script to a actual release with all those nice gimmicks we know from modern forums.


    Best way is to not spend too much time here. :P