Re: About Search Engine

Hi Adrian and all,

I would like to support this request to fix the search engine. The NCL
web pages are great, but without an efficient search function it becomes
a real pain sometimes. Some time ago this worked fine, but recently the
search results are a big mess and often not helpful. There should be way
to fix this and give the actual NCL documentation a higher priority in
the search results.

Axel

Am 05.05.2011 11:33, schrieb Tompkins Adrian:
> I agree with Tina,
>
> previously the search was actually quite useful, I actually liked the
> inclusion of NCL-talk, but recently the search seems to include
> everything. For example, if you search for "while" the second link
> suggested is on the python manual page... Although the index suggested
> is helpful, it still takes a lot longer to find what you are looking
> for, especially if you do not know the name of the function - the search
> engine used to be helpful for tracking down a function names quickly,
> especially as NCL is so idiosyncratic with its naming conventions.
>
> cheers, Adrian
>
> On 01/13/2011 03:32 PM, Carl Schreck wrote:
>
>> Alternatively, I have bookmarked this page:
>>
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/index.shtml
>>
>> >From there, it's easy to use [ctrl]-f to search for your function. I find
>> that to be quicker than a google search.
>>
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/links.shtml
>>
>> is another good bookmark, as it is a one-stop shop that points to the
>> functions page as well as many other highlights of the NCL documentation.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carl
>>
>> 2011/1/13 刘晓娟 <lxiaojuan8778@163.com>
>>
>>
>>> Dear Sir or Madam,
>>>
>>> I am an user of NCL. I have a suggestion on the search engine of NCL
>>> website.
>>> I usually need to look up the use of some function, for example, qsort in
>>> the website of NCL. So what I am looking for is the page given the standard
>>> introduction of qstart.
>>> However, when I kicked the google search in the website, the foremost pages
>>> appeared are ncl-talk archive. Then I had to turn these pages until I have
>>> found the page I wanted. It was a little inconvenient.
>>>
>>> So, could you please set at the forefront position of the searched answer
>>> the introdution page of the specific function or resource of NCL? My
>>> colleagues have the same suggestion as well.
>>>
>>> I would be very grateful for your consideration.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Tina
>>>
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