Where can I configure my wiki's top right Search box to do only the traditional "Search" behavior (go to search results page) and _not_ do the "Go" behavior (go to an article if its title matches)? The "Go" action may be appropriate for wiki's that aim wide and shallow at everything under the sun. My wiki however aims deep and narrow at one topic. I find the "Go" search behavior gets in the way of showing search results. Here's what I've tried so far: $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch=true; // makes the top right Search box show a simple search icon, which I like, instead of the "Search" and "Go" buttons, but it does the "Go" function. $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch=false; // shows both the "Search" and "Go" buttons. I want to show only the search _icon_ and have it do only the _traditional_ Search behavior. Where can I configure this? Thanks, Roger Teflpedia.com Mediawiki 1.20.2 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Nikolas Everett <neverett(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Hm, in MW1.20.2, for me that causes this error: Fatal error: Cannot use object of type Title as array in /home/bilbo/public_html/teflpedia.com/LocalSettings.php on line 162 (line 162 being $p[0] = null;) Any suggestions on a better way to stop the 'Go [direct to article]' behavior of the Search box? Roger

That works. It is live at http://teflpedia.com now. What is $t? And what is []? I don't really know PHP. Could you explain briefly what this snip is doing?

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No, with the hack in place clicking on one of the drop down search suggestions takes you to the search results page for that value, not to an article page. That _is_ perhaps what I want. I want Search to take you to a search results page, so that a user may choose which page he wants. Is the drop down list of search suggestions generated from a list of the wiki's page titles? Hm, I guess it is. I had not realized that. So how does one search the wiki's page texts? This whole search feature seems to be designed to take a user to a destination article directly whenever possible. I'm not sure that is best for my wiki because that page may not always be the one a user wants and without the search results page, how will he find the one he does want? By doing another search with more search terms? Hm, maybe we can all get used to this and maybe it will just work. Argggg, and trying to change this designed in behavior may not be so easy for a chiefly point and click guy like me. So I may decide to use the two button ('Go' + 'Search') Search box that I get when I set $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch to false, instead, especially if this hack is not going to work in future. Thanks for the tips. Roger

I've just realized that, using 'Simple search', all one has to do to get past the article title suggestions is lengthen ones search string till it no longer exactly matches any article titles. Then, and only then, does 'Simple search' take you to a search results page. Might this simply be something folks need to learn to do, by doing? And might it simply work? Are average users consistently so cleaver? Argggg. I think if we lead them in the right direction it will work fine. What do you think? Roger On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:27 PM, <roger(a)rogerchrisman.com> wrote: >> Now that I think about it, does the prefix search still work with that hack? >> By work I mean you should be able to select one of the entries that pops >> down under the search box as you type and it takes you to that article. > > No, with the hack in place clicking on one of the drop down search > suggestions takes you to the search results page for that value, not > to an article page. That _is_ perhaps what I want. I want Search to > take you to a search results page, so that a user may choose which > page he wants. > > Is the drop down list of search suggestions generated from a list of > the wiki's page titles? Hm, I guess it is. I had not realized that. So > how does one search the wiki's page texts? This whole search feature > seems to be designed to take a user to a destination article directly > whenever possible. I'm not sure that is best for my wiki because that > page may not always be the one a user wants and without the search > results page, how will he find the one he does want? By doing another > search with more search terms? Hm, maybe we can all get used to this > and maybe it will just work. > > Argggg, and trying to change this designed in behavior may not be so > easy for a chiefly point and click guy like me. > > So I may decide to use the two button ('Go' + 'Search') Search box > that I get when I set $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch to false, instead, > especially if this hack is not going to work in future. > > Thanks for the tips. > > Roger

Yes Jeremy. Thanks, just discovered that a moment ago. I guess others can "discover" it, too. Hope so. Roger

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Hi, Have you considered a parallel solution like incorporating a custom Google Search into your site? It's highly configurable... HTH. -- Dave _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l