(Resolved) - Search Index doesn't work on edited posts?

[qq]

Forum URL: streitstadt.boards.net/

I am finding that editing existing posts and adding new text to them will not result in the posts showing up in searched for the new text.
For example, if I made a post at 6am, then came back at 11am and added the term 'guitar', the post will not show up in searches for posts that include 'guitar', even weeks after the edit was made.

This is especially frustrating while using the incredibly useful hashtag plugin, as it means that hashtags cannot be added or altered after threads/replies are posted.

• Is this normal search index behavior to ignore edits? 
• Can I refresh what is indexed to include edits?  
  
• Will I have to constantly request to do that for it to properly index edited threads?

[Michael]

Hi,

There is no trigger for a search reindex when you edit a post, therefore editing a post will not have the edit indexed.

Mostly I think this is due to the fact that most people don't go back and edit posts often. You make the post and then you simply reply if you're providing more information (or more likely responding to another post). However I think its fair that they should be indexed. I'll mark this thread as a feature request for the future.

There is no way for you to trigger a reindex of an existing post. Since reindexing ALL of the post content is "expensive" in terms of server activity. A request would be the best way to make this happen.

[qq]

Where can I request re-indexing? And how often can I request it for one forum?

Thank you so much for the answers!

[Michael]

Hi,

I spoke with our systems team and (as I expected) this isn't the intended effect. There appears to be code to kill the old post-index and then reindex on edit, but it isn't doing its job. We're in the middle of a big-ish project behind the scenes right now but I have this on my personal list to check back into once we have that out of the way.

Feel free to request a reindex as often as you need to. You can do so by making a thread here on the support board and someone (red names only) will help you out.

[qq]

Thank you so much! I'm very excited about the behind the scenes project too : )