[Moved from gnucash-user to gnucash-devel]
On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 11:30:17AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Eric Siegerman <pub08-...@davor.org> writes:
> > I get that there are no immediate plans to (re)implement search
> > locally, and that's cool; but more helpful than just returning a
> > 404 error would be to put a static page at that URL that explains
> > what to do instead.
>
> Send me an HTML file that looks good and I'll put it in place.
Rather belatedly, attached is a version for you to
consider/critique.
Things to note:
- I was going to apply the gnucash.org styling, but couldn't
find styles to suit what I wanted. So instead I added a bit
of inline placeholder CSS, just to not be using <tt> and the
like. Look for the "fixme-xyz" class names.
- If (as expected) someone arrives at this page from the
"search Archives" button on a list's Mailman info page,
there's JavaScript that will modify the search-engine HREFs
to only search the list in question.
(I don't know how you feel about JavaScript in general, but I
noticed that there is a little of it on the site. If you'd
rather it go away, that's fine; I knew I was writing it "on
spec".)
- Even without JavaScript, the static HREFs arrange to search
only the GNC lists -- but all of them in that case.
- For Google, that consists of adding a "q=site:whatever"
query parameter, which Google then stuffs into the
search-form field.
ISSUE: They don't put a space after it, so users will
have to type one. It's a minor nit, but it is an
annoyance.
If anyone knows how to convince google.com to add the
trailing space, so much the better!
- I replaced Yahoo with Nabble:
- Yahoo doesn't seem to be indexing the GNC lists any more.
I tried searching for a couple of phrases chosen out of
random list posts, and Yahoo couldn't find anything
- A lot of folks here seem to use Nabble, so that served
as a recommendation for what to offer instead
If you want changes, just let me know. (Or feel free to make
them yourself; I'm good either way.)
I presume that in either case, once it's ready to go, you'll have
to do some slicing and dicing to put its head and body pieces
into whatever CMS you're using.
- Eric
No local search
Currently, there is no on-site mechanism to search the GnuCash mailing
lists. Instead, you can search the lists using one of these external
sites:
* [1]Google
* [2]Nabble
These links prepopulate the search form with the list you want to
search.
If for some reason that didn't happen (e.g. if JavaScript is disabled):
For Google
In the search bar, type
site:lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/list-name to search a specific
list, or site:lists.gnucash.org to search them all
For Nabble
By default, all of the lists will be searched. The individual
lists can be found at the Sub-forums link
References
1. https://www.google.ca/?q=site:lists.gnucash.org
2. http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/
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