Haken FFFs.net search implemented - please snag it

POSTED BY: SigmaNunki
UPDATED: Sunday, July 22, 2007 21:58
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SIGMANUNKI

Friday, August 25, 2006 9:08 PM (P)

Ok, so I've been promoting the idea that people should search this site using Google for a while now. But, people don't. I don't know why, but they just refuse to search the site even though I've (and others) posted several time how.

So, it's time for me to put my money where my mouth is (so to say). I've know for a while (along with many others) that people can plug into Google by putting up a form on their site to use Google. This is what I've done.

The thing is that I'm not leaving it up for long. My little personal pipe just won't be capable of serving the pages given the traffic FFFs.net gets.

What I am putting it up for, is so Haken can snag the html and add a page on FFFs.net. This would give people the ability to search FFFs.net from FFFs.net using Google.

http://www.fireflylabs.ca/misc/fffsearch.html

Haken, please see the linked page for further notes on additional customization if wanted.

Have a shiny day

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AZHEA

Friday, August 25, 2006 9:19 PM (P)

Shiny idea!!! Thanks!

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WASHSYOUNGERSEXIERBR

Friday, August 25, 2006 9:26 PM (P)

am using it now

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SHINY

Friday, August 25, 2006 9:39 PM (P)

I always use google (with "site:fireflyfans.net") to search FFF.net, but I agree it would be nice if there were a google site search box on the front page.

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SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:28 PM (P)

@Shiny:

bump

Pretty much my thoughts as well.

It really would be trivial to implement it here. As in, click link, open page source, copy the html and put it in a page here. Or make a search page and slap in the html into the content part of the page (though the background colour is probably going to have to be changed from #FFFFFF to #000000). It took me 10-15 min to do the leg work and make my page. So, I imagine it'd take 5-10 min for Haken to tak it onto this site.

That is, if he doesn't want to do the customed part. If so, that'd take a bit longer.

But people are using it. So...

Funny store, this one guy a while ago (?) asked about a thread that had a link to where he could buy Bluesun t-shirts. He said he couldn't find it in the archives. So, I told him about the site:fireflyfans.net at Google so that he could look himself and for any other things in the future.

You know, give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish...

His response was (paraphrase), "Or you could just tell me where it is" and didn't do the search. The rest of the post basically told me that he was rather irritated that I didn't tell him specifically where it was.

That rather irritated me. So much for actually helping people.

At any rate, people obviously need this, they have voiced a disire to have it in the past, and people are using it.

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SIMONWHO

Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:57 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SigmaNunki:

You know, give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish...

I prefer Terry Pratchett's version:

Build a man a fire, he is warm for a night. Set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.

JONNYQUEST

Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:59 PM (P)

Bein' new, not only to the online FF/S world, but online communities in general, this is great news to me. I'm a very proficient Googler but never did it specifically for FFF.net. Bravo!

"Well, here I am."

SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, August 26, 2006 7:37 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:

Quote:
Originally posted by SigmaNunki:

You know, give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish...

I prefer Terry Pratchett's version:

Build a man a fire, he is warm for a night. Set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.

LOL, that's great!

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:

Bein' new, not only to the online FF/S world, but online communities in general, this is great news to me. I'm a very proficient Googler but never did it specifically for FFF.net. Bravo!

Thanks

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PURPLEPEBBLE

Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:45 PM (P)

Shiney idea, didn't know u could do that, do now. I love this place.

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ANTISOCIALIST1

Monday, August 28, 2006 1:56 AM (P)

o we all love this place but i have a question. actually 2.
1: have any of the cast besides summer (GO SUMMER) and Nathan (ROCK ON MAN U SO TOTALY RULE) had any work since this and if so wat and if not why u think so?
also im trying to contact Joss with a buisness proposition and I figur this would be the best place to find his email so .... yah if any ones it contact me.

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PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:51 AM (P)

Yes, many of the cast have had work. Gina was in something, some movie (the name escapes me) and also the new F*X series "Standoff", Jewel just finished shooting a movie called "The Tribe", Morena is on SG-1, Adam should be on a new ABC show called "Daybreak". I haven't seen any news on Sean, Alan, or Ron. Alan tends to have more bit parts and voice acting, so he could easily be sneaking into something, and Sean has always been fairly low-profile, it seems. I can't imagine a young, handsome, talented actor like him not being able to find anything, but we might not hear about it for awhile because he, unlike Jewel, doesn't have a blog we can get news from. Ron? No idea. We, of course, know he's great, but there may be some in Hollywood who think he's getting on in years too much.
Well, that was a bit off-topic wasn't it? Good excuse to bump, I suppose.
Anyway, best of luck contacting Joss; he doesn't really make his private e-mail or address public knowledge. Could be you could send a letter to him care of Universal (or maybe Warner Bros, as they're doing Wonder Woman).

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RESE

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:16 AM (P)

Wow, that really works great!

Thanks for the info. Let's hope everyone else sees this!

KANEMAN

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:21 AM (P)

That is the coolest thing ever. Can that be put on the site somewhere?

SIGMANUNKI

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:53 PM (P)

Thanks guys

Quote:
Originally posted by kaneman:

Can that be put on the site somewhere?

That's the big question.

The day after I started this thread I tried to contact Haken through his contact form. Haven't got a response yet, though he's probably busy.

Here's hoping though.

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FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:12 PM (P)

This is a great idea! Hope Haken sees this and puts it on the site.

Bumping, even though I didn't check to see if you still had it where he could snag it.

Hope so......

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SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:40 PM (P)

Thanks, and yes, it's still there

I'll post here if I have to take it down.

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FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:47 PM (P)

Wonderful! Thank you for doing this.

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www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=20&t=23296

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SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, September 2, 2006 3:24 PM (P)

Bump

@FollowMal:

Thanks

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FOLLOWMAL

Monday, September 4, 2006 3:16 PM (P)

Bump, bump, bump, bumpity bump bump bump.

Wha? I'm just singin'! Under my breath!

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ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Monday, September 4, 2006 3:20 PM (P)

That was a great idea! Thanks lots!

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SIGMANUNKI

Friday, September 8, 2006 1:40 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:

That was a great idea! Thanks lots!

Thanks

Here's hoping that aside from getting email notification working, Haken is working on adding anothing little feature to the site

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TENTHCREWMEMBER

Friday, September 8, 2006 1:52 AM (P)

It so simple it is genius.

I hope Haken has seen this and as I type is implementing it.

It can only make a great site better.

A BIG DAMN SITE! :)

I've oft said to other Browncoats that a search feature is the ONLY thing this site truly lacks. It is still the best site in the 'Verse, and I am happy it is here w/ or w/o search capabilities...but I wish it were w/

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SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:57 PM (P)

It seems as though people are using this. So, I thought I'd drop a note that a couple days ago I switch DNS hosting as well as moved my site onto a different box... somewhere... out there.

Now, when I do a lookup I get the new info. BUT, I noticed that even last night there were some accesses to my box (the old one). The problem is that I'm going to have to shutdown MY box sometime today.

What this means is that some people may not be able to access my site (the search) for a little bit. Probaly in the range of 1/2 a day after the shutdown max. But after that, the new info should have propagated across the net resolving the problem.

Also, since I moved the site off my box and am getting it hosted, I don't have to worry much at all about bandwidth. So, it'll stay up until/if Haken snags it and puts it up here.

At any rate, I'm glade you guys like it and I hope that this potential problem notice is for not.

Have a shiny day

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"We don't fear the reaper"

HUGHFF

Monday, November 13, 2006 12:28 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Quote:
Originally posted by SigmaNunki:

You know, give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish...

I prefer Terry Pratchett's version:

Build a man a fire, he is warm for a night. Set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.

Or: give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll spend all weekend on a boat drinking beer.

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GOMITHROUS

Monday, November 13, 2006 12:57 AM (P)

I think this is a great idea, I'm definitely using this from now on.

VERSEEXPLORER

Monday, November 13, 2006 1:16 AM (P)

This is really nifty. I've used the regular Google, but it's nice to have just FFF.net stuff.
Thanks, SignaNunki.

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PUMAMANREDUX

Monday, November 13, 2006 1:19 AM (P)

Ron Glass was in an episode of Shark [ http://imdb.com/title/tt0805666/ ] on CBS few weeks ago or so as a Judge
[ http://imdb.com/title/tt0851024/ ] ....

here it is the episode was called

Dr. Feelbad

Original Air Date: 5 October 2006 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Plot Outline: The office prosecutes a prominent doctor accused of killing his wife. However, the case rides on the testimony of his young son, who may be afraid to tell the truth and convict his dad.

PENGUIN

Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:57 PM (P)

bump

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FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, July 22, 2007 9:58 PM (P)

Sigmanunki,

I use this search over and over and rely on it now to help me keep track of new folks, interesting threads and news!
What would we do without it?
A thousand times, thank you!

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