The Bungie.net[url]/Search[/url] page is great for finding the most recent posts made by a user (Forums - Author). The other fields (News, Games, Support, Forums - All) don't always give you the results that you are looking for. Updating this feature would be beneficial for Bungie.net members and this is how I would do it. Would these ideas listed below encourage you to search more? Please feel free to share your input on the topic. Thank you.
Bungie.net Search 2.0 would have four sections for each field (search, sort by, sort order, filters). Search is where you type what you are looking for. Sort lets you choose how and what order you would like your results displayed. Filters let you restrict your search. The advanced section would be hidden by default. This is what I came up with while brainstorming. I'm not expecting all of this to be implemented; it's just food for thought.
[quote][b]SEARCH NEWS:[/b][/quote]
[u]Search[/u]
Title
Summary Text
Full News Story Text
[u]Sort By[/u]
Relevance
Title
Date
Views
Poster
Writer
[u]Sort Order[/u]
Ascending
Descending
[u]Filters[/u]
Tags
Top Stories Enabled/Disabled/Only
Groups Stories Enabled/Disabled/Only
Embedded Objects Enabled/Disabled/Only
[u]Advanced Filter[/u]
Poster(s)
Writer(s)
Posted: Before (Date), After (Date), In (Year), In (Month), On (Date), On (Day), At (Time)
Post Is (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Lines
Post Is (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Characters
[quote][b]SEARCH GAMES:[/b][/quote]
[i]Creating a way to search games for Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 3: ODST would not be beneficial in my opinion so this would be for Halo: Reach only. This game finder could have a lot more options, but I care more about the forum search being enhanced. If you'd like the expand on this, you're more than welcome to.[/i]
[u]Search[/u]
Game Title
[u]Sort By[/u]
Relevance
Title
Date
Duration
[u]Sort Order[/u]
Ascending
Descending
[u]Filters[/u]
Type (Invasion, Arena, Competitive, Campaign, Firefight, Custom)
Maps
Playlists
[u]Advanced Filters[/u]
Player(s) In Game *
Player Placed (ex. Games when Cryptic placed 2nd)
Team Placed (ex. Games when Red Team placed 1st)
Duration Is (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Minutes
Played: Before (Date), After (Date), In (Year), In (Month), On (Date), On (Day), At (Time)
* Note the "Player(s) In Game" filter could be used to find multiple people that were in the same game or just games that include at least one of the players. Typing Player A AND Player B would only include games they were both in. Typing Player A OR Player B would find games that at least one of them is in.
[quote][b]SEARCH SUPPORT:[/b][/quote]
Bungie.net doesn't have a huge guide or support section. If they were to include FAQs for Bungie.net and their games, I would consider creating a search for support.
[quote][b]SEARCH POSTS:[/b][/quote]
[u]Search[/u]
Post
[u]Sort By[/u]
Relevance
Date
Poster
[u]Sort Order[/u]
Ascending
Descending
[u]Filters[/u]
Public Forums Only
Private Forums Only
Forum
ALL CAP Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Anonymous Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Employee Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Moderator Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Original Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Last Replies Enabled/Disabled/Only
Reported Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Collapsed Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
Blacklisted Posts Enabled/Disabled/Only
[u]Advanced Filters[/u]
Poster(s)
Post Edited By User(s)
Post Quotes User(s)
Markups
Posted: Before (Date), After (Date), In (Year), In (Month), On (Date), On (Day), At (Time)
Edited: Before (Date), After (Date), In (Year), In (Month), On (Date), On (Day), At (Time)
Post Is (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Lines
Post Is (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Characters
[quote][b]SEARCH THREADS:[/b][/quote]
[u]Search[/u]
Thread Title
[u]Sort By[/u]
Relevance
Creation Date
Last Reply
Replies
Views
Saves (Likes)
[u]Sort Order[/u]
Ascending
Descending
[u]Filters[/u]
Tags
Public Forums Only
Private Forums Only
Forum
ALL CAP Threads Enabled/Disabled/Only
Gold Threads Enabled/Disabled/Only
Saved Threads Enabled/Disabled/Only
Locked Threads Enabled/Disabled/Only
Archived Threads Enabled/Disabled/Only
[u]Advanced Filters[/u]
Creator(s)
Poster(s) In Thread *
Last Reply By Poster(s)
Created: Before (Date), After (Date), In (Year), In (Month), On (Date), On (Day), At (Time)
Last Reply: Before (Date), After (Date), In (Year), In (Month), On (Date), On (Day), At (Time)
Thread Has (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Replies
Thread Has (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Views
Thread Has (Exactly/Less Than/More Than) X Saves (Likes)
* Note the "Poster(s) In Thread" filter could be used to find multiple people that posted in the same thread or just threads that include at least one of the members. Typing Member A AND Member B would only include threads they both posted in. Typing Member A OR Member B would find threads that at least one of them posted in.
[i]This thread is an improved version of the one I created [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35499823]here[/url].[/i]
[Edited on 02.10.2011 3:05 PM PST]
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duardos right OT: good lookin out op [Edited on 02.08.2011 9:42 PM PST]