Search?!?

[teamhillside]

I finally got the key to allow me to log GC2XQN5 Cheshire Box yesterday, and was a little disappointed.

I thought I'd search the forum here to see other opinions, only for the words "box" and "cheshire" to be invalid search terms!! "Box" because it is shorter than 5 letters and "cheshire" because it is too common (I presume). Surely those parameters are set a little harshly - its not that unusual to want to search for a genuinely three letter word is it?

Just my thoughts!

Matt

[bargee72]

cheshire box cache- not one i think has been discussed on here-

Dis-appointed about what? the cache? or the key? or the whole experience?

Search - well I haven't used it much and usually just ask again if there is a post i cant find, so cant really comment, but interested more in the cheshire box cache.

[JeremyR]

The clearing of the forum also cleared the search indexes, hence it's going to take a while for it to settle down. You don't have to use a word often for it to become "common" in they eyes of the search indexer at the moment. That being said, phpbb's inbuilt search is and always has been, politely, rubbish... You're much better off using Google and restricting it to results from this site, like this:

site:nwcaching.co.uk "cheshire box"


I wonder if changing the search box to use Google by default rather than the inbuilt search would be a good move...

*edit* I've tweaked the search settings. The min characters requirement is still 5 letters (because otherwise it stores every and, the, when, how, why, etc in the database as a search record...) but you can get around that by wrapping it in double quotes, I think. Also bumped the common word threshold from 5% of posts to 15% and rebuilt indices. Searching for cheshire "box" now works but still doesn't return any real results. The only discussion of note about it is.... this thread

[teamhillside]

cheshire box cache- not one i think has been discussed on here-

Dis-appointed about what? the cache? or the key? or the whole experience?

The cache really - was just expecting something a little more "inspiring" given the sometimes frantic level of interest in getting the key that has sometimes been expressed in the local area! In truth, I could have opened the box with a paper clip, so felt like I had wasted time waiting for the key.

[JeremyR]

Ok, I've experimentally and rather quickly thrown together a google search option next to the 'traditional' search tool. It's almost certainly much better at finding stuff than the default phpbb search tool so feel free to tinker. It seems to be working as it should...

[FFloss]

Thanks Jeremy

[bargee72]

cheshire box cache- not one i think has been discussed on here-

Dis-appointed about what? the cache? or the key? or the whole experience?

The cache really - was just expecting something a little more "inspiring" given the sometimes frantic level of interest in getting the key that has sometimes been expressed in the local area! In truth, I could have opened the box with a paper clip, so felt like I had wasted time waiting for the key.

I've found that afew times, especially with great puzzles that have really had me thinking and then after solving they are a ice cream tub in a rubbish strewn layby.
A similair one to the key cheshire box that was set quite a few years ago was a wooden Lymm where you had to find a tb which was a wooden puzzle that gave you the coords, that took some finding,
Maybe the challange is tracing the tb and just accept that.

I still havent found all teh Stencils that ARRKS released for their stencil cache near Congelton. that was published 9 years ago.

[teamhillside]

Ok, I've experimentally and rather quickly thrown together a google search option next to the 'traditional' search tool. It's almost certainly much better at finding stuff than the default phpbb search tool so feel free to tinker. It seems to be working as it should...

Thanks!

[RedFerret]

cheshire box cache- not one i think has been discussed on here-

Dis-appointed about what? the cache? or the key? or the whole experience?

The cache really - was just expecting something a little more "inspiring" given the sometimes frantic level of interest in getting the key that has sometimes been expressed in the local area! In truth, I could have opened the box with a paper clip, so felt like I had wasted time waiting for the key.

I've found that afew times, especially with great puzzles that have really had me thinking and then after solving they are a ice cream tub in a rubbish strewn layby.
A similair one to the key cheshire box that was set quite a few years ago was a wooden Lymm where you had to find a tb which was a wooden puzzle that gave you the coords, that took some finding,
Maybe the challange is tracing the tb and just accept that.

I still havent found all teh Stencils that ARRKS released for their stencil cache near Congelton. that was published 9 years ago.

To be fair, the Wooden Lymm puzzle was in quite a nice location, and not by the side of the road - archived now though.

[bargee72]

i was meaning that there are other caches that had you chasing special/ unusual tbs to open or obtain coords, and those sprang to mind.

the stencil cache i thought was very clever

[RedFerret]

i was meaning that there are other caches that had you chasing special/ unusual tbs to open or obtain coords, and those sprang to mind.

the stencil cache i thought was very clever

Sounds intriguing - us it still active ?

[Gushoneybun]

i was meaning that there are other caches that had you chasing special/ unusual tbs to open or obtain coords, and those sprang to mind.

the stencil cache i thought was very clever

Sounds intriguing - us it still active ?

Yes, here it is:

GCKR5K it is in the Sandbach area.

[RedFerret]

Thanks