It would be nice to filter searches so that one could just search in certain texts. For example I if wanted to search for a word/phrase in just MN and AN. Or I want to exclude results in the jatakas.
Also, it seems that if I use the search function in the navigation area I get results for both dictionary definitions and EBTs, yet if I edit the search within the main area of the results page I only get dictionary terms. I continue to forget this is the case, as it seems counterintuitive to me!
Indeed, yes, this has been on our 2-do list for a long time:
We are currently focused on the new release, which will not update search. However this will be one of my main priorities once the new version is released.
? So far as I know, there is only one search entry, which is displayed in two different places. So Iâm not sure exactly what youâre encountering here. Would you mind giving more details exactly what you mean?
From this page if I do another search by typing âformationsâ in the search box above the results (and hit return/enter) it only searches the definitions/dictionary. As you can see from the query string. https://suttacentral.net/search?query=Formations&lang=&define=
A filter option is a definite need. Even if we could just search only within the nikayas or something would be awesome. It would help so much looking for suttas regarding certain topics and so forth.
Notice that thereâs no define at the end of the URL.
The search front-end is being re-implemented for the new site, so no doubt there will be plenty of fresh bugs!
Yes, i agree. For the new site our goal is to reach feature-parity with the old site (plus, of course, a bunch of new awesomeness). But we wonât be introducing this feature yet. I would like to see it early on in the roadmap for 2018, though.
No problems. I will wait and see what happens with SCnext. Speaking of which if you need someone to help with testing and debugging for mac (safari, firefox, chrome) or iPhone I might be able to help. Iâm pretty sharp on CSS, additionally I have reasonable working knowledge of PHP 5 with hacky level javascript skills. At the moment I would be able to dedicate a couple of hours a week to whatever you might need.
The back end is Python 3.5 and ArangoDB, the front end is built with Polymer 2.0 and modern JS. No PHP!
If youâre interested, you can install it from github and run the production environment yourself. Itâs in Docker, so itâs pretty easy to get going, although Iâm not sure if weâve run it on Mac. But in principle that shouldnât be a problem.
In terms of actual development, weâre moving pretty well at the moment, so that shouldnât be a problem. But it would be nice to have an extra set of eyes on the app, especially someone who is familiar with how the old site works.
Anyway, let me know if you want to install it locally, and we can make sure it works okay. Otherwise, at some point weâll run a trial on the web; there is a web based mockup, but it is far behind the development branch.
Dear Bhante,
I had no problems installing docker, but the git is giving me permission denied.
Michelles-Air:~ michelle$ git clone git@github.com:suttacentral/next-sc.git
Cloning into 'next-sc'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
If Ayyaâs suggestion doesnât work, let us know, and weâll help you through the permissions process. In principle, I think permissions should only be needed for pushing rights if you want to make changes yourself. But anyway, letâs see what happens.
It does seem a lot. The database is 522.6 MB (60.000+ files), but you donât get to that until you do make load-data. Next-sc itself is no more than 50 MB.
But I guess Docker/Elasticsearch takes some space but Iâm not sure how much.
