sod
sod

The Search Space BETA is out and ready to be installed! šŸ„³ My latest plug-in will help you in your quest to find long-lost posts and replies on your Micro.blog.

Thanks for testing, and good luck! If you get stuck, I'm here.

Screenshot of a search page. The word app is written in a text field labeled search posts and replies. Three suggestions are shown to the user: app apple, approved appear, and applicable. It's fast! The results are fetched in 0.06 seconds.

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sod
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@JohnPhilpin @pratik @maique @skoobz @odd @manton @ArnoldHoogerwerf @pimoore @frostedechoes @cdevroe Pinging you here in case you won't see the post on your timeline. The Seach Space BETA is here. šŸ‘†

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maique
maique

@sod Installing, thank you šŸ™‚

Note: on GitHub, on the README file, thereā€™s a small glitch, I think. Under ā€œDo your first searchā€ the URL mentions your other plug-in, Surprise Me.

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sod
sod

@maique šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø Thanks, it's fixed now. And thanks for checking out Search Space! 

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maique
maique

@sod Thank you, installed already.

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odd
odd

@sod Great! I think there is a wrong reference in the documentation, it reference ā€œ/surprise-me/ā€œ instead of ā€œ/search-space/ā€œ, and I couldnā€™t just press ā€œreturnā€ to start searching, I had to tap ā€œSearchā€. Else it just works! šŸ˜Š

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maique
maique

@sod Iā€™m the one that has to thank you for all the plugins already!

I do have a request though: Iā€™m using Paper, dark, and the input field for the search is very discreet. When I start writing my search terms, the text color is black. Canā€™t read it properly. The ā€œsuggestionā€ color is great šŸ™‚

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odd
odd

@sod I get a not found on the link.

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sod
sod

@odd Which one? The Search Space page on your blog is reachable at www.oddz.blog/search-sp...

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odd
odd

@sod Yes, I meant the fist one in this conversation.

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sod
sod

@odd The link to the plug-in page? Weird, it works for me. Do you end up on this URL? micro.blog/account/p...

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sod
sod

@odd Thanks! @maique noticed the documentation blunder as well. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø It's fixed now. I'm aware of the return-problem in Safari; you have to double tap. šŸ˜ Not sure yet if it's fixable. A single tap is all it takes in other browsers.

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odd
odd

@sod Aha! Safari is a bit opinionated.

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sod
sod

@maique Haha, yeah, that's not a good look. I have to think about this one for a bit. Generally, I try to avoid shipping too much CSS in my plug-ins. Every theme is different, and if I try to fix this Paper-specific issue, I might mess up other themes.

What do you say, @amit, are you up for making input[type="search"] elements look good in the Paper theme? šŸ„ŗ

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maique
maique

@sod If thatā€™s something I can fix with a little CSS on my end, Iā€™ll do it, no problem with thatā€¦

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vincent
vincent

@sod Super f*cking cool! Also love the use of datalist there! Nice job šŸ‘

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

Screen Shot of Replies Search

@sod ā€¦ it works .. Thankyou ā€¦ now we just need to get the rest of the pages indexed ā€¦ I will post a ticket to @help

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sod
sod

@JohnPhilpin You're welcome! I'm curious as to why all these replies are missing. Please, let me know when the mystery is solved. šŸ˜Š

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odd
odd

@sod First time I used it it hadnā€™t indexed all, but later on it did. Donā€™t know why. (I just recently turned on replies in the admin panel).

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sod
sod

@vincent Thanks! šŸ„° And yes, having native support for suggestions and autocomplete is lovely. Unfortunately, I've had to implement too many custom versions before datalist was widely available in browsers. But no more! šŸ˜Š

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sod
sod

@odd It's hard to tell what it was. But if it's something you can recreate, I would love to take a look and figure out what's happening.

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odd
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@sod I was awed by this tonight! I started to type ā€œbarā€, because I wanted to search for ā€œbarlindā€, but then ā€œbass barretā€ came up on the suggestions, and it was a post about one of my favorite bass players, Aston ā€œFamily Manā€ Barret (of Bob Marley and The Wailers fame).

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odd
odd

@sod I donā€™t think I can, but if I see something out of the ordinary, Iā€™ll be sure to notify you.

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@odd @sod Okay, now I need to figure out how to add a search link to my design....

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@sod Please ignore this reply - I am testing something.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@sod - ok - the rebuild you suggested seems to have partially worked - up to 91 pages of replies - but it has now stopped. I logged the issue with @help - meanwhile - what I do have is clearly working - marvellous work - thank you...

One enhancement request for the future - filter to search 'posts', 'replies' and 'posts and replies'.

I also note that despite creating a page to be added to the menu ... it isn't showing up ... that might be latency from micro.blog - but let's see what happens by tomorrow.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@odd this might be related to what I am hitting.

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sod
sod

@cliffordbeshers You can do this using redirects. In the web client, go to Pages and tap New Page. Give it a title and paste the URL in the text area. (In your case, that's https://cliffordbeshers.micro.blog/search-space/.) Make sure Include this page in your blog navigation is checked and tap Add Page.

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sod
sod

@JohnPhilpin Thanks! I will focus on performance improvement and bug fixing for a while now, but filters are definitely on the roadmap. šŸ˜Š

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@sod Thank you. I'd missed the New Page button.

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amit
amit

@sod Oh I wasn't aware there is a problem with the search input field styling in the theme. Interesting. I would fix it for sure, if there is. // @maique

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maique
maique

@amit On this particular plug-in, the text color is so dark that itā€™s nearly impossible to read. I havenā€™t even looked on the CSS file to try to figure out what Iā€™d have to change, I can take care of that on my end if itā€™s easier.

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amit
amit

@maique Ah, I get it now. I thought it was the search page that was broken. Anyway, you can try the below custom css for now -- this just brings it close to the search page styling. I will test this thoroughly before releasing it as a theme upgrade though. Hope this helps.


input[type=search], button{
    background: #fff;
    padding: 0 12px;
    border: 2px solid #eee;
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    border-radius: 17px;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
}

input[type=search] {
    width: 270px;
    height: 34px;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-weight: 400;
    padding-left: 12px;
}

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sod
sod

@amit šŸŽ‰

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odd
odd

@amit Thanks! Now I have Search-Spaceā„¢ on www.auran.land too.

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maique
maique

@amit Perfect, thank you so much. The fix worked great.

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