Search forums with X1 - make generally available

[Tod]

This is a great idea, and we have definitely tossed it around internally. However, the current implementation is based on an older, currently unsupported version of our server product.
It would be a lot of work to restructure our current server to support this, so we can't promise anything on this front in the short term.

[jshofstra]

I can not get the 'Search Forums with X1' tool to work. Is it me, or is this broke?

[tjh]

It does appear to be broken at the moment

[Kenward]

It doesn't work in some browsers, including Firefox.

You don't mention what you use.

[tjh]

Kenward: It's broken regardless of browser:

"The connection was refused when attempting to contact forumsearch.x1.com:2542."

[Kenward]

Yup.

I get a different message:

Under Construction
The site you were trying to reach does not currently have a default page. It may be in the process of being upgraded.


Please try this site again later. If you still experience the problem, try contacting the Web site administrator.

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[Tod]

OK, the forums are back up. We had a server that needed rebooting.

Kenward, it appears you are using this link:
http://forumsearch.x1.com/
to get to the "Under Construction" page. Did that link previously work?

The link from "Search Forums with X1" button goes to:
http://forumsearch.x1.com:2542/
which is now working again

[Kenward]

I just did what I always do when landing on a dud URL. Edited backwards.

It delivered that message.

Odd.

[jshofstra]

Just got back to this post tonight and it does not appear to be working IE6 or Firefox3. Anyone else have this problem?

[Kenward]

OK here.

Only works in Firefox 3 for me if I use IETab.

[Greg Dawes]

Kenward is correct -- The forum search is only designed to work in Internet Explorer; however, if you use the Firefox Add-On IE Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419) then you should be able to search the forums while still in Firefox.

BTW - This works in Firefox 2.0 (as well as 3.0) -- just make sure to download/install the correct version of IE Tab.