Search results are going places!

December 6, 2024 at 9:22 PM

Hello again. I've been kinda busy with preparing for finals coming up, but I still did some stuff this week

Search results now go where they should

I have fixed Search result links so that they will go to where they should.

Transcripts

Transcript search results will now go to the new transcripts page and will jump to the part that was shown in the result snippet. Each word on the transcript page is a link to the video, with the timestamp so it will jump right to where that word was said.
This means it is now possible to actually jump to the part of the video after finding it in the search result. Sorry for not having this sooner.

Merch Messages

Before, Merch Message results would just go to the show page for the show they were in. Now, they actually go to the merch message on the merch messages page, just like the old search did. I don't know why I didn't just do this in the first place, but it is fixed now.

Search Improvements

I have also made some changes to the search engine to hopefully get better results.

This is not new, but you can also use phrase matching (surround your query, or part of your query, in "double quotes" to match exactly that word/phrase). For example, if I wanted to search for the exact phrase "dan leaves", and make sure that it does not re-order the words, try to fix typos, or use stemming, I can search for "dan leaves".

To be clear, I think that the situations you would want/need to use phrase matching are rare, but it can be useful.

Feedback

As I've said before, I would love any feedback you can give me, especially for The WAN Show Search. I hope to make The WAN Show Search the absolute best way to find a moment in the wan show.

Donations

If you enjoy or have made use of any of the features on whenplane, I would appreciate donations. I have added a donations link to the about page.
You don't need to feel obligated to donate. Whenplane is not going anywhere anytime soon, with or without donations, but I would appreciate you very much if you did.