"PAPERS PAST" Update Part IV

[PapersPast]

Alrighty, update time.

Good news, we've got the load situation sorted, and we're back on track for our content release.

We need to fix a bug impacting searches that either start with quotation marks or have non-letter/number characters at the start, we'll get this sorted very soon. The workaround is quite simple - just switch the order of the terms around, for example, instead of "john wilson" +horse, search for:

horse "john wilson"

The principle is to just make sure the first three characters of your search start with letters or numbers. You can also just duplicate one of the words of the phrase and put that at the start as a quick fix, eg:

wilson "john wilson"

[PapersPast]

In essence, we need to iron some kinks out of our fixes, but we're looking good.

Next up, our content release!

[minniehaha]

Hello,

Being permanently on trainer wheels, I am not quite up with the play here but have just tried to do a search:

t. h. hammond. Nothing comes up although I know from past experience there are many references on Papers Past. Have tried "t. h." hammond & "t. h. hammond", still a nil result.

Is there a 'kink' here or is it me?

Minniehaha.

[mirl]

Don't use the dots after the initials

[minniehaha]

How about that! Perfect. Thank you....


Minniehaha.

[alamar]

It doesn't pay to be "dotty" these days.
Alan

[Janette]

It doesn't pay to be "dotty" these days.
Alan

I'll have you know that my sister is known as "dotty"    

Cheers Janette

[PapersPast]

Hi folks,

Good news, it's new content time! Yesterday we added the following:

Greymouth Evening Star (1901-1920)
Opunake Times (1894-1949)
Stratford Evening Post (1911-1936)
Taihape Daily Times (1914-1920)

More good news, we got rid of the bug that stopped searches from beginning with quotation marks or including full-stops within the first few characters!

We still have some catch-ups to do (for example, if you use preview images, it's nicer to turn them on at the START of a search session, otherwise you will lose some preferences), and we've got a new (much faster) imageserver that could yet do with a few tweaks - but things are feeling better again.

There's a chance that some lingering search issues could just be old versions of cookies stored in people's browsers, so if you see any funniness, a great first step is to just delete the Papers Past cookies from your browser, and then revisit the site to rebuild them. If in doubt, just email me on paperspast[at]natlib.govt.nz or message me here and I'll help


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[spades]

Hi Emerson,

Thanks very much to you and all the Papers Past team for the new content and bug eradication.

Would you mind explaining how to delete cookies, please? I for one have no idea.

Spades