| http://myanimelist.net/anime.php Quite simply, it has stopped working for me. It was working several minutes ago. Any form of advanced search doesn't work, even from site links. Clicking on upcoming anime, or just added anime, or any of the letter links leads to an error. Clicking any of the genre tags on an anime's page leads to an error page. The search button itself doesn't work unless two letters are inserted. So, anything other than a search for a specific anime is broken. Am I the only one experiencing this? Edit: Here's a screenshot of the error page. As you can see, I clicked the "N" letter. Also note the darkened/disabled search button. Mod Edit: Modified title for clarity and/or easier searching. This thread is about all kinds of problems with the anime/manga search function. This includes the genre/producer/etc. search on anime/manga pages. All these problems have been fixed now. Since you can't go to the advanced search by simply clicking the magnifier in the top navigation anymore, please use the following ways: Anime Advanced Search: Click the "Anime" link in the top navigation and then "Advanced Search". Manga Advanced Search: Click the "Manga" link in the top navigation and then "Advanced Search". |
LunaAug 14, 2014 12:34 AM
| Same happened to me! :-( |
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| I have been informed by Xinil that Crave had to force a two character minimum when using the search option since single characters were killing the database. This has also messed up searching by letter since it just uses a single character. |
| @ Use a search engine instead, it's easier and faster. I'm instantly finding titles such as "K" that way. |
| The top search bar no longer working is a bug and will be fixed as soon as we can, sorry for the inconvenience! |
| Both advanced search and the normal search are working for me except the 1 character ban, but even when it was working, I couldn't find Anime such as "K" with it. Or is something else meant by "top search bar" instead of that one:  ? btw: I had to do this kind of search to find "K" on the second page in the advanced search: |
NoboruJul 21, 2014 4:49 PM
| Genre, rating, age rating, and other specific searches no longer work because of this either. Using Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as an example, you could scroll down to the genres and click on them for all shows categorized in that genre. For example, clicking the "action" link would yield this url: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?genre[]=1 A simple inspection of the url mechanism allowed one to make more detailed searches, such as all action anime that are rated PG-13: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?r=3&genre[]=1 None of this works anymore because of the field requirement. This was one of the more powerful and useful features the site had, in my opinion, so I'd be rather sad to see this go. I don't think I'm understanding whether this was intentional or simply a side effect, though. @Noboru: He's referring to the search bar at the top-right of every page, I believe. Edit: On second thought, I think he's referring to the letter links on the anime search page. Sorry~ |
TripleSRankJul 21, 2014 4:56 PM
| oh yeah, I forgot to mention that you have to replace the [ with %5B and the ] with %5D when you want to post the links. You can open notepad, copy the link in it, press Ctrl+H, search for "[" and replace with "%5B" (without quote marks) and do the same for "]" but replace it with "%5D" instead. I assume you have to add at least two _ in your search bar or any other place holder for the genre search to work again: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?q=__&genre%5B%5D=1 |
Noboru said: oh yeah, I forgot to mention that you have to replace the [ with %5B and the ] with %5D when you want to post the links. You can open notepad, copy the link in it, press Ctrl+H, search for "[" and replace with "%5B" (without quote marks) and do the same for "]" but replace it with "%5D" instead. I assume you have to add at least two _ in your search bar or any other place holder for the genre search to work again: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?q=__&genre%5B%5D=1 So in my example, you end up with: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?q=__&r=3&genre[]=1 This works. Thanks for sharing the work-around. |
TripleSRank said: Genre, rating, age rating, and other specific searches no longer work because of this either. Using Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as an example, you could scroll down to the genres and click on them for all shows categorized in that genre. For example, clicking the "action" link would yield this url: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?genre[]=1 A simple inspection of the url mechanism allowed one to make more detailed searches, such as all action anime that are rated PG-13: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?r=3&genre[]=1 None of this works anymore because of the field requirement. This was one of the more powerful and useful features the site had, in my opinion, so I'd be rather sad to see this go. I don't think I'm understanding whether this was intentional or simply a side effect, though. @Noboru: He's referring to the search bar at the top-right of every page, I believe. Edit: On second thought, I think he's referring to the letter links on the anime search page. Sorry~ Agreed, it makes it to where I can't browse anime by genre anymore. Not much use to a database if the only way I can find things on it is by already knowing the title. |
| Omne Solum Forti Patria |
| So it was really just a matter of adding place holders and replacing the old search links with "__". c: edit: @Hraktuus: add q=__& in the URL after the question mark and before the genre (between both of them) and try again. |
NoboruJul 21, 2014 5:08 PM
Xinil said: The top search bar no longer working is a bug and will be fixed as soon as we can, sorry for the inconvenience! In other words, there are other places to search that do work? This site's main features are the database and the list, so one would assume that there is a backup if something goes wrong. |
| Can anyone help me? Also i can't use advanced search. |
| Hello. Take a look at this thread. The 5th post on the thread is made by Xinil (Site Administrator), who tells that the issue is known and being worked on. |
| Thank you so much >//<!! |
| You need a place holder in the URL such as q=__& or adding "_" (underscore) symbols in your search term (q=search term) if it's smaller than 2 characters. Examples are in the thread linked by Subpyro. |
NoboruJul 22, 2014 9:51 AM
Xinil said: Thanks for the info, Xinil!The top search bar no longer working is a bug and will be fixed as soon as we can, sorry for the inconvenience! |
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TripleSRank said: Edit: On second thought, I think he's referring to the letter links on the anime search page. Sorry~ http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?q=__&letter=K http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?q=__&letter=K Replace "K" with the letter you want or with the dot . for the "#" symbol.edit: for the "just added" search: for upcoming anime: |
NoboruJul 22, 2014 11:10 AM
pokeguy123 said: To complicated Which part exactly? It's just editing the old URL ( http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?letter=K and adding q=__& between the question mark and the first search parameter: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?[b]q=__&[/b]letter=K tgaffer said: Thank you You're welcome |
Noboru said: [Using _ to search] Thanks, Noboru! |
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Subpyro said: Xinil said: The top search bar no longer working is a bug and will be fixed as soon as we can, sorry for the inconvenience! In other words, there are other places to search that do work? This site's main features are the database and the list, so one would assume that there is a backup if something goes wrong. Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists. |
Its better to have burned out than to have never really shined... |
| @ Tulicloure: You're welcome. :) @ DarkMorpher: Of course you can. Simply add &q=__ at the end of the search URL It's even easier than using it in the middle, see also 3rd posting by Serhiyko: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1232073#msg32872317 |
| Thanks Noboru! |
Subpyro said: Hello. Take a look at this thread. The 5th post on the thread is made by Xinil (Site Administrator), who tells that the issue is known and being worked on. (Long time lurker turned a member today, thanks for the goodies MAL). There are more issues with search functions currently, are all of them (mentioned in this thread) being worked on, or just some? I've tried to use genre search, which is not working (as mentioned by TripleSrank): http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?genre[]=8 As some people mentioned here, the listing by parameters is the main advantage of this site, is there an ETA on working on this fun breaking bug, which prevents us from using this site? More so, is there a temporary workaround, where I can use genre search function until it's properly fixed by admins? |
martyriusJul 25, 2014 5:44 AM
Noboru said: @ Tulicloure: You're welcome. :) @ DarkMorpher: Of course you can. Simply add &q=__ at the end of the search URL It's even easier than using it in the middle, see also 3rd posting by Serhiyko: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1232073#msg32872317 Super, this workaround therefore works for genre lists too. 1)you select genre 2)you get error 3)you add the &q=__ at the end 4)it works :) |
Xinil said: The top search bar no longer working is a bug and will be fixed as soon as we can, sorry for the inconvenience! I though this was a permanent change. Thank you for your hard work. |
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wiefisoichiro said: Are we must type minimum of two characters when using search forever? i hope i can get the old one back Why no, only for the next 200 years |
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| when is search and advanced search going to be fixed |
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sora757 said: when is search and advanced search going to be fixed In the next 200 years |
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| @ FatalGaze and martyrius: You're both welcome. :) @ spowell110: Use this kind of search: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?letter=K&q=__ replace "K" in the URL-bar with the letter of the Anime you want to look up or with the dot (.) for the "'#" symbol. |
| Its the same for me, the search button can't be clicked if no text is not typed on search bar. |
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| I think now we are in a good situation. Although the advanced search is not so much convenient, it works perfectly with the help of workaround ( &q=__ ). This has solved the biggest problem (that we weren't able to use advanced search at all). It's a bit harder now, but it works, which is the important thing. Give the man (admin) a time guys, I am sure he knows about this bug and our voice was heard. |
martyrius said: Give the man (admin) a time guys, I am sure he knows about this bug and our voice was heard. Of course you are sure, he said so himself in this very thread: Xinil said: The top search bar no longer working is a bug and will be fixed as soon as we can, sorry for the inconvenience! |
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| WTF... Mods deleted almost all other topics regarding this problem... They didn't even merge them with this thread, they simply removed them altogether like they never existed... |
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Serhiyko said: Yes because it's useless to make this just a thread of people saying they have a problem. Crave knows there's a problem, it's affecting everyone. They delete the threads and tell the OP about this thread so they can read the info and not fill this thread with "hey I don't know if you've noticed, but I can't search on the Advanced search".WTF... Mods deleted almost all other topics regarding this problem... They didn't even merge them with this thread, they simply removed them altogether like they never existed... |
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| Oh yeah, if you click the "recently created" or "last active" links on the clubs page, you need to add &cn=__ to the end of the url rather than &q=__. Figured I'd post it here since someone asked about it. |
| Ok so I need to get a list of EVERY anime that started airing after 1-1-2014 any way to get that now with the 2 char minimum in search? |
Sulo said: Ok so I need to get a list of EVERY anime that started airing after 1-1-2014 any way to get that now with the 2 char minimum in search? Yes... Use this site: http://test.animeadvice.me/ I even already searched for you: http://test.animeadvice.me#state/2014 |
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| Is there any way to get by the character minimum thing? I can no longer search for the highest rated anime by season or which ever date I want because the minute you type something the amount of anime that'd appear start decreasing. Nvm. Just read about the %% solution. |
| Why would they even add a two character minimum search? That's fucking retarded. |
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