Forum Search function not working

[tplaw1982]

Has anyone else had trouble using the search function on this site? I've tried to use the Forum Search function for the past year, and every time I click Search, the screen loads a blank white page and stops. This is whether I am logged in or not, advanced search or simple search, with both Chrome and Firefox. I have tried emailing webmaster12, but received no response. Perhaps others have encountered and solved this problem. Thank you.

[still_learnin]

The search function has been broken for a while.

Suggested workaround is to use Google Advanced Search, and specify "http://www.intelproplaw.com/ip_forum/" in the domain/site field.

[Tobmapsatonmi]

The search function has been broken for a while.

Suggested workaround is to use Google Advanced Search, and specify "http://www.intelproplaw.com/ip_forum/" in the domain/site field.

Also an automatic single-pass is to put this URL into browser address slot (as long as google is your default browser search):

site:www.google.com yada yada

(where "yada yada" are keywords of interest)

[MisterObvious]

I simply workarund by doing a regular google or bing web search using the search terms "site:intelproplaw.com/ip_forum yada yada", e.g.
"site:intelproplaw.com/ip_forum ADS correction fees"

[EagerDrafter]

Google advanced search worked for me, just now. Here's the example, and it pulled up a bunch of posts, including the present thread.

https://www.google.com/search?q=forum+not+working+site:intelproplaw.com

I also never got the search function to work, giving me incomplete and blank pages. It could be that the forum S/W includes server CPU max time settings to deal with abusive or hung DB queries, and with the current volume of posts in the database perhaps search queries simply time out.

Google advanced search is a great work-around, and keeps these CPU intensive queries entirely off this site's server.