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Update: WinCustomize/Stardock Downtime

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Update: WinCustomize/Stardock Downtime

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Yesterday we performed some server maintenance during which that time many Stardock services were not available.  Situations occurred where this downtime was extended beyond the estimated time and our team were working tirelessly to get everything back up and running.

All sites and services are back.  If you are still seeing any issues like broken images please do a hard refresh on your browser a few times and try again.  If problems persist, please post in this thread only so we can investigate further.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and appreciate your patience.

 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting PoSmedley, reply 23


Quoting Island Dog, reply 20What search engine are you referring to?

The ability to search for skins.

If you type in skin names like 'Fabre' for instance, it will return 'No results found'.

(*Tried to post image but forums won't let me?)



 

If you Google Fabre Windowblind, you get the link to the WC page it is on.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/4626/page/6

 

This tends to happen with older skins, but you would be surprised how many skins done within the past few years this happens with. Not only does the windowblind not come up but it doesn't show the Rainy's, docks, etc. In some cases, you get the windowblind but none of the other matching skins that ARE in the WC gallery.
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I'll look into this.

 

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 25
The new forum search is much better than the Google one as I extensively tested many search scenarios. The key is using the menus
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I have tried that on several occasions but could never get the thing pointed in the right direction, it still failed to narrow things down enough. Instead, I found it easier and faster to wade through my 91 pages of replies to find links or info I needed to use again. All I need to remember is an approximate date. As long as I can get to those one way or another, I'm happy there.

 That works for the past. On to the future:

  (*flashback to 2008*  enter Stardock software nOOb, yours truly. The forum search was my best friend.)  I don't boot into 8 enough to keep up with things there. That makes me of little help to newer users and being helpful is what I try focus on here at WC. (It sure isn't my artistic ability) Anything I need to know about Windows 8 only software and/or features, I'll need to search for, just as I did for Vista/7 if I want to keep collecting those karma points. ;)

Bottom line: A good search engine makes me look smarter.  ;P

BTW,put me down for another subscription, you guys work hard for it. ;)

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting PoSmedley, reply 23


Quoting Island Dog, reply 20What search engine are you referring to?

The ability to search for skins.

If you type in skin names like 'Fabre' for instance, it will return 'No results found'.

(*Tried to post image but forums won't let me?)



 

If you Google Fabre Windowblind, you get the link to the WC page it is on.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/4626/page/6

 

This tends to happen with older skins, but you would be surprised how many skins done within the past few years this happens with. Not only does the windowblind not come up but it doesn't show the Rainy's, docks, etc. In some cases, you get the windowblind but none of the other matching skins that ARE in the WC gallery.
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Correct,it's so frustrated. Try to search "NextOS",see the result on yourself.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/all/search/nextos

 

But,with Google,voilà:

https://www.google.com/#q=nextos+site:www.wincustomize.com