Update: WinCustomize/Stardock Downtime
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
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 #23 Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:45 PM
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.
Reply #24 Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:13 PM
I agree with Po. I see this all the time, even looking for my own skins.
Reply #25 Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:14 PM
The forums search function I used to use to find answers for people. The old way would find old posts that were relevent to my search, the one that it uses now just finds clutter, that I have to wade through to find the correct posts, which is partly why I'm not as helpful as I once was. (That and a lack of time on my part)
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I rarely use the skin search.
The new forum search is much better than the Google one as I extensively tested many search scenarios. The key is using the menus.
Reply #26 Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:15 PM
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.
I'll look into this.
Reply #27 Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:52 PM
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. 
BTW,put me down for another subscription, you guys work hard for it.
Reply #28 Friday, September 13, 2013 4:35 AM
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.
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
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Reply #21 Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:24 PM
The forums search function I used to use to find answers for people. The old way would find old posts that were relevent to my search, the one that it uses now just finds clutter, that I have to wade through to find the correct posts, which is partly why I'm not as helpful as I once was. (That and a lack of time on my part)
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I rarely use the skin search.