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Search problems
DarkKobold:
Love the board....
One little problem... When I try and do searches of archives over 60 days old, it returns nothing. Don't know if thats cuz archives get pitched, or it saves bandwith, etc? I just would like the option to be able to search all the archives occasionally. Might help reduce the forum clutter too.
Also, would it be possible to make a "just show topic" on the search? Just an Idea.
Vol:
Just a tip, don't flame me if you already know:
When you click the advanced search link it clears the search edit field. I've searched for nothing a few times because of this.
tom61:
Yeah, search is busted. Single word searches work best in advanced mode. The board goes back actively to 2002, so past 60 days is not the problem.
GamingGreg:
--- Quote from: tom61 on October 26, 2003, 01:39:43 pm ---Yeah, search is busted. Single word searches work best in advanced mode. The board goes back actively to 2002, so past 60 days is not the problem.
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Any ideas as to when we can use two or more words in a search? Quite often I try to find something I know was discussed a couple of weeks ago, and I can't find it. I can sometimes find it if I use a single word, but then I have to wade through a ton of stuff, and often I just can't find it.
I think that the info on this board is a "gold-mine"; it's filled with lots of good stuff. However it just can't be "mined" sometimes. I think people wouldn't be asking the same questions over and over again, if the info could be found easier.
Don't take me wrong, I LOVE this site. I just wish the search worked better.
saint:
The search function is not easy to use, but I can generally find what I'm looking for. Give me an example of what you were searcing for (multi-word) and let me toy around with it to see if I come up with good results?
--- Quote from: GamingGreg on January 27, 2004, 03:36:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: tom61 on October 26, 2003, 01:39:43 pm ---Yeah, search is busted. Single word searches work best in advanced mode. The board goes back actively to 2002, so past 60 days is not the problem.
--- End quote ---
Any ideas as to when we can use two or more words in a search? Quite often I try to find something I know was discussed a couple of weeks ago, and I can't find it. I can sometimes find it if I use a single word, but then I have to wade through a ton of stuff, and often I just can't find it.
I think that the info on this board is a "gold-mine"; it's filled with lots of good stuff. However it just can't be "mined" sometimes. I think people wouldn't be asking the same questions over and over again, if the info could be found easier.
Don't take me wrong, I LOVE this site. I just wish the search worked better.
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