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Title: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: glewis on October 28, 2020, 08:49:18 pm

I get
"Unable to access the search daemon"
when i try to search.
Any idea?

Just found out that searches currently are done through google using the site option i.e "site:forum.arcadecontrols.com"

Title: Re: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: mahuti on October 29, 2020, 02:47:02 am

Yes. The site search is annoyingly busted.

Title: Re: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: Phreakwars on October 29, 2020, 10:33:36 am

Yep, search is broken. There is one way to get around that though.

Just go to google and type in

Code: [Select]

site: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com
(https://i.imgur.com/Wi0PGJN.jpg)

Follow that with what you are searching for. For example, say I want to look for posts with "iPac" in it, I'd type:

(https://i.imgur.com/7wPdAhJ.jpg)

The results will be only from this site:

(https://i.imgur.com/8gcPaiN.jpg)

It's not the most accurate, but it does help some.

Title: Re: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: JRobATL on October 29, 2020, 04:23:44 pm

You can still use the search feature if you search in message subjects only.

Title: Re: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: BadMouth on October 29, 2020, 06:51:02 pm

Quote from: JRobATL on October 29, 2020, 04:23:44 pm

You can still use the search feature if you search in message subjects only.

Holy crap that works!
I'm on here regularly and had no idea.

Title: Re: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: Howard_Casto on October 30, 2020, 02:10:45 am

Well ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- I didn't know that either.  Could we get a giant sticky or a post on the landing page talking about that?  I might actually be able to find stuff now. 

Title: Re: How do i use the search feature.
Post by: PL1 on October 30, 2020, 05:30:38 am

Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 30, 2020, 02:10:45 am

Could we get a giant sticky or a post on the landing page talking about that?

Sounds like a reasonable idea.

What do the rest of you think?

I quoted JRobATL's post in the Bug Reports thread here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,162229.0.html) since that thread seems like a logical place to gather related info and it's less prone to being pushed down the page and overlooked than a post here in Main.
- People are more likely to be in Main, but it's easier to find a Bug Reports thread.   :dunno


Scott