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Exgreenberet
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:10 am Post subject:
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There is tons of usefull information on this forum. However the search function is set up in a way which makes it sometimes hard to find. The reason for this is that it is hard to narrow a search. Two things would easily solve this problem - if they can be done.
The first, is to be able to do a search in "Topic Titles" only. In most cases, the subject someone is searching for is the title of a post. But the way the search function is set up now, it searches the title and the text of the entire message. The result of the search is then hundreds more hits that someone has to look through to find what they want.
The second, is to be able to do a phrase search. This also would weed out the hundreds of search results someone doesn't want. Most search engines have this as a default if you put your search words in quotation marks. Others make it as a box to be checked if you want all the words to be searched as a phrase.
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krajee
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:42 am Post subject:
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Since none of us are hosting these forums, we are incapable of installing mods or upgrades to the software.
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B[x]
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:55 am Post subject:
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Check the box that says 'Search for all terms'. It's not a phrase search but the thread must contain every one of your search words in order to show up.
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Exgreenberet
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:07 am Post subject:
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I do click check the box that says "search for all terms." That narrows the search from the thousands down to hundreds. It doesn't really allow a narrow search field.
But, as Gheed said, if you cant change any of this stuff, I guess theres no point in making suggestions about it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:
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Exgreenberet wrote: | But, as Gheed said, if you cant change any of this stuff, I guess theres no point in making suggestions about it. |
Gheed is right in saying that there's nothing we can do with the Search feature to make it more user friendly. However, we can help you in becoming more Search friendly.
You're not including common words like 'and', 'the', 'a', etc., are you?
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Exgreenberet
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:28 am Post subject:
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B[x] wrote: | You're not including common words like 'and', 'the', 'a', etc., are you? |
Nope.
I know how to do searches. Without a "phrase search" or a "topic title" search there's just no good way to do a search without sifting through all the hits to find what you want.
Insulting me won't change that. Changing the search function would. But, since it can't be changed, I'll live with it.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:
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Exgreenberet wrote: | Insulting me won't change that. |
I didn't mean for my comment to come off as condescending nor do I see how you interpreted it to be so. When I want to degrade people I try to make it as obvious as possible so that there's no mistaking it.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject:
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I'm sorry that there's not much we can do to solve your problem except offer advice on how to refine your search results. But there's no need to be sensitive in this situation, as no one said anything remotely offensive or insulting in this thread. Everyone has attempted to help, and I am good at picking out implied insults in writing, and I see nothing of the sort in any of the previous posts by my mod and fellow admin.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject:
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B[x] wrote: | I try to make it as obvious as possible so that there's no mistaking it. |
Lol
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