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jmachling Premium Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 3949 Location: Where the cider apples grow. Feedback Score: 14
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: Search function - it really does work! Quick tutorial |
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I've seen repeated criticism of the search function on IMOC and can't really understand why. You just need to be quite specific with it.
A few tips:
1) If you type a series of words in and don't fill in the box to 'Search for all terms' it will return posts containing ANY of those words - i.e. hundreds.
2) You can accomplish the same as 1) by writing 'and' between each term (without the ''s obviously)
3) All Boolean logic operators work also. I.e. AND, OR and NOT (don't need to be in capitals)
To search for all posts about Tein suspension type 'suspension and Tein' in the search box
To search for all posts about suspension that is not made by Tein type 'suspension not Tein'
To search for all posts about suspesntion made by Tein or Bilstein type 'suspension and Tein or Bilstein'
Any questions, let me know
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Steve Horrocks
Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 7172 Location: Oldham Feedback Score: 26
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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Good post john!
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dave5526
Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 469 Location: Shropshire Feedback Score: 39
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Old post I realise, but I think it'd be a good idea to make the "search for all terms" the default selected option, rather than the "search for any terms". If you dont select all terms, it pretty much brings up 90% of the posts on IMOC for anything you search for. Having the least useful search option as the default isn't a great idea, I too thought the search fuction was rubbish for some time until I realised you could do this.
Not a major issue but might help some of the newer members find stuff
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toxo IMOC Committee
Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 11093 Location: The Toast Aisle Feedback Score: 53
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:27 am Post subject: |
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dave5526 wrote: | Old post I realise, but I think it'd be a good idea to make the "search for all terms" the default selected option, rather than the "search for any terms". If you dont select all terms, it pretty much brings up 90% of the posts on IMOC for anything you search for. Having the least useful search option as the default isn't a great idea, I too thought the search fuction was rubbish for some time until I realised you could do this.
Not a major issue but might help some of the newer members find stuff ![thumleft [thumleft]](images/smiles/icon_thumleft.gif) |
I was gonna do that, but then there will be hundreds of redundant posts across the forum explaining how the search function works... like this one!
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brgbrm
Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 681 Location: Sussex Feedback Score: 2
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, glad I stumbled across this thread, I've been a member for years and have never been able to figure out the search function.
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caydneobrt
Joined: 17 Apr 2017 Posts: 1 Location: London, United Kingdom Feedback Score: 0
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:14 am Post subject: |
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Thanks to Scott, Search Function thread link is included on welcome email
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Scott Barton IMOC Committee
Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 10906 Location: Wateringbury, Kent Feedback Score: 40
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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caydneobrt wrote: | Thanks to Scott, Search Function thread link is included on welcome email ![Smile [Smile]](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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