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Limited search

Postby bloggs » June 3rd, 2011, 2:45 pm

Is there a way to search the forums for an exact phrase? For instance, I can't see how to use, even the advanced search, to find the phrase "remove the phone" without getting every post that happens to contain the three words "remove", "the" and "phone". I know this may miss some potentially useful hits, but I won't find any if they're buried in 18 pages of totally unrelated results.
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Re: Limited search

Postby admin » June 7th, 2011, 7:10 am

Try putting *'s on one side, the other, or both, to do a search. (shift and 8 on your keyboard).
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Re: Limited search

Postby bloggs » June 7th, 2011, 9:45 am

Maybe I haven't understood but, if I put *remove the phone* into the search, it comes back with a lot fewer results, but not the right ones! For example, it comes back with at least two results which don't contain that phrase.
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Re: Limited search

Postby admin » June 22nd, 2011, 2:26 pm

Search function is a bit limited but you can always click 'Advanced Search' below the search box and search for what you want within a specific forum only - reducing the results and making it a bit easier to find what you want.

Note: I am currently working on adding a Google Site-Search box to the site, which will help searches within the site a lot more :)
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Re: Limited search

Postby admin » June 22nd, 2011, 3:04 pm

New Google site-search added to this forum now.
To use it, click on 'Advanced Search' just under the search box at the top of every page.
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Re: Limited search

Postby bloggs » June 22nd, 2011, 5:42 pm

Excellent! Works a treat.

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