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Why doesn't the search function work properly???

pemspems Posts: 70
edited 2008-09-22 19:27 in General Discussion
this is very irritating and unproductive:

i cannot seem to be able to search for two or more keywords (separating them with commas as instructed) - i've even tried to use two words that for sure can be found in several posts and yet it returns no hits.
seems like i can only search for one keyword or one phrase

I am not even talking about the search function defaulting to "last month's posts" and "all forums" scope (even though i click search while specifically in prop forum). IMO it should be defaulting to "since the beginning" and "prop forum"

sorry for the rant turn.gif

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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2008-09-20 02:23
    Hey pems,

    This question is addressed in the Support for Using this Forum Section.

    See this thread - http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=562370

    Hope this helps!

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  • pemspems Posts: 70
    edited 2008-09-20 03:04
    thanks Whit

    so according to the statements in the thread, a better search was promised back in 2006. Guess i am just spoiled by proper/convenient integrated searches that exist on pretty much all modern forums today
  • StefanL38StefanL38 Posts: 2,292
    edited 2008-09-20 10:16
    Hello pems,

    use the external searchfunction


    search.parallax.com/search?q=+%2B%22f%3D25%22&btnG=Google+Search&client=parallax&lr=&num=100&output=xml_no_dtd&site=parallax&ie=&oe=&sort=&proxystylesheet=parallax

    best regards

    Stefan
  • Graham StablerGraham Stabler Posts: 2,510
    edited 2008-09-20 11:08
    Adding inurl:"f=25" to the search working better.
  • ColeyColey Posts: 1,129
    edited 2008-09-20 12:55
    Try this thread, there is a plugin for firefox a few posts down

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=669013


    Regards,

    Coley

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  • pemspems Posts: 70
    edited 2008-09-20 13:12
    Thanks for great support guys

    that link to an automatic installer of the search plugin should really be made a sticky

    EDIT: the only small inconvenience this method has is that some threads that it finds are viewed in decreasing date/time order and some in increasing (can temporarily screw one up), upon clicking on the hits that the search returns.

    Post Edited (pems) : 9/21/2008 1:24:35 AM GMT
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2008-09-22 19:27
    This thread is being moved from the Propeller Forum to the Forum Support area as it is off topic in the original forum.

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