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Message started by DowdyPrime on 05/06/22 at 00:04:21

Title: Forums Search Function
Post by DowdyPrime on 05/06/22 at 00:04:21

Hi all. The search function of the forums seems to be down. Is this just me?

(While we are at it. The search function is also very permissive. For example, it searches people’s signatures and the content of posts together. So, for example, if I search for Zrock, the results include all posts by anyone who has Zrock in their signature, whether or not Zrock is in the post. Does anyone know if there is a syntax to make searches less permissive?)

Title: Re: Forums Search Function
Post by GroovySauce on 05/06/22 at 01:04:57

Search is down for me too. Even when the search function is working it's rough to use.

An option that is a little complex but powerful is to use a search engine to search the website.

in your browser type:

site:https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22 zrock

Basically the search engine will only look at the specified website. After the space is the search term. In the example above, the search term is "zrock"

You will still get people's posts that have zrock in their signatures. Even with that I find it much easier to find things on the forum using this method.

Title: Re: Forums Search Function
Post by DowdyPrime on 05/06/22 at 02:48:09

Nice! Thanks.

Title: Re: Forums Search Function
Post by Steve Deckert on 05/06/22 at 04:19:41

That auxiliary search function at the top of the header has been disabled and removed. However the main search function at the bottom of the header with the buttons, still works and only searches the forum and does it far better.

Steve

Title: Re: Forums Search Function
Post by Edsonic on 05/06/22 at 04:47:12

I had that problem too, re every mention of the search term in the signature.

The search box at the top right of this page will do that. But forum member 'will' once mentioned that there is another search box located in the center of this page, below the big DECWARE logo, right beneath the date / time.

That search omits the signatures entirely, so then avoiding the 'false positives'.

While we're here, going down the list of parameters;

By user- any poster

Choose the board(s) . . . - Check all

Fields to search- check both boxes

This post was made in the last... - (all posts)

default of 500 max posts

Display only one result per thread?- check the box

On that last item; if I leave it blank it goes back to 08/14/20 for zrock2. If I check that box it goes back to 08/08/17.

You only need one message to access the whole thread, so then avoiding thread redundancy and obtaining more accessible results.

Title: Re: Forums Search Function
Post by DowdyPrime on 05/06/22 at 07:40:25

Thanks, Steve and Edsonic. That's great to know. Silly me for overlooking that...