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Title: Search function
Post by: Clone155 on October 06, 2010, 12:30:22 PM

I do not understand how this works. I search something, and it gives me something unrelated to what I searched. Will one of you search Nazis please explain the proper use of the search function?

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: gyrene81 on October 06, 2010, 01:35:04 PM

Something tells me this is not going to be pretty...


(http://images.neopets.com/water/fishing.gif)

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: Masherbrum on October 06, 2010, 01:48:01 PM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Trolling_drawing.jpg)

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: Yeager on October 06, 2010, 02:29:38 PM

IN   :rofl

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: StokesAk on October 06, 2010, 02:30:53 PM

Advanced search can help you narrow it down.

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: Grape on October 06, 2010, 02:37:36 PM

^^^
Found a Search NAZI,  :bolt:

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: Yeager on October 06, 2010, 02:39:09 PM

what about a highly skilled and motivated search fascist?  Im betting that would be as good as any search nazi.

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: LLogann on October 06, 2010, 03:24:42 PM

You can all make fun of mein feind all you want, the Advanced Search can be screwy sometimes too.

BUT........  Here is a link to SMF Forums answers for this.......

http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?board=23.0;sort=subject

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: Clone155 on October 06, 2010, 06:27:11 PM

I'm not joking. Whenever I try and search something like "A bird" it will give me every thread with the letter A in it, usually not having anything to do with what I searched. Can someone explain to me what I should be doing?

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: 100Coogn on October 06, 2010, 06:49:04 PM

  Why you're looking for birds' within the AHII bbs is your story, you tell it.
Do we even have birds???
 :cheers:

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: FiLtH on October 06, 2010, 06:52:59 PM

  Type the name of what you what in the box.

   Click advanced search

   I leave the 2 boxes unchecked top left

   and check the box that searches all forums

   

   In the days between boxes, put like 1 - 30 days it will go back a month. Narrows it down a bit.

   

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: phatzo on October 06, 2010, 06:55:22 PM

(http://www.goaliestore.com/board/photogallery/data/1/poster-waffen-ss.jpg)

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: 321BAR on October 06, 2010, 09:39:05 PM

im sorry but did anyone else notice how well that bait worked to hook stokes...? :rofl

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: Clone155 on October 06, 2010, 09:54:28 PM

Quote from: StokesAk on October 06, 2010, 02:30:53 PM

Advanced search can help you narrow it down.

Quote from: FiLtH on October 06, 2010, 06:52:59 PM

  Type the name of what you what in the box.

   Click advanced search

   I leave the 2 boxes unchecked top left

   and check the box that searches all forums

   

   In the days between boxes, put like 1 - 30 days it will go back a month. Narrows it down a bit.

   

Ok I didn't realize there was an advanced search. It makes it much easier ty for helping me.

Title: Re: Search function
Post by: RTHolmes on October 07, 2010, 07:24:40 AM

always use advanced search - the quick search is broken.

Title: My gripe with advanced search.
Post by: Roadblck on October 07, 2010, 07:48:11 AM

I've noticed what I can only assume is a bug with the advanced search:

The "search order" dropdown has an option to search "most recent topics first".

Anytime I use this with the default "message age" range of 0 to 9999, I very rarely get results from the most recent time period, unless I adjust the message age to something that will filter out posts from 10 years ago.

Here's an example:

Go to advanced search.
Type "attacking bombers" (without the quotes) in the "Search for" field.
Leave all other settings at the defaults, but choose "search most recent topics first".
Hit the search button and note that the first result is from November 25, 1999.  Also note that in the 4 pages of results, most all are from 9+ years ago.

I've found some ways to work around issues like this, but it makes searching the forum pretty tricky.